Spring 2008 – ARS406-01
Soo submitted the following for extra credit. A reaction to Cheating Color by Jason Santa Maria. Read on….
This ALA article by Rich Rutter rehashes an old 2002 method devised by Owen Briggs for sizing type consistently across browsers. It’s how I most often size type. Read on….
Due: 5:00pm, Sunday, Apr 27
Read Feudalism 2.0, and share your thoughts via the tumblelog you created for Blog Post 1. After you’ve written a text post and published it (“Create post” button), email me a link to your writing by 5:00pm on Sunday, April 27.
Read the ALA article, Flash Embedding Cage Match for some background, but what developed since that time is SWFObject 2.0. This is the industry standard for embedding Adobe Flash Player content.
After reading this ALA article about Ruby on Rails and clicking some links, I wound up at a list of web hosting companies that support Ruby on Rails.
So if you’re looking to choose among some credible web hosts, start there.
Most of the stuff we looked at and talked about in class. Comment on this post or email me if you see any I’m missing (or if you just want more). Read on….
Due: Tuesday, May 13
Redesign either SUNY New Paltz’s CAS website or Vassar College’s English Department website and provide a detailed document outlining and justifying the design and development decisions made during the redesign. Read on….
Due: 5:00pm, Friday, Apr 4
Sign up for a Tumblr account. Call your tumblelog whatever you’d like in the URL field of the signup form.
Once you’re at your Tumblr dashboard, you’ll see a list of icons. For the purposes of this and our other class blog post assignments, you’ll post text (the first icon). But you can also use Tumblr for other things, and I encourage you to experiment.
Read Understanding Web Design, and share your thoughts via your new tumblelog. After you’ve written a text post and published it (“Create post” button), email me a link to your writing by 5:00pm on Friday, April 4.
Just officially stating that, because I feel we would be rushed, Project 4 will be given to each of you as a bonus. It accounts for 5% of your final grade. Our Assignments & Grading page has been updated to reflect this change.