Archive for the ‘Web Design’ Category

Preparing for DSVC

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

Inspired by LