final project – kg

FINAL PROJECT: DESIGN/PRODUCTION, COMPLETION
Technical Requirements:
- Files turned in on time _30_/ 30
- Project folder with: extras, site, and images folders, five html pages (min) _13_/ 13
- First page named “index.html”, not placed in a separate sub-folder _5_/ 8
- Functioning links from all nav items _10_/ 10
- External style sheet linked to at least one page _2_/ 8
- Site Map page with links to the other pages and footer links _8_/ 8
- Animated gif integrated in at least one page __6_/ 8
- Source Psd file(s) w/Design, Slicing and Animation:
. . – Three layouts including: 3 logo/titles, navigation and content __10_/ 15
- Selected Design, Concept, Visual Interest:
. . – Layout and Composition _13_/15 . . . . – Color and Contrast _12_/ 15
. . – Typography _12_/ 15 . . . . . . . . . . . – Use of Images _15_/ 15
. . – Logo/Title _15_/15
- Html Page, Div Element Structure (no AP divs):
. . – Container Div, centered __10_/ 10 . . . . – Header, Nav, Content, Footer Divs __15_/ 15
. . – Nav Rollover Images __10_/ 10 . . . . – Header and Content images __10_/ 10
. . – Live Footer text __10_/ 10 . . . . . – Different Content – each page __10_/ 10
. . – Page Identification __5_/ 10 . . . . – Body Element BG image/repeat __10_/ 10
. . – Live Content text w/heading and paragraph styles __6_/ 10
- Overall Effectiveness and Accuracy _24_/ 30
TOTAL = _261_/ 300

Comments:
- the header design has an interesting font; sets up a bit of an expectation that the theme is more earthy, weathered; but rest of the theme is a different (clean) idea; like the dots background but could work on it so that it repeats seamlessly
- overall contrast is okay but could be much stronger; some darker shadow values would help; a bit too much midtone overall; the samples and blog pages are more dynamic
- composition is effective fills browser window well and allows good space for content
- could have more coordinated typography following one theme; black content text against the gray background is not clear enough; need lighter background in that area
- typography could be more unified/consistent; size, style, spacing, number of fonts
- live text is included in the footer and in the content; heading and paragraph styles not present
- project folder is complete and well organized; the main html file needs to be named exactly: “index.html”
- div layout structure and corresponding css styles are complete
- links (a href=) are all working; references in the code match file names (including capitalization)
- image source references (img src=) are all correct; the code matches file names “folder/file” (including capitalization)
- page identification not well defined; in page titles but not in headings nor integrated in the navigation
- page titles should include the “site name” and the “page name”; header says: “Rey” but titles say: “Rex”
- looks like a copy was taken of the code from my demo file; can still see text saying my name in the last list item in the sitemap
- style sheet file has no styles in it and is not linked to any html page
- your animation frames should be set to “no delay” which is zero seconds delay; the first 15 frames are set to a 0.5 second delay which explains why it plays so slow
- good effort