One topic covered in class thus far this semester when discussing the elements of a website (in chapter 2), the concept of environment. The idea of designing with a users physical surroundings in mind while they are accessing a website is intriguing. Thinking of the physical, mental and resource factors combined, a designer has a […]
In my last post, I mentioned the need for web designers to keep responsiveness in mind when utilizing a grid layout. Content-out Layout from a list apart delves deeper into this concept by describing the process of using ratios and building your grids with relationships as opposed to simple columns. As that article describes, websites […]
Throughout the Web Interactivity and Engagement course, we are learning the in’s and out’s of the WordPress content management system (cms). I thought it would be interesting to explore a bit further the different types of content management systems to learn why certain ones are preferred over others for certain sites, and if there is […]
One of the things we’ve focused on thus far in Web Interactivity and Engagement this semester are grid layouts. Initially, a grid seems as if it would be in a fixed state, similar to the tables of web design past. But with the various environments that users visit any given web page in, designers can not […]