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Hello Readers,

"These are the times that try Wo-mans souls"...or at least my coping skills. So the color from photoshop #FFFF66 does not match the Dreamweaver #FFFF66 because it hates me. I really don't see any other logical explanation. Unless I didn't have a true #FFFF66 on when I created the pages. So my pages have splashes of a different yellow in them.

Yes, it is very noticeable and yes it is very distracting. It was almost imperceptible on my laptop at home but at school with these fancy flat LCD screens it screams at you. Like that one Tide commercial when the guy is in the interview and the stain is speaking over him... You'll get it if you've seen it.

Nothing to do but face the music, in 21 minutes.

Epiphany-----I saved the pieces at a lower quality for web since Gil(dreamweaver instructor) told us it is all about how fast your page loads. I'll offer that tidbit of logic to the professor when sits stunned at the yellow monstrosity that is my site...

Until next time,

Lauren

Less Than 24 Hours!

Hello Readers,

I am now less than 24 hours from uploading my site to the server. I wish I had tried this quick poll software out earlier. The MOST FRUSTRATING part of this whole process. I knew it was going too easy!

Aside from the evil poll software, the videos successfully loaded onto youtube on Friday. I re-did those videos about 30 times each and I will say that I am satisfied with the end result. J. Alex's slide show was the easiest to put together but he will appreciate the lengths I went to in order to get the perfect music accompaniment. I stalked this poor online mixer for expressed consent to use his mix. He's either flattered or very...very...afraid.

Time to splice up my beautiful pages and transport them from Photoshop to Dreamweaver. Yea, I bet you didn't know I have to create the page and then split it up only to put it BACK together again. I also have to put an effect on the front page that may or may not work. I'll talk about it in my last blog so I don't make a fool of myself when it isn't there :)

I treated myself to manicure today so that I would be encouraged to type my lil heart out with deep coral nails which will also keep me from getting distracted by other pretty things :)

Until next time,

Lauren

Creating the Website

Hello Readers,

I have been moving along with the website and it is starting to look quite nice. I realized that I have trouble matching colors so getting a color scheme that worked took me almost a whole day... I decided to watch some movies with bright and vivid colors in them for inspiration. Sound of Music was just for fun :) Lion King won, as you will see when the site goes live.

I have one week to get the site up. All of the video is done and about to be converted for web. The index page is completely done which is nice and just writing is left for the other pages. I probably shouldn't have left all of the writing for the end of but I had a couple of papers and projects for my other classes and well you know how that goes.

Alright, the page is going to be up a week from today! Hope you enjoy it!