Unit 1: Planning Website
I've learned many things in Website Design but what i've learned over this unit so far is how to see what a bad website is, what color theory means for Website Design and what Semiotics are. Firstly, what I learned from how to identify a bad website is to look if it's accessible for people who may have disabilities and to see if its aesthetically pleasing and most importantly to see if it provides a clean effective way to gain that information its giving. What I learned about color theory is that it has a big role in Website design. Thats because in order to make color in your future website you'll have to use RGB color and you'll have to know that RBG color is made up of different numbers to create that color and RGB is the way we access color. Lastly, I learned about Semiotics and how it's helpful back round information. I learned that Semiotics are in a broad term Icon, Index and HTML. Those are all signs/symbols that are an important part of making a website.
Unit 2: What is html?
HTML stands for hyper text market language. There is a simple way to define what HTML is. HTML is apart of the structure in your website. That being said HTML helps you to create a webpage and create the structure into your website. HTML is also used to mostly share universal web pages so it can be accessable to everyone around the world. Most people use HTML everyday and dont even realize it and HTML is a tremendous part of creating a website/ a main factor. Lastly, HTML is common to use in building a website so people should learn about HTML and the meaning of HTML. I've found knowing the meaning of HTML is very helpful when in a class like website design. It helped me understand one of the main factors of how to understand and create a website.
Unit 3: Accessibile Design
The designs I chose were to keep my color pallet simple and my font big so if someone with ADHD were to come to my page they wouldn't be distracted from the color choices and may have an easier time paying attention because of my big font.I also made the color values all different so if someone achromatopsy color blindness were to see my page they would notice different values so it would be easy to read, see etc. On another note I wish I made my color pallet different because purple has red in it so people with red-green colorblindness will have a lot of trouble with seeing value with color. Lastly, I wish I made my buttons bigger so people with parkinsons could click on my links/buttons easier.
Unit 4: How To Video
In unit 4 I learned how to make a manifesto and import it into my website. This process started out with me having to make my video, captions and script writing. After that I was then instructed to import the video through BBedit. That started with me using video control poster which is just a place holder. After that it was time for me to upload the captions on my index page and code where to find the video so it would pop up onto my website. This was a very fun unit but it was very challenging to do the captions but, I learned how I would go about importing a video.
Unit 5: Web Graphics
In unit 5 I learned about Graphics. What I learned in our Graphics Unit was how to upload icons on to a page, make icons and upload premade icons. I also learned how to upload a banner and I was able to make my own banner which I really enjoyed. When we uploaded icons that was to the footer and that was another thing I liked this unit since it was pretty easy. Lastly I learned how to add images to my website. Which took quite awhile but it still was an cool and interesting thing I learned how to do this unit.
Unit 6: CSS is for Lover
CSS is a style sheet used to import elements and selectors to make your website lo pretty. Youcan change your background color, font color and any basic stylization. i really liked this unit because it taught me how to import typefaces into CSS. Which is a special font that made my website look a lot cleaner. I did find typefaces to be the more difficult part just because there was a lot of steps for importing the files. I also learned how to use the box method in CSS which made everything look a lot more organized and it really makes a difference in obtaining information.
Unit 7: Java Scripting
This unit I learned what Javascript is and what Javascript can look like in a webpage. Javascript is a programming language that lets html become interactive and Javascript happens inside the execution context and can only be used inside it to work and finally can only be executed one command at a time. For example, I put a clock into my webpage and by using Javascript I made it interactive by using Javascript. Finally, I learned how to stylize my clock through my style sheet.