Web Page Review

Name of person you reviewed:

Marcus Davila

What was the goal of the website?:

The goal of his website was to present the whereabouts of the Scholastic company.

What design principles and concepts did they use?:

There’s definitely a sense of unity in this website, the colors and fonts are all the same, you know instantly that the topic of the website is still the same. He also used emphasis to make certain things stand out for example the name of the charity on the “home page”. He also used a black colored font which made the paragraphs on each page stand out from the rest and you can easily notice and read them to find out what the charity is all about.

What design principles and concepts could they have used?

I think the colors he picked for the website background do not go well together, they create a sort of “confusion” to the eyes. The website is too bright, he should’ve checked the color wheel for adjacent colors and his website would’ve definitely looked better, but that’s only my opinion.

Did all the pages work correctly?:

Yes all the pages have worked correctly, no mistakes in links.

Did the web site have “good workflow” (links back and forth, consistency, etc)? How did they accomplish this?

This website had somewhat good workflow, the links do all work but as you read some sentences do not make any sense whatsoever, a lot of sentences are not capital which makes the website look very “unprofessional” and unclean looking.

If not, what could they have done to create a good workflow?

Edit the stuff he wrote before posting it, beginning of sentences capital, make the sentences correct.

What were the web site strengths?:

- All pages create a sense of unity

- All links working back and forth

- Use of some web design concepts and principles

What were the web site weaknesses?:

- Bad choice of colors for the website

- Paragraphs and countless mistakes made it look very unclean

- The website is very confusing

Extra credit: I just picked his website randomly from the list even though I know this person.

How does technology affect my life?

Technology affects my life in in a very positive way. Through technology I learn so much more than I would without it, but thats' a case in every persons life nowadays. It personally affects/and will affect my life in a very important sort of way because I'm aiming to major in art and web design in college. In my opinion web design is very fascinating and so is anything to do with multimedia. I love the kind of stuff you can create using programs like for example Adobe Fireworks. Its just amazing and I hope to have a job in the future involving that kind of stuff, its simply fascinating. The most important of all aspects of it to me is the constant use of your imagination to design and create stuff like websites , banners, logos, animations, and combining all those listed together to make each other better than they were before. So basically it comes down to that technology will be my life, in a bigger way than just a daily use of a cellphone by an average person. My skills in the field of technology will decide how successfull I am in life. It will be crucial for me to learn and exceed my knowledge of technology to be successfull in this field but I know I can do it.

Charity Logo

I created this logo for the Surfrider Foundation. This foundation fights to save our beaches and oceans, and pretty much anything to do with water and preserve it for the future. I decided to make a logo for saving the beaches. I tried incorporate the sunset to my logo title to make a sense of unity and the white font to make the small font stand out.

What is a page banner?

I opened Adobe Fireworks, then opened new project and changed the canvas width and height settings so I can make the canvas in a shape of the banner. Then I selected the rectangular tool and made a background and changed the color to dark gray. Then I changed the stroke of the background. After that I made the movies name and selected certain filters to make it fade away, I also changed the stroke of the letters to make a glow effect on the letters which makes it stand out from the rest of the banner. Then I imported two images into the file and pasted them on my banner after adjusting their size till I was satisfied with the way they look. I had to change layer position so the images don't go under the background and not on top of the title. Then I saved the image as .jpg.

My Signature in Fireworks.

To make this image I opened fireworks, created a new png file. I customized the size of the canvas, then selected the rectangular tool to change the background and the stroke of the background. Then I selected a font and wrote my name. I customized the size and typed my name in. Then I changed its stroke and texture and also the color. When I came to something that satisfied me, I saved it and posted it on this blog post.

What is Plagiarism?

1. what is the difference between Plagiarism and Piratism?

I think the difference between Plagiarism and Piratism is that the first one you copy and claim to be your work while the second one you just copy and sell for your own profit.

2. How many times have you been guilty of either one?

I don't think I've ever been found guilty of either of those.

How do we insert a table using HTML?

HTML tags for:

a) table - table boreder="size number" cellpadding="number"

b) row - tr

c) column - td