http://www.dan-wong.com Notes on Web Design Mon, 27 Feb 2012 12:54:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You must have your domain and web hosting purchased by the next class! (Tomorrow.) We will be setting up ftp access to your server space, and uploading files in class.  Please come prepared. http://www.dan-wong.com/adv3551/web-2-tues-morn/must-have-domain-and-hosting/ CityTech Students! A one time opportunity for ADGA students now! Purchase the full Adobe CS 5.5 Master Suite for only $175. This includes a free upgrade to CS 6 as well.  The ADGA dept must have a commitment from 200 CityTech faculty and students by March 1, 2011.  If you are ... http://www.dan-wong.com/adv3551/web-2-tues-morn/buy-adobe-master-suite-only-175/ Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner http://www.dan-wong.com/adv3551/web-2-tues-morn/email-subscription/ In case you're not sure what the homework is for this week: Prepare for the presentation of a website which has a mobile version and a desktop version.  This presentation should be reviewing the differences between the two versions when it comes to: Interface Design Navigation Content Functionality/ Usability Assessment of technologies used Additionally for homework you ... http://www.dan-wong.com/mobile-web-design/homework-for-this-week-design-for-mobile-devices/ http://www.dosomething.org/ Do Something, the not-for-profit organization is coming this Thursday, September 22 at 6PM to speak to the Artbox Mobile App project team, and the Design for Mobile Devices students. Attendance is required. They will be presenting their upcoming site redesign, talk about mobile microsites and a mobile ... http://www.dan-wong.com/mobile-web-design/dosomething-org-speaking-this-thurs/ Here is some advice that I like to give my students regarding Best Design Business Practices. Be sure to read the article about Pricing Design Projects if you are wondering what to charge for a project. While business contracts are always a good thing to have in place when beginning work, ... http://www.dan-wong.com/business-tips/structuring-a-design-proposal-contract/ I've been getting many questions from students asking how to price a job. So I've decided that I will add some best-practices tips for new freelancers on my site. There are 2 important things to consider when pricing a job. The first is, what the job is worth ... http://www.dan-wong.com/business-tips/pricing-graphic-design-and-web-design-jobs/ Congratulations to all the students whose work has been shortlisted for this semester Kionic Awards. The candidates for the Kionic Award for Most Promising New Designer are: Ivana Pulchan: http://ivanapulchan.com/ Enrique Guzman: http://egdesignlab.com/ Jose Dones-Mustafa: http://www.rhythmic-souls.com/ Rudra Melaram: http://rudramelaram.com/ Jose Deolio: http://theartofjosedeolio.com/ Gracie Xavier: http://www.gxartstudio.com/ Michael Lockwood: http://www.lockdout.com/ Opal Lynch: http://www.204days.com/webdesign1/ Maggy Riera: http://maggyriera.com/ Ed Yeung: http://edyeung.com/ Amy Zeng: http://amyzeng.com/ Eman Sayed: ... http://www.dan-wong.com/adv3650/kionic-awards-spring-2011/ The final Web III project is due on Wed, May 25, 2011. Students have until midnight to submit their project.  The following things are required: Email a link to the live website Email a zipped up file of your custom WordPress theme. Email a description of the project, highlighting the important elements of ... http://www.dan-wong.com/dynamic-web/final-project-due-wed-may-25-2011/ This homework assignment is due by the end of day, Saturday, March 26, 2010. Students are asked to assess the quality of the work in the following categories: Logo design Use of typography Layout Overall style and design, and appropriateness for the topic and audience Proper use of semantic html and css Comments are required for ... http://www.dan-wong.com/dynamic-web/homepage-grading-assignment/ http://www.geekybynature.com/ Geeky By Nature is 2 days of Design, Art, and Code for Digital Designers and Developers. One of the organizers at SVA, Richard Shupe, generously invited CityTech design students and faculty to attend this event free of charge! It is an incredible opportunity for us, and an example of how ... http://www.dan-wong.com/dynamic-web/geeky-by-nature/ Attribute Possible values Description width Integer value (in pixels) or constant device-width Defines the viewport width Height Integer value (in pixels) or constant device-height Defines the viewport height initial-scale Floating value (0.1 to n); 1.0 is no scale Defines the initial zoom scale of the viewport user-scalable no or yes Defines whether we will allow the user to ... http://www.dan-wong.com/mobile-web-design/mobile-viewport-attributes/ Tag types Tags available Structure body, head, html, title Text abbr, acronym, address, blockquote, br, cite, code, dfn, div, em, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, kbd, p, pre, q, samp, span, strong, var Links a Presentation b, big, hr, i, small Stylesheet style Lists dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li Forms form, input, label, select, option, textarea, ... http://www.dan-wong.com/mobile-web-design/xhtml-mp-tags/ All students and faculty are cordially invited to attend a unique lecture given by representatives of the Chinese Advertising Association on Chinese Advertising to be given at the New York City College of Technology; 6:00 p.m., on Monday, February 28th in the Grace Gallery. Seating will be limited. Please share this invitation with ... http://www.dan-wong.com/dynamic-web/chinese-advertising-lecture/ Student Device Daniel Alfonzo Samsung Intercept (Android) Julie Fung BlackBerry Torch 9800 Syeda Haque Moto Blur Anand Jaikaransingh iPhone 3GS Kin Lam Galaxy S Raju Maharjan Samsung SGH Denzil Rowe HTC Evo Irina Sivatskaya PSP Go Erika Soto BlackBerry Torch 9800 Erin Ortiz Kyocera Echo (Android) Shu Laing Aw iPhone 3G http://www.dan-wong.com/mobile-web-design/mobile-device-presentations/ Welcome students to Spring 2011. You are required to sign up for regular email updates. ADV3652 Web Design III Enter your email address: http://www.dan-wong.com/dynamic-web/adv3652-web-design-iii/ Welcome to the Design for Mobile Devices ADV4764 course. Be sure to sign up for the automatic email notices using an email account that you check regularly. This is required of the course. ADV4764 Design for Mobile Devices enter your email address: http://www.dan-wong.com/mobile-web-design/design-for-mobile-devices/ In preparation for the new semester which is just around the corner, I want to present the winners of last semester's Kionic Web Design Awards, Fall 2010.  Thanks to: Maria Giuliani, Genevieve Hitchings, Michelle Barfoot, Nina Young, Libby Clarke, Louisa McCabe, Nicole Rose, for carefully reviewing the websites. And a special ... http://www.dan-wong.com/adv3650/mon-eve/kionic-web-design-awards-fall-2010/ 4:30PM to 7:30PM at the Openhouse Gallery. Refreshments served.Thursday, December 16, 2010Openhouse Gallery 201 Mulberry Street (between Spring and Kenmare)New York, NY 10012 www.openhousegallery.org http://www.dan-wong.com/uncategorized/the-portfolio-show/ Begin writing copy for your website. Put your top five keywords or phrases in bold. Also, put the synonyms you found during your research and added to your content in bold. How effective do you think these words are at communicating the concept of your website? http://www.dan-wong.com/uncategorized/writing-assignment-3/