DIGITAL PORTFOLIO: Fine Art and Photography

Instructor's contact: John Finkler

Syllabus:
Click here to download the Syllabus.

Web Design Stuff
Navigation In Portfolio Websites
Web Hosting
Should Web Designers Know HTML and CSS?
Web Browser Market Share

Projects

DESIGN YOUR PORTFOLIO WEB SITE

Process:
1. DESIGN (2 weeks) - Use Photoshop to design 2-3 separate web site design ideas - develop layout, color palette, navigation, typography/fonts, etc. Most web sites have 3 variations on the theme (homepage, gallery page, and informational pages (about, contact, exhibitions, etc.). Make sure your design is flexible enough to accomodate these changes.

2. CONTENT - Begin developing the content of your web site (Artist Statement, artwork, writing, etc.)

3. PROGRAMMING - Use Dreamweaver to code your site. We will talk about templates to use, gallery options, and other issues as they arise.

Supporting materials:
Web Design Lecture
Basic CSS Framework
CSS Layouts
Using the iframe tag
CSS Equal Columns Height script

Application Help

Adobe Dreamweaver Start Guides
Introducing Adobe Photoshop CS5