Thursday, September 15, 2011

20 Effective Examples of Web and Mobile Wireframe Sketches

A wireframe sketch is the initial hand-drawn design process, using paper and pen/pencil, of what a website design will look like. And to help you get inspiration as well as effective reference points, this article features 20 impressive web and mobile wireframe sketches.

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Wireframing Tools for Designers Building a website can be a time-consuming and expensive business. To ensure that you minimize the number of hours spent and the amount of money wasted on each project, it’s absolutely essential that you plan properly, flushing out content and functionality early, reducing rework. Most people simply use a pen and paper to plan the early stages of their website designs, but is this enough? Besides a rough, handwritten sketch, you should be creating wireframes for your own benefit and to aid in preliminary discussions with clients and team members. To create a successful wireframe, you’re going to need to use a good wireframing tool.

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Web Design "Bible" for reference

Great websites for reference as discussed by the pros

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23 Most Popular jQuery Photo Gallery and Slider Plugins

If anyone's interested in what Bryan and Gunnar (and myself) will be researching for possible addition to our competitive websites, here you go. I've always believed that any quality website should include a photo viewer. There are plenty to choose from in this website.

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Friday, September 9, 2011

Chapter 1 - Project - Top Five Favorite - Single Web Page

Hi everyone. Here are the directions to complete the project.

1. Create a new folder on your Desktop called Projects

2. Inside your Projects folder, create a new folder called Chapter 1

3. Inside your Chapter 1 folder, created a folder called imgs

4. Open Notepad. Immediately save the file as chapter1project.html inside the Chapter 1 folder. (Please don't save the file to the imgs folder. Only image files will be saved there.)

5. Open Internet Explorer. Find and save five images to the imgs folder. Please save ONLY .jpg and/or .gif files. No .png or .bmp files are allowed for this project.

6. Create a web page similar to the sketch designed in class. You must include the height, width, alt, and align attributes in the tag.

7. Be sure to include paragaph tags, H1 - H6 tags, don't forget to add the align attribute to the paragraph tag.

8. Once you're satisfied with your design, print the code and browser.