Tuesday, 27 April 2010
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Friday, 27 November 2009
Update
Hello,
It is Friday November 27th and I have written in a while so I thought I would update you on my progress.
Every Monday I write myself a list as to what I want to achieve that week... it also helps me when it comes to time lapsing when I haven't written to my blog so I can update you correctly on what I have achieved.
Well firstly I have finally finished my in depth research on which programming software I will use to create my dissertation. Either a wisiwig, Google or Druple, or a markup language such as Dreamweaver. I submitted my dissertation proposal a week ago on Friday and have already received feedback as to how I could of improved. Embarrassingly what let me down the most was my grammar. Unfortunately it has never been a strong point but as a result of being aware of this I must learn to check it is perfect, so I am disappointed in myself with that. However, the feedback was fantastic I can really build upon it.
Within the proposal I spoke about what I wish to achieve, why I want to do this specific practical project for the dissertation, how it can be achieved, applications that will be contained on the website, the software that will be used to create the site, problems that may be encountered, important factors to consider when creating the website, why social networking sites are important and what has been learnt from researching into HTML.
I have decided in order to demonstrate and enhance my knowledge of how to build a website I am going to write several individual blogs in relation to a theory explored by theorists in relation to websites, hypertext and the world wide web.
These theorists include:
Hypertext 3.0: Critical theory and New Media in an era of Globalization, by George P. Landow and Web Style Guide: 3rd Edition: Basic Design Principles for creating a website, by Patrick J. Lynch a Sarah Horton and Web Design basics: Ideas and inspiration for working with type, colour and navigation on the Web, by Richard Karl Danielson.
I will elaborate on what each theory explored is, explaining what the theories are and how they affect the dissertation.
Since the last post I have also created a PowerPoint presentation exhibiting how I would like the website to look with a brief overview on each slide as to what I with to achieve on each page and why certain applications will be on particular pages.
Over the next few weeks I wish to demonstrate that I have accepted the feedback given and will apply it onto my blog to demonstrate and understand of how I have overcome my mistakes. I will do this by doing the following:
1) Creating three individual blogs exploring each theorist and their theories.
2) Explaining the ideological problems encountered when choosing to use corporate wisiwigs.
3) Demonstrate that I can reference correctly by posting my bibliography to the blog.
4) Post the presentation and re-write my proposal and post it onto the blog.
I hope that this has brought you all up to date.
Take care,
Danielle
It is Friday November 27th and I have written in a while so I thought I would update you on my progress.
Every Monday I write myself a list as to what I want to achieve that week... it also helps me when it comes to time lapsing when I haven't written to my blog so I can update you correctly on what I have achieved.
Well firstly I have finally finished my in depth research on which programming software I will use to create my dissertation. Either a wisiwig, Google or Druple, or a markup language such as Dreamweaver. I submitted my dissertation proposal a week ago on Friday and have already received feedback as to how I could of improved. Embarrassingly what let me down the most was my grammar. Unfortunately it has never been a strong point but as a result of being aware of this I must learn to check it is perfect, so I am disappointed in myself with that. However, the feedback was fantastic I can really build upon it.
Within the proposal I spoke about what I wish to achieve, why I want to do this specific practical project for the dissertation, how it can be achieved, applications that will be contained on the website, the software that will be used to create the site, problems that may be encountered, important factors to consider when creating the website, why social networking sites are important and what has been learnt from researching into HTML.
I have decided in order to demonstrate and enhance my knowledge of how to build a website I am going to write several individual blogs in relation to a theory explored by theorists in relation to websites, hypertext and the world wide web.
These theorists include:
Hypertext 3.0: Critical theory and New Media in an era of Globalization, by George P. Landow and Web Style Guide: 3rd Edition: Basic Design Principles for creating a website, by Patrick J. Lynch a Sarah Horton and Web Design basics: Ideas and inspiration for working with type, colour and navigation on the Web, by Richard Karl Danielson.
