Week 4 – WoW

All I could think last week is that everyone else in class is more awesome than I am. They seem to get their act together faster on their sites, and make things look like grown ups have made them. I feel like I am fumbling along.

I think I like the idea of flex box. It appeals to the lazy side of me, and it seems like you can do more for more platforms (with a lot less work). I wonder why they teach you the float method at all? <<sigh>>

I feel like the exercises are doing me good. I have had too many classes where they talk to you too much, and my brain goes asleep. The occasional (1) here is what you should know , (2) apply what I just showed you (aka”Try It”) helps me retain this more (and not just zone out in class).

Flex Your Floats!

As a designer, I really like to think outside the box and do stuff that no one else is willing to try, or just haven’t yet. Usually, its just me being over zealous. Nevertheless, when it comes to using block elements and making a page that’s pretty and organized, utilizing floats and flexbox creates a panic-less me.

Continue reading “Flex Your Floats!”

Journal Entry – Week 4

I felt like I learned a lot this week. We covered floats and flexbox in CSS this week. We didn’t cover much of this when I took the beginning web design class. I feel like we covered so much material in such a short amount of time at the Art Institute. I feel like more of the information is soaking in this time around and I’m starting to understand what the code does when I code it into CSS.

The awesomeness of a Bio Generator

I was happy that we are picking up steam in class, but the most exciting thing last week was the automatic BIO GENERATOR.

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS AWESOME THING. There are so many sites that say “write something about yourself” and I have no idea (or no desire) to share a bit, NOW I HAVE A TOOL TO HELP. This is great!

Additional item was the miasma that that is font choice. Yet another piece of your choice that can make or break the look and feel of your website. Yet another small tidbit that people over-choose when making (or not making) choices in their site.

Yet I am not surprised that such choices are made. In some places there are no choice because the font choices and sizes are already made in advance by a company “style guide” which tell you the format that is acceptable. This can be limiting as it is comforting as you are not flooded by well meaning employees telling you to change this or that. Those rails can help you finish your projects quickly as well as protect the overall look and feel of the site.

The other sites I have seen are made by a committee of managers, with a lot of political wrangling behind closed doors for each and every centimeter of the page. No wonder those sites look like a Jackson Pollock.