background tutorial

final

-          -To start, create a new photo shop document with the dimensions of 10 inches wide and 2 inches tall at 150 resolution.

-          -First start with a simple black background so we can work with any colors later on.

-          -Then create a rounded rectangle using your rounded rectangle tool, that is 1.5 inches high and 9.5 inches wide.

-          -Use the color “fbf8a5” and fill your rounded rectangle in with the paint bucket tool.

-         - Then go to blending options, the satin section, and fill in the color box with “fea407.” Make the opacity 75% and angle 90 degrees. Distance should be set to 11 pixels and size should be 14 pixels.

-          -Then with the remaining  black on the outside of the rounded rectangle, use a paint brush with 21 pixels in size and put dots along the edges about a half an inch apart from each other. Use the color “f6f3a2.”

-          -After the dots along the outside and main rounded rectangle are in place, duplicate the exact rounded rectangle from earlier and shrink it to about a half an inch high and an inch wide to use for the navigation bar buttons.

-          -Once you diminish the rounded rectangles size go to blending options and add on a stroke around the outside so you will have an outline on top of the original rounded rectangle. Use a black stroke with 3% pixels so there is a thin line outside the navigation bar buttons.

-Duplicate 4 of these rounded rectangles and make them your buttons, separate them about an inch apart from each other and fill in the necessary words for your website

3 widget websites

these are my 3 widget websites, i reconstructed the patagonia clothing websites different apparel pages and one of the home pages. 

nav bar

this is my nav bar, i put my hard work and dedication into this

header

this is my header from the tutorial

today

today was a rough day, i unfortunately didnt get as much done as I expected but tomorrow i will definitely come out strong

today

i worked on my second website today, its straight fire

daily blog

today i worked on my reconstructed widget website, i am remaking the nav bar and possibly changing the picture on the background

widget website

this is my widget website, i reconstructed the patagonia apparel website. I changed the logo at the top where it said patagonia, then changed the nav bar to an aqua blue that had 4 categories with widgets. I also changed my cart to my widget and the patagonia emails to widget emails

blog

today i kept working on my reconstructed website. I'm hoping to have it up and running as soon as possible, its definitely gonna be the next facebook

tutorial

due to the awful tutorial i am unable to go foward

today

today i worked on my reconstructed website a little bit, it will be up and running sooner then later

new project

today i began to reconstruct my website, i will post a picture of my finishing touches when im done

photoshop page

this is my photoshop page of my website with a slice tool on the bubba watson photo

3rd website

this is my 3rd and final website, the photo on the bottom features bubba watson in his hovercraft

second website

this is a screenshot of my second website

yes

im just straightening out my blog, getting a few entries in before the ol' quarter ends. My predictions for the championship are louisville vs. michigan and louisville is going to win it all by a landslide.

today

today is gonna snow, hopefully we'll be able to get a quick practice in on the turf before it gets covered. I also just found out we need to make 3 separate websites with all different designs, i should probably get on that

website construction

im working my tail off over here in the third row just trying to get noticed by mo. Im writing codes and breaking necks, the html empire isn't ready for what I'm about to bring.

shooting shirts

this is going to be the shooting shirt design, mo is going to take it to the next level throughout the day and really just bring our swag through the roof

my next website

My upcoming website will be only about lacrosse, different things that are happening in the lacrosse world right now.

website screen shot

this is a quick screen shot of my website

website

my website is coming along real nice, I need to put an image and background then I will be in business.

big blog for big john

today i finished making my nav bar and banner for my sports website. tomorrow we will work on it further. Maybe I'll put in a footer or possibly some images. I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time.

website

this is a quick screenshot on my website. its a decent color scheme.

blogging

today i finally put my nav bar onto my website with my banner. I originally had them with different colors, but after mo gave me some advice i made it have a common color scheme of a navy blue baby blue gradient.

blog

today mo said our blog is the "backbone" of our grade, wow im quite stoked about this statement. That means all i have to do is just keep writing words in this blog and mo will give me a grade.

