Help me please!
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- pond
Hi ive only worked two days on my junior graphic design job and they already want me to design there own portfolio website. I didn't even pretend i was good at web stuff. But any way they want to keep the website html type based but they want to fade each page together flash style. How would i go about doing that in html. http://www.pentagram.com/ this website is the best compromise how i would do it. Have they just used a a bit of java to make those pictures fade in, but still they use pictures for the body of text. I'm really nervous i will look shit to them, i dont know much about websites, help
- robotron3k0
wow they called your bluff. i would start praying first and request a natural disaster of some sort
- doesnotexist0
so theyre making you design the site AND develop it?
- plash0
CSS the way to go;
http://www.pentagram.com/styles/…
link to their css, learn form it. good luck
- OSFA0
I am sorry this is happening to you my friend, but right now there's nothing you can do but research tutorials and get some experienced help. Do your best...
I am not very saaavy on the webz design and development, but I am sure somebody will eventually help here.Good luck.
OSFA
(Feb 7 07, 09:31)
- ********0
keep it simple, best ones are. No trendy 2.0 B.S. Pentegrams site is a good direction to go in.
- gramme0
Tell them you are stoked to design the site but have no programming knowledge. Most people who design sites aren't programmers in my experience. It's pretty rare to find someone who can do both. Don't try to pull out some tutorials and learn on the job, you'll do more harm than good that way. Just be honest with them.
My 2¢.
- blastofv0
so ,if you suggested in any way that you can handle this sort of thing when you were interviewing, all you can do is become a web guy, like this week, and back up your BS.
BUT, part of being a professional is speaking up when you've been tasked with something that you can't realistically get done (technically, or within a certain timeframe). Tell them it's not a simple quick-fix, and you'll need some time to figure out the best way to get it done. And if you were honest about your web skills, remind them that this is not your specialty!
Good luck.
- Dancer0
Here is what you should do.
Get you pencil and paper out and start DESIGNING the site. Think about how it functions and what elements "fade in" and which is static (HTML). Then explain your reasons to your boss. Amend. Amend. Then once this is done and approved get onto your mac, take a screenshot of a webpage and then build your website pixel for pixel in PhotoShop,
Once appoved start to build.
Basically get your design down and appoved so you all know what your going to do then tackle each task when you come up against it.
Do more research to see what you like. Have a look at http://www.serifpublishing.com/l…
Stay calm and there is no harm/shame asking for advice/help
- ********0
take your time, as rushed work often looks that way...if they are expecting something done in 1 day from a jr designer, thats a little odd...just be upfront with them, whether you shatter their expectations or not
- Hue0
I would do as dancer said, sit down and work it out slowly, and keep explaining what you are doing to your boss. I reckon the simplest way would be to design in Photoshop, import into Fireworks and slice up. You could even do the Flash fading in and out images in Imageready and export as .swf
- canuck0
Ask for help you're a jr designer. I'm sure they wouldn't expect otherwise. Create a few different designs, consult with the cd, then if there are elements that may be a bit more complex to develop, get help on those.
Don't be afraid to ask for help, otherwise you just waste time.
- play0
It looks to me like a site like pentagram's could be prgrammed by someone like you no prob. Simple level html and those fade-ins are the first thing you learn in flash. I would get some confidence and determination, while letting your company know that you do not consider yourself a programmer.
- Dancer0
Or get them to give me a call. I'm only down the road in Fulham. I coould teach you the basics of CSS/XHTML to get you started as well
;)
- lofielectronic0
Nice to see some constructive comments on here rather than what seems to have become the normal sniping.
Some great advice on this thread - only thing I could add is to get them to give you the content for the site BEFORE you start putting a design together.
Seems to happen the other way around, ie design site then shoehorn in content far too often, least in my experience. Dosen't give the best results.
Good luck, and hey, if they thought you could do it all from the go then you wouldn't be doing a 'junior' graphic desing job right?
- pond0
Thanks for the help, sorry didn't reply, finished work and so left the computer
- st33d0
That pentagram site is using Flash not html. Right click on the fadey stuff.
Tell your boss that fade is only possible using javascript - which won't work if the browser has it disabled.
Got a lead for you:
http://www.brainerror.net/script…
research this angle.
Don't worry when people ask the impossible of you. You're capable of making anything - you just need time.
- Dancer0
Nice Link st33d