Comments for Kimberly's Weblog

Comment on Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents by Patrickdg

Patrickdg — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:16 +0000

thats for sure, bro

Comment on Final Project by bennydavis

bennydavis — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:59:44 +0000

I still like the layout of your page, but I still thing you should find a way to keep the text away from the borders to make it look cleaner.

Comment on Information Interaction Design by gigi-mo

gigi-mo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:18:44 +0000

Excellent summary. This article can be hard to get through, but once you do, there’s a great wealth of knowledge in it.

Comment on Search Engine Placement Tips by gigi-mo

gigi-mo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:17:53 +0000

Kim – you dont have to submit your pages, but it helps. Simply visiting the major search engines (detailed on SearchEngineWatch.com) and going to their submission form pages, will allow you to submit your information. Also, having other websites link to your site, is a wonderful way to “exchange links” and you have a better chance of search engines finding your website this way. Over time, the SE will eventually find your website, but if you want to speed up the process it helps to submit specific pages.

Comment on Dreamweaver 8 Ch. 8: Tables by gigi-mo

gigi-mo — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:16:09 +0000

Kim

When you hit the Enter or Return button in Dreamweaver, it automatically wraps a P (paragraph) tag around the content. This by default, adds the extra line of space you are describing.

If you want a single-space, hit Shift-Return or Shift-Enter to add a single line break (BR) in your code!

Comment on Dreamweaver 8 Ch. 9: Layout by weabeast

weabeast — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:34:39 +0000

Hi Kim, I had the same problem that you have with CS3, which I have as well. Looking for the layers option was a pain – but I think I have an answer for you. In CS3 you have to switch your viewing mode to layout mode by selecting View > Table Mode > Layout Mode. Once in layout mode you create the layers by using the Draw Layout Table and the Draw Layout Cells commands. These commands are on the far right hand side of your layout bar. I hope I did not confuse you more.

I feel your pain,
Mike

Comment on Final Project Comp. by ryppka

ryppka — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:51:25 +0000

Hi Kim,
for that industrial feel..did you try to play with different patterns in Fireworks? Under fill option in the properties pallete, there some metallish types you might like for the background..

Comment on Final Project Comp. by saritadesign

saritadesign — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:13:54 +0000

Hi Kimberly — I can see that you are trying to make the navigation very easy to find. My concern is that by repeating it top, left and bottom that it creates a bit of a boxed in feel.
When I recently had trouble making a soft pastel design accessible I checked out: http://juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.php#contrast and was able to up the contrast between text and background enough keep the gentle look I wanted, but make it more readable.
I like that the arc in the design is mirrored in the photo insert.
Have you considered moving the flash banner up to the top along side the logo and having your main navigation across the whole page width beneath? You could then have a narrow column where left nav is now for prominent contact info and news items, small photos and same big right area for content. Even these simple sites are such a Rubik’s cube to design…it makes my head spin!

Comment on Final Project Comp. by waxman3

waxman3 — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:29:09 +0000

I think it’s somewhat “generic”, but it’s something that a government client would really eat up, so no worries. I was going to suggest something different as far as the top photo, so I’d like to see the Flash that you come up with.

Jed

Comment on Design beautiful websites with Fireworks by saritadesign

saritadesign — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:14:55 +0000

Hi Kimberly, I too got a lot out of this article and am trying to apply it to my regular work and my final project. I’ve always had a bookmark folder of sites that I like, and a real folder of samples and discarded ideas for future inspiration…not sure I want to call it a “morgue file”…like to think of a happier name!