Module6

Week 6 Module–Complete the First Draft of Your Portfolio Design

Learning Objectives

  • To continue to apply your coding skills and rhetorical knowledge to real-world web design

Notes on Format Design
As you start creating your online portfolio, consider carefully the following format design elements:

  • the overall design theme (Yes, you can select from WordPress’s templates)
  • the navigational scheme (horizontal menu? vertical menu? dropdown menu?
  • background patterns or colors
  • alignment, contrast, proximity, repetition
  • layout
  • typography
  • the use of color
  • the use of graphics
  • …

Notes on Responsive Web Design
Did you notice that some well designed websites have different layouts for different platforms: desktops, tablets, and cellphones. A layout design that automatically adjusts based on your platform is called responsive design. How do these different platforms affect the layout design of your website? Use what you learned in CSS and apply responsive web design to your own design if you can. 

Task 1–Complete Your Portfolio
Complete the first draft of your design by the end of this week so that you can focus on editing your design next week. All your pages/content should be up by the end of the week.

Task 2–Complete Your Reading Responses for Chapters 11 and 12 of  Web Style Guide

  • Read Web Style Guide Chapters 11 and 12 and complete your reading responses. Please note that you need to complete a separate reading response for each chapter. 
  • Post your reading responses to the Reading Response page. 
  • These will be your last reading responses.