sizing

we have recently decided to change the size of the site to 800x800pixels to accommodate for the size that the web comic really needs to be.

The navigation is proving troublesome as the css that I am familiar with and have used in the text has, when I tested it in several browsers failed in some of the older versions of IE. I feel that this is unacceptable because of the amount of people still using the browser. I shall try to remedy this with some hacks that I noticed on W3schools.

store 2

In an attempt to get this stupid store up I have downloaded a plug in for Dream weaver which is supposed to make it much easier... this has not been the case... at all. I have already invested far too much time in this with absolutely nothing to show for it.

I have also been doing some basic positioning of elements to get it the way that we want on the page.

store

I have been researching building a store for our site using in dreamweaver support and W3 schools and the adobe forums(by far the most helpful for this. I have attempted afew of the coding examples but with absolutely no results as yet.

sketches

As yet all our work has been on paper. I have been familiarizing myself with the web comic that we shall be using, (Mass Produced Kill Bots) and figuring out the style. The majority of the work shall be in xhtml and css, I may also use flash for parts such as navigation if my tests work and time allows.

collaboration

I had not previously realized that this could be a collaborative assessment. I have been approached by a couple of people including Nick whom I have decided to work with. Our goal to produced an animating and interactive web comic and host site. He shall handle the majority of the animation and I will work of the web content.

I am a little nervious on starting a collaboration due to the amount of assessments and out of university commitments (eg. work, and a freelance web designer position that I have taken up for an advertising agency in Newcastle) however I am am confident that at the very least I can build a site to successfully support Nicks work.

assessment 2

this is probably the vaguest assessment that I have ever had. I am thinking about doing a flash wesite as I have not done that before. However a lot of the animation strand seem to be doing this so I might try something a little different.

mpi 206 begins

My first impressions of this subject are that it will be consistently vague in nature, but perhaps that will be helpful in developing something that I am actually interested in.