website

i got my website up and it now has a banner, once i finish a navigation bar it will be legit

wesite banner

this is my website banner

banner vs header

the difference between a banner and a header is that a header is more like a front cover page of a website. It is more like the welcoming display of a website that will lure you towards their site. The banner of a website is used for actually browsing the website and finding things. With drop down bars and different categories to select from a banner is used to make the website function while the header is used more for promoting the website.

whats a pixel

a pixel is a minute area on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed.

 the pixels of my header are 1240 by 500

today

today i posted my 10 websites with caption, i also posted my superbowl prediction. Ravens are definitely going to win it all for big Ray

best websites

i like espn because it gives you all of the recent updates on sports and is easy to browse.

apple is a good website because it is completely up to date and has all the newest technology.

google is one of my favorite websites because you can find anything you can think of.

Forbes is an extremely popular website because it has all of the most recent news.

i like lax.com because i like lax. its that simple

grooveshark is successful because it can be accessed in any school and you are able to play any song ever invented

weather.com is great because everyone needs to know the weather.

patagonia is a successful website because most of the shopping is done online.

cnn is legit because its one of the most used websites for recent news.

this websites cool

favorite websites

day 3

day 3 of web design consisted of me getting pictures of myself for my profile picture and background. i used a picture of me fishing for my profile picture and a picture of my playing lax as the background.

the way the world should work

i feel that this class can be a model for how the world should work, and im totally stoked to the max about it. Now mo is the constitution, he teaches us how to blog and keeps us together. But us, were the american people, we need to stay together, me and you, otherwise were gonna get air bubbles and its gonna start canueing up in here.

Ross Thompson                                                                                      1/28/13

Web Design                                                                                           Website Purpose

                                Before people create websites they should ask themselves the simple question as to why they are starting a website. Most people have different reasons towards why they have started a website, but they all can be grouped together under entertainment. Websites main reason is to provide entertainment for their researchers. Some websites main purposes are to generate business and revenue for their company. Starting a website along with a newfound business could be extremely important on your road towards success. If you own a store or are starting a home business it would be significantly helpful for you to start a website advertising your business and what it has to offer. People are online at all times of the day, and they never know what they are going to come across when it comes to advertisements. When creating your own website you need to be quite creative, if your website isn’t going to catch the average web surfer’s eye than they will not visit your site. You need to have a good consistent color scheme that will attract the common eye. Also when beginning to create a website it must be fully functioning. If there are buttons that are supposed to be used as drop downs but it is not fully finished, people will be unsatisfied. People also create websites just for the fun and creativity. A lot of people use tumblr nowadays to simply express their thoughts and creativity. Tumblr is a popular micro blogging platform designed for creative self-expression. It is considered a mindful alternative to Facebook and other social media websites where users blog on a myriad of topics. People with tumblr’s blog about their everyday life and express themselves about a variety of topics going on in the world. But as I mentioned before, business is an extremely popular reason for people to create websites. For marketing reasons, websites are created to lead you to use that business. Certain websites run by businesses today have helpers that will message people when they are surfing that site. For example, on the clothing website Patagonia every single time you look up a product on their site a personal message pops up with a sales executive asking you if you need help. I feel that this is very helpful because it gives the website the feel of an actual store unlike most websites. If you need any help regarding the store or business somebody is there to walk you through it and explain it. I believe that the overall purpose for creating a website is too send a message to anyone on the web. Whether you are creating it from a business perspective or just to simply express your thoughts on your own personal website, I believe people just want to get their point across. I also feel that your website will correlate with what type of person you are. The background, layout, color scheme, and reason for your website all go hand in hand with what time of person you are.

"how to" make a cigarette box

these are my steps 1-6 of how to make a cigarette box

sticker

this is my sticker, i was really behind; but now im not

face cards

my face cards are hot fire

how to

im doing my how to on how to ride an elevator, good day

full page ad

this is my full page ad, its fire