I will elaborate on what each theory explored is, explaining what the theories are and how they affect the dissertation.
Since the last post I have also created a PowerPoint presentation exhibiting how I would like the website to look with a brief overview on each slide as to what I with to achieve on each page and why certain applications will be on particular pages.
Over the next few weeks I wish to demonstrate that I have accepted the feedback given and will apply it onto my blog to demonstrate and understand of how I have overcome my mistakes. I will do this by doing the following:
1) Creating three individual blogs exploring each theorist and their theories.
2) Explaining the ideological problems encountered when choosing to use corporate wisiwigs.
3) Demonstrate that I can reference correctly by posting my bibliography to the blog.
4) Post the presentation and re-write my proposal and post it onto the blog.
I hope that this has brought you all up to date.
Take care,
Danielle
Thursday, 12 November 2009
Links to social networking sites and video's
Visit us on our social networking sites;
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000427616710&ref=profile
= Facebook
http://dawnswyrbrocefni.ning.com/
= Ning
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=10152459171
Bebo
http://www.myspace.com/dawnswyrbrocefni
= MySpace
http://www.youtube.com/user/DawnswyrBroCefni
= YouTube
We also have hundreds of images on Flickr if you visit; http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dawnswyr%20bro%20cefni&w=all http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=vinzenzifest&m=text These images are of Dawnswyr Bro Cefni in Germany at at prestigious festival called the Vinzenzifest. However, these images have been posted by another member of the group along with other participants from the festival. We are yet to upload all of our images.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000427616710&ref=profile
http://dawnswyrbrocefni.ning.com/
= Ning
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=10152459171
Bebo
http://www.myspace.com/dawnswyrbrocefni
= MySpace
http://www.youtube.com/user/DawnswyrBroCefni
= YouTube
We also have hundreds of images on Flickr if you visit; http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=dawnswyr%20bro%20cefni&w=all http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=vinzenzifest&m=text These images are of Dawnswyr Bro Cefni in Germany at at prestigious festival called the Vinzenzifest. However, these images have been posted by another member of the group along with other participants from the festival. We are yet to upload all of our images.
Welcome
Hello!
My name is Danielle and I have decided to create an online blog, which documents the progress I make throughout my third year of my degree. I am using the blog in relation to my dissertation. I am creating a website for a group called Dawnswyr Bro Cefni and they are a Welsh folk dance group that perform Welsh folk dances, folk songs, singing and instrumentals.
Back in the summer my supervisor for my dissertation advised me to keep a diary of my research and processes leading up to the creation of my website. However, this was in July. It is now November and after learning how to create a blog, ironically I'm not all that up to date with the 'online world' but here I am :-)
So, I have kept a full diary of events by hand up to this point as up to now I have been very old school, but I am sticking by my guns and will be keeping my written diary along side my blog to back up my dissertation when I submit it in 2010.
So, enough for now I'm blabbering. Here is some information to get you all up to date;
It was in February of this year I met and became apart of the dance group, Dawnswyr Bro Cefni. I met them through my boyfriend whom has been friends with the leaders since a young boy. I advised them that I was thinking about what to do for my dissertation as I have been watching my boyfriend create his for several months, he is a year ahead of me just so you all know, and I mentioned that I was currently creating a website for a Welsh Traditional Music Group, which the group leader of the dance group is also in, called Rhes Ganol. The leader then advised me that he needed a website for the dance group to which I jumped a the opportunity and wrote down an overview there and then of what, as a client, he would like the website to consist.
