Week 2A

Homework

• Record gmail address
• Discuss high school visits
• Form some teams
• Students present homework / event website subject matters
• 3 present to class, rest voted on
• Begin homework

For our event websites, 1 student per row in the class volunteered to present some websites they found to redesign.

Presentations:
(Dark Red - Sites that people noticed the most)

1) Row 1: Dollars for Scholars, Groundhog Wine Trail, Something to Crow About

2) Row 2: Easton Heritage Day, Plainfield Farmers' Fair, Pocono Raceway, Easton Garlic Fest 2016, Musik Fest
3) Row 3: Cumberland Valley Mini-THON, Pennsylvania Farm Show, Scarlet Caps, TNT Showcase
4) Row 4: Craft Beer Bottle Shop & Flatbread Pizza Cafe, Fe-Brew-Ary 2016, Lancaster International Short Film Festival, Lancaster Liederkranz, USA Science & Engineering Festival

Homework for Monday, February 6th, 2017:

• Review chosen event site (post all info. to blog) 
• Call them and ask
• Who uses their website and why?
• What is the main reason for the website?
• If they could change or add anything, what would it be?
• Create 2 persona (1 primary and 1 secondary) for the website redesign
• Digital design it well
• Write down objectives for website redesign (500 words)
• Read Chap. 3: The Flexible Images
• Don't forget that you need to attend two speakers Wednesday, February 1st, 2017. (300 words per speaker on blog)

Design Objectives:

"Design objectives are similar to business objectives. With business objectives, you normally create a bulleted list of things that you want the website to achieve. With design objectives, your list includes messages and emotions you want to communicate." Credit: Paul Boag

We rotated around the classroom and voted for 1 out of 5 websites for each student that would be best to redesign. 

And the votes are in! The winner is Pennsylvania Firefly Festival, with 8 votes. 

Week 1B

We reviewed Chapter 1: Our Responsive Web.

We discussed the three ingredients in responsive web design: 
1) A flexible, grid-based layout
2) Flexible images and media
3) Media queries, module from the CSS3 specification

Two videos were watched in class:
1) Introducing Responsive Web Design
2) Ethan Marcotte

The first project was introduced and we had a chance to do some research to find poorly designed websites. Here is my list of "poorly designed websites". (Warning: Some of them are pretty bad):

PA Events -

http://www.visitpa.com/pa/events-festivals/fairs-festivals

1. Sherman Winter Craftfest - http://www.shermantheater.com/index.cfm?e=event&eventId=24058&rDate=1/29/2017
2. Pithole Sledding Party - http://www.drakewell.org/
3. Destination Blues Music Festival - http://www.destinationblues.org/
4. Stinkfest - http://www.stinkfest.org/
5. Phoenixville Beer and Wine Festival - http://phoenixvillebeerwinefestival.com/wine/
6. Fryburg - Marble Mayfest - http://www.fryburgmayfest.com/
7. PA Firefly Festival - http://pafireflyfestival.org/
8. Weekend in the Wilds - http://www.cameroncountychamber.org/
9. East Brady Area Riverfest - https://sites.google.com/site/eastbradyriverfest1/
10. Clarion County Fair - http://www.clarioncountyfair.com/
11. McKean County Fair - http://www.mckeancountyfair.net/
12. Elk Expo - http://www.elkexpo.com/
13. Peanut Butter Festival - http://redbankchamber.com/
14. Art in the Wilds - http://www.artinthewilds.org/
15. The 2017 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show - http://theflowershow.com/
16. Philly Wine Week - http://www.phillywineweek.org/

NY Events -

https://www.iloveny.com/events/#.WIjFzbYrLUY

1. Lake George Winter Carnival - http://www.lakegeorgewintercarnival.com/

2. 2017 Cattaraugus County Fair - http://cattarauguscofair.com/

3. 4th Annual Mother's Day Craft Fair -https://sites.google.com/site/collinstownhistory/mother-s-day-craft-expo-2017

The event website must be: 
- Hand-coded in a text editor (Sublime or Komodo Edit)
- 3 pages or more
- Size: Width: Desktop Resolution, max width 1024 or 1280 x 1024, Mobile as needed
- Color: RGB
- Code: Must be a responsive website
- Type: Must use web fonts / must be web safe

My choices:
1) Sherman Winter Craftfest - http://www.shermantheater.com/index.cfm?e=event&eventId=24058&rDate=1/29/2017
2) PA Firefly Festival - http://pafireflyfestival.org/
3) Clarion County Fair - http://www.clarioncountyfair.com/
4) The 2017 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show - http://theflowershow.com/
5) Art in the Wilds - http://www.artinthewilds.org/

Week 1A

Today was the first day of Advanced Web Design. The syllabus was discussed, I created a blogger account (which is needed for class), and filled out a Student Form with skills, strengths, and weaknesses. Our first homework assignment was given early today: Create a blogger and record URL on Google Docs (check), and to read Responsive-web-design, 2e.pdf. The sections we have to read are the Introducton and Ch. 1: Our Responsive Web, pages 1-16.