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8. July 2008, 07:11:54

ewoman

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10: Colour schemes and design mockups

If you followed on with the previous two articles in this series, you should now have a good idea of what color scheme you want your site to have, and roughly what the layout of each page will be. In this article, we move on to the next stage - creating a mockup of the site with site features added, so you can get more of an idea of how the final version will look.

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Linda Goin

24. August 2008, 20:28:27

karaj

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Hi again!
As I see, the wireframe in picture 6 (navigation on right, ads on right) does not match the filled wireframe in picture 7 (navigation on top, ads in middle and bottom). However, it does match with the wireframe from the previous article. Maybe Pic 6 should be updated to the one from previous article. Or am I missing something?

25. August 2008, 09:29:49

karaj

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The link to the Lorem Ipsum generator is wrong, it is www.lipsum.com, not www.ipsum.com

25. August 2008, 10:51:21

karaj

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Figure 8 does not match with Figure 7 either. In F7 (and also in the description below F8) the heading is aligned to the bottom left edge of the icon, and the body copy is aligned right to the heading. However, in Figure 8 the red line are different, the heading is aligned to the top left edge of the icon, and now the body copy is aligned to bottom left edge. The heading is also different, in F7 it is "The latest Wiki", and in F8 is "Welcome!"

26. August 2008, 13:33:01

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chrismills

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Hi Karaj - thanks for pointing out issues here. I've fixed the link error, and I've asked the author to look into the issue with the figures.
Chris Mills
Developer Relations Manager
Editor, dev.opera.com and labs.opera.com

26. August 2008, 18:31:19

ewoman

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Hi Karaj - THANK YOU for pointing out the error of our ways. I'm searching for the correct image now, and Chris and I will rectify the situation asap. If we had a prize for spotting errors, you would win it!

Cheers!
Linda Goin

26. August 2008, 19:36:59

karaj

Opera fan

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I am translating the course into Hungarian, so I will probably find some more smile

7. January 2009, 18:53:26

AndBre

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Speaking of spelling errors... would you, please, have a look at "taget audience"?

Cheers

7. January 2009, 21:02:49

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chrismills

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Originally posted by AndBre:

Speaking of spelling errors... would you, please, have a look at "taget audience"?



Fixed - cheers for pointing it out!
Chris Mills
Developer Relations Manager
Editor, dev.opera.com and labs.opera.com

3. April 2009, 18:10:33

Erinyes

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Hm. I'm not convinced, or maybe just not interested. This is too much of a "static page" design "tutorial" (who writes static pages anymore?). Too many decitions are based on knowing end result not predicting end result parameters; this is not flexible web desing just "one way to get it done".

Some parts are well written but some, are I would say unnecessary and irrelevant; if not confusing.
Just as I thought...

6. April 2009, 22:32:55

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chrismills

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Originally posted by Erinyes:

Hm. I'm not convinced, or maybe just not interested. This is too much of a "static page" design "tutorial" (who writes static pages anymore?). Too many decitions are based on knowing end result not predicting end result parameters; this is not flexible web desing just "one way to get it done". Some parts are well written but some, are I would say unnecessary and irrelevant; if not confusing.



Bear in mind that this is a beginner's tutorial - everyone needs to learn how a static page works before going on to dynamic code. And beginners often appreciate being given one solid way to get things done, and they can then go on to expand their techniques when they have a foot in the door, as it were. I'd like to hear more about what you consider unnecessary and irrelevant - I'm always looking to improve my course.

Thanks.
Chris Mills
Developer Relations Manager
Editor, dev.opera.com and labs.opera.com

6. April 2009, 23:32:41

Erinyes

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Posts: 378

Originally posted by chrismills:

Bear in mind that this is a beginner's tutorial - everyone needs to learn how a static page works before going on to dynamic code. And beginners often appreciate being given one solid way to get things done, and they can then go on to expand their techniques when they have a foot in the door, as it were.


Hm. I did not consider this at the time, you make a very good and convincing point.
Just as I thought...

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