Web Programming at PATHS

Venita found this tutorial:
http://www.eyesontutorials.com/articles/1622/1/Making-of-Fire-Dragon/Page1.html

A student found this nice reference on advanced CSS selectors:

http://biorust.com/ has tutorials on PhotoShop, Illustrator, Flash, and others.

Click here for a list of things to print. Find and measure golden ratios.

Here’s a good site on Phi (1.618) and phi (.618). I don’t think they used either ratio in their site design, but it’s a good overview…

“The Golden Section” from goldennumber.net

Here are some fun lists for “do”s and “don’t”s:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991003.html

Here’s an interesting article about how to think about creating the identity of a business.

Quote:

If the content says conservative risk-takers, but the presentation says only conservative, dissonance has been created. If the content says creative and forward-thinking, but the presentation says stodgy, or, if the content says high level of expertise and the presentation says low production values, message and presentation are not aligned. Design and message need to reinforce one another. A seamless integration of content and presentation is a winning combination. Anything less will result in confused prospects.

Please read these articles before doing the logo design assignment. I’m thinking of some study questions for this reading.

1. First, read this article by Chuck Green for a good overview of his logo design process.
2. Dmitry Kirsanov: The Art of Logo, Part I
3. Dmitry Kirsanov: The Art of Logo, Part II
4. Logo Design Revisited: Dmitry Kirsanov rethinks his original logo design

Some of these sound interesting:

http://free.ed.gov/subjects.cfm?subject_id=134&toplvl=42&res_feature_request=1

Both Java and Eclipse are free to download and use, so you can install them on your computer at home (or on a laptop, if you prefer to use your laptop in class). To use Java and Eclipse at home, do the following:

First, download and install Java: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/?intcmp=1281 . Click on the top download (JDK 6 Update 3) You can do the default installation.

Then, download and install Eclipse from eclipse.org. There’s a big “Download Eclipse” button at the top of the page.