It was in the March that I had my idea signed off by the department enabling me to go full steam ahead with my research. I have looked into the following;
Research into creating websites (hypertext, the Internet, HTML (hypertext mark up langague) and XML, Algorithm, Browsers, RSS feeds, adding comments and instant messaging etc…
Research of traditional welsh dancing and music – what is its meaning? Why is it so important? (Brief history of Welsh culture)
• Interface design/Page Design
• Information architecture
• Navigation (How will I build the site? Layers, child and adult pages, links, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from other sites, I.M, blogs, interaction etc… Site and Page structure)
• Universal Usability
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• CGI (Common Gateway interface)
• Typography
• HTML/XML Format
• Programming (Dreamweaver)
• Interaction: Forms and applications
• Graphics and multimedia
Most of this research I have to admit lies in a book which has become my bible, Web Style Guide 3 and also the online research tool W3Schools, http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp .
Over the Summer of 2009 I travelled with the group to Germany to a prestigious festival called the Vinzenzifest where I filmed all of the dances that they performed out there so that I could post the dances online and create small taster video’s to go on the website. I also took hundreds of photographs so that I had a variety of images to chose from to use on the website.
I am now at the stage where I have produced all of my social networking sites for the group which will be linked directly to and from the main website and I have created a presentation of my idea's for the layout and design of the website.
Sorry this blog is so long, this will be the only occasion as it is my own fault for not taking action earlier.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
I will blog next when I have made some progress.
Take care and speak soon!
Danielle
elu6d2
My name is Danielle and I have decided to create an online blog, which documents the progress I make throughout my third year of my degree. I am using the blog in relation to my dissertation. I am creating a website for a group called Dawnswyr Bro Cefni and they are a Welsh folk dance group that perform Welsh folk dances, folk songs, singing and instrumentals.
Back in the summer my supervisor for my dissertation advised me to keep a diary of my research and processes leading up to the creation of my website. However, this was in July. It is now November and after learning how to create a blog, ironically I'm not all that up to date with the 'online world' but here I am :-)
So, I have kept a full diary of events by hand up to this point as up to now I have been very old school, but I am sticking by my guns and will be keeping my written diary along side my blog to back up my dissertation when I submit it in 2010.
So, enough for now I'm blabbering. Here is some information to get you all up to date;
It was in February of this year I met and became apart of the dance group, Dawnswyr Bro Cefni. I met them through my boyfriend whom has been friends with the leaders since a young boy. I advised them that I was thinking about what to do for my dissertation as I have been watching my boyfriend create his for several months, he is a year ahead of me just so you all know, and I mentioned that I was currently creating a website for a Welsh Traditional Music Group, which the group leader of the dance group is also in, called Rhes Ganol. The leader then advised me that he needed a website for the dance group to which I jumped a the opportunity and wrote down an overview there and then of what, as a client, he would like the website to consist.
It was in the March that I had my idea signed off by the department enabling me to go full steam ahead with my research. I have looked into the following;
Research into creating websites (hypertext, the Internet, HTML (hypertext mark up langague) and XML, Algorithm, Browsers, RSS feeds, adding comments and instant messaging etc…
Research of traditional welsh dancing and music – what is its meaning? Why is it so important? (Brief history of Welsh culture)
• Interface design/Page Design
• Information architecture
• Navigation (How will I build the site? Layers, child and adult pages, links, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from other sites, I.M, blogs, interaction etc… Site and Page structure)
• Universal Usability
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
• CGI (Common Gateway interface)
• Typography
• HTML/XML Format
• Programming (Dreamweaver)
• Interaction: Forms and applications
• Graphics and multimedia
Most of this research I have to admit lies in a book which has become my bible, Web Style Guide 3 and also the online research tool W3Schools, http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp .
Over the Summer of 2009 I travelled with the group to Germany to a prestigious festival called the Vinzenzifest where I filmed all of the dances that they performed out there so that I could post the dances online and create small taster video’s to go on the website. I also took hundreds of photographs so that I had a variety of images to chose from to use on the website.
I am now at the stage where I have produced all of my social networking sites for the group which will be linked directly to and from the main website and I have created a presentation of my idea's for the layout and design of the website.
Sorry this blog is so long, this will be the only occasion as it is my own fault for not taking action earlier.
Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.
I will blog next when I have made some progress.
Take care and speak soon!
Danielle
elu6d2
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