Monday, November 24th

What are you doing for Thanksgiving? Do you have any traditions? Go in to detail about your plans for the 5 day weekend.

Over Thanksgiving I am going to Orlando, Florida with my mom until Sunday. I am helping her with a work event for Hallmark while we're there. I'm not sure what are plans are for celebrating Thanksgiving this year but we'll probably go out to dinner or something like that. Usually for Thanksgiving my family goes to my grandparent's house in Beatrice, Nebraska. We see my mom's side of the family and hang out with them for a few days. The past couple of years we've spent with our neighbor's but some of them have moved away. 

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Monday, November 17th

Consider the quote below. What exactly do you think it means and how does it relate to Web Design?

The quote in this image talks about the effectiveness of design. When companies or websites use certain designs they make it so the customers want to use their product or service. This relates to web design because the more effective a website is, the more people will be attracted to it. Web design is about designing a website that will be effective and give the viewers the message the designer wants to relay. Design helps things work because if something runs smoothly then people will want to use it more often. If a website is easy to navigate and it looks professional then it becomes more effective. Although design is what a website looks like, it makes the overall feel of it better if things are readable, easy to navigate, and there is some kind of color scheme.


User Experience: the overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.

Thursday, November 13th

Reflect on your learning this semester so far in this class. Think about the first day you walked in to this room until right now. What have you learned about Web Design? What have you learned beyond Web Design? Explain yourself.

So far in web design I have learned how to create a website and the different codes to use so I can get specific things on my website. I have also learned about the different tools I can use to create a website like Notepad ++ and Dreamweaver. I have learned the different kinds of jobs related to web design and also how to update and create a blog.

Friday, November 7th

Define the following terms on your blog. Do not copy and paste definitions. Site where you got your definition.

FTP- The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used to transfer computer files from one host to another host over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.

Web Server- A web server is a computer system that processes requests via HTTP, the basic network protocol used to distribute information on the World Wide Web.

Web Hosting (also list examples of web hosting companies)- the activity or business of providing storage space and access for websites. (web.com, iPage, register.com, justhost.com)

Monday, November 3rd

Tell me about your weekend. Give me details and photos!

Over the weekend I had my friends over for Halloween night and we had food and carved pumpkins and handed out candy to kids. My favorite thing about that day was being around everyone because we don't get to sped a lot of time together as a whole group. I also had State Cup for soccer in Topeka. I had one game on Saturday and another game on Sunday and my team won both of the games. State Cup continues into next weekend when we play at Swope Park and my team has an automatic bid into the finals.

Monday, October 20th

Tell me about your weekend. Share pics!

Over the weekend I went to Nebraska to visit my cousin and also to visit Nebraska-Omaha which is where I will be playing soccer next year. My visit was really exciting and the girls on the team were very nice and helpful when they showed me around. I then went to the University of Nebraska to and stayed overnight in the dorms with my closest cousin. We ordered pizza and watched the football game on Saturday night.

Friday, October 17th

What kind of background do you have with Photoshop? Have you used it before? What other types of design and editing software have you used before? Explain.

I used Photoshop in 8th grade and pretty much used the basic concepts of it. We didn't really get into a lot of detail with it. I have really only used Photoshop a little bit and I've used other editing things that are on my phone but nothing more advanced than that.

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