IDCC 370: Web Design I   Spring 2008

Check this out: Grades for Assignment One, Quiz 1, and Quiz 2 are posted at http://cyber.bentley.edu/faculty/wb/courses/370/grades/. Grades are listed by the last
two numbers of your student ID. They are sorted from the best to the worst.

Assignment Two is in the process of being graded. I hope to have it back to you by Thursday, December 2, or Tuesday, December 7, at the latest.

We'll continue with Cascading Style Sheets in class on Tuesday.

Check this out: Here are the terms we covered Tuesday, November 16, while finishing the Typography tutorial and moving into Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

1. Leading: 12/14; 12 points on 14 points; 2 points leading
2. deprecated font attributes in the
3. legacy Web
4. Semantic Web
5. XML (see tutorial)
6. XHTML (see tutorial)
7. workaround to fix table size, using table spacers = single pixel gif
8. Reverse type (white on black)
9. HR = horizontal rule tag

E-mail me if you have any questions about these terms.

Check this out: Here are the Web design terms, concepts, and principles from class on Thursday, November 4:

1. Consistency in design facilitates the ability of users to "learn" your site.
2. Usability can be summed up in one word: "findability"
3. Findability is achieved through search and browse
4. Known-item searching means that you know what you are looking for, you
   have a key word or phrase that you use in searching a site or a page.
5. Functionality trumps aesthetics every time in "user-centered" Web design usability.

Remember: the quiz on Tuesday, November 9, covers tutorials 10 (Navigation on the WWW) and 11 (Tables: Key to Design Control), and design terms, concepts, and principles from October 7, 21, November 2, and 4.

E-mail me if you have any questions.

Check this out: Here are the design terms and concepts covered in class on Tuesday, November 2, 2004:

1. gradient fill
2. image map (site map) jimtown.com image map and IDCC 380 site map
3. Fitts' law
4. design tradeoff (something good can introduce weaknesses of its own)
5. the design area 160
6. JavaScript
7. floating window (aka popup or spawned window)
8. browser back button, browser history, keep intact
9. iconic system
10. information overload

Here are two more navigation templates you might find interesting:

Matthew Stuart: http://web.bentley.edu/students/s/STUART_MATT/navigation/

Justin King: http://web.bentley.edu/students/k/king_just/navigation/index.html

Check this out: Here are some navigation templates that perform quite well and have some interesting design approaches. There are occasional flaws (jumping tables and weak "visited" visual cue in the nav bar), but all in all, these are well done.

Amanda Carlson: http://web.bentley.edu/students/c/carlso4_aman/370carlson/navigation/navigation.html

Jennifer MacFarlane: http://web.bentley.edu/students/m/macfar1_jenn/navigation/

Melissa Hammer: http://web.bentley.edu/students/h/hammer_meli/navigation/

Ashley Coombes: http://web.bentley.edu/students/c/coombes_ashl/navigation/

Sandy Pang: http://web.bentley.edu/students/p/pang_sand/370/navigation/

Sarah Miller: http://web.bentley.edu/students/m/miller_sara/370/navigation/

Jordan Race: http://web.bentley.edu/students/r/race_jord/370/navigation/

Katherine Traut: http://web.bentley.edu/students/t/traut_kath/navigation/

Erin Beglin: http://web.bentley.edu/students/b/beglin_erin/navigation/

Stephanie Pencz: http://web.bentley.edu/students/p/pencz_step/navigation/

Kristin O'Brien: http://web.bentley.edu/students/o/obrien4_kris/370/navigation/

Remember to have your site chosen for assignment two, as we will begin analysis of the design in class.