I downloaded both the inkscape and gimp graphic tools- the inkscape is kind of a big file (I hope it doesn't eat too much memory) but both downloads went smooth and without any special problems- what are mirror download sites? I should google this...
5 sites that rely on graphics:
1. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/ (k., this site was already featured in our class but it's one of my favorites)
2. http://www.serkansokmen.com/ - I like the top banner here as well as the other 3d graphics links.
3. http://www.elizabethschumann.com/ I think this is the kind of site that I would like to have...
4. http://www.swankmartini.com/ - this one is a random pick which looked kind of cool
5. http://www.webaward.org/ - how did they do that(the woman speaker)?
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Free Website templates
Here are the 5 sites I looked at:
1: http://www.oswd.org/designs/favorites/
This site has clean and simple designs for my taste. These perhaps are more suitable for business oriented web sites and not so much for artists, yet they are quite elegant. I indeed liked the designs on their"favorite" page.
2: http://www.opendesigns.org/view-designs/
This site has pretty cool designs and compared to the previous site, the designs on this page seem to have a lot more colors and each page has a color theme that is limited to a few selected colors.
3: http://www.studio7designs.com/open_source_templates.cfm
This site is focused on nature and "green" designs. I thought this site had nice designs for kids to make their first web page because of the 'cartoon like' colors their templates use. This site specifically write on the main page: "ree website templates for free use for non profit and individual users. We released the templates under the Creative Commons 2.5 licence." So there was no confusion here: )
4: http://www.oswt.co.uk/index.html
I liked that this site had a separate CSS templates page which I could use for my own designs, though the designs there weren't a big eye catcher. It was helpful to read on top of their designs that " 100% W3C validated". I saw a few cool pages under the Templates tab though it's too bad that you have to download it first to see a larger image of the design.
After that page I found better CSS designs on: http://www.free-css.com/free-css-layouts/page1.php
5: http://www.freewebtemplates.com/template.php?id=52
This site I liked the most because of it's many free templates but also the sub- categories to choose from on the left of the page.
Common Copyrights: I checked the legal link on all those pages and all specified that the free templates may be downloaded and used free... If they are online for users to download free then I assume that they are all covered by the common copyrights.
1: http://www.oswd.org/designs/favorites/
This site has clean and simple designs for my taste. These perhaps are more suitable for business oriented web sites and not so much for artists, yet they are quite elegant. I indeed liked the designs on their"favorite" page.
2: http://www.opendesigns.org/view-designs/
This site has pretty cool designs and compared to the previous site, the designs on this page seem to have a lot more colors and each page has a color theme that is limited to a few selected colors.
3: http://www.studio7designs.com/open_source_templates.cfm
This site is focused on nature and "green" designs. I thought this site had nice designs for kids to make their first web page because of the 'cartoon like' colors their templates use. This site specifically write on the main page: "ree website templates for free use for non profit and individual users. We released the templates under the Creative Commons 2.5 licence." So there was no confusion here: )
4: http://www.oswt.co.uk/index.html
I liked that this site had a separate CSS templates page which I could use for my own designs, though the designs there weren't a big eye catcher. It was helpful to read on top of their designs that " 100% W3C validated". I saw a few cool pages under the Templates tab though it's too bad that you have to download it first to see a larger image of the design.
After that page I found better CSS designs on: http://www.free-css.com/free-css-layouts/page1.php
5: http://www.freewebtemplates.com/template.php?id=52
This site I liked the most because of it's many free templates but also the sub- categories to choose from on the left of the page.
Common Copyrights: I checked the legal link on all those pages and all specified that the free templates may be downloaded and used free... If they are online for users to download free then I assume that they are all covered by the common copyrights.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Pangeaday- music by...
Pangeaday -
This idea shows us how the internet can be best used to benefit society at large and make the world and even closer and smaller place. The trailer used on this site is quite dramatic and shows life on all continents of the world. The concept of experiencing life and culture through images and videos on the net is remarkable and I would indeed keep checking on that website for their updates on global events. I'm not much of a video person yet but I will be making a trip to Ireland next month and will consider to upload my trip video...
Music was composed by Jonathan Elias (did I get the bonus point right?hehe)
This idea shows us how the internet can be best used to benefit society at large and make the world and even closer and smaller place. The trailer used on this site is quite dramatic and shows life on all continents of the world. The concept of experiencing life and culture through images and videos on the net is remarkable and I would indeed keep checking on that website for their updates on global events. I'm not much of a video person yet but I will be making a trip to Ireland next month and will consider to upload my trip video...
Music was composed by Jonathan Elias (did I get the bonus point right?hehe)
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Web 2.0
Wow, I visited http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/
and was surprised to see there a live video feed from Africa- too bad it only works with Real One video player. I had to download the player specially to view this page and I just don't like those programs taking extra memory on my PC. However, the behavior of this page is great! I loved the nature sounds I could hear and the live cameras kept my curiosity as to what animal might show up in front of the camera next. I like the mix of media on the page between videos, text and photos.
and was surprised to see there a live video feed from Africa- too bad it only works with Real One video player. I had to download the player specially to view this page and I just don't like those programs taking extra memory on my PC. However, the behavior of this page is great! I loved the nature sounds I could hear and the live cameras kept my curiosity as to what animal might show up in front of the camera next. I like the mix of media on the page between videos, text and photos.
Monday, January 21, 2008
I visited www.csszengarden.com to get some inspiration for my own future web page and here are 2 of the designs I liked:
1. This design (click here) by Timo Vertanen has nice cold colors and I liked how the image behind the text integrates so smoothly with it. I also like the rough edges on the right of the page.
2. This design (click here) by Andrew Brundle is really cool! While you scroll down the page, the one line images of music scroll with you- it makes you feel like there are 2 layers of paper that you are looking at and through the holes of the first page you can see snippets from the 2nd page.
Below is our charming little school (Peabody)
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1. This design (click here) by Timo Vertanen has nice cold colors and I liked how the image behind the text integrates so smoothly with it. I also like the rough edges on the right of the page.
2. This design (click here) by Andrew Brundle is really cool! While you scroll down the page, the one line images of music scroll with you- it makes you feel like there are 2 layers of paper that you are looking at and through the holes of the first page you can see snippets from the 2nd page.
Below is our charming little school (Peabody)
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