The major assignments for the semester are as follows:
Type Assignment: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rharless/Index.htm
Image Assignment: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rharless/Images.htm.
Design Assignment: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rharless/WebProject.htm.
Final Website Assignment: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rharless/WebProject.htm.
There are still problems with the website design although I attempted to address all the issues discussed in last week's class. I still don't like the captions but I suppose these are better than no captions. All the links and footnotes seem to work. At the last minute I added images to the Credits page and the spacing is less than perfect but I think it was important to indicate the sources for the images used in the site. I checked the site on IE and Firefox and it was interesting that the hand-painted vignette I used in the header showed up in Firefox but not in IE. I never received the "combat" font I ordered for the header so I went with the best I had available.
Overall this class has been a challenging, but ultimately rewarding, experience. As advertised, it does "take over your life." On more than one occasion I found myself lying in bed thinking about design issues when I should have been sleeping. The knowledge that my wife's family will be examining the site in detail made it very important to ensure that the history was accurate. Both my father-in-law and mother-in-law suffer from dimentia so the site will probably have no meaning for them. Still I think it's important for them to see it in the hope that it will perhaps evoke some memories.
My best to Dr. Petrik and my seven classmates who have been very kind in their critiques of my work. I hope everyone has a wonderful summer.
Your writing is really good. The letter are very moving. Glad you included them.
Posted by: mary linhart | May 10, 2005 at 11:33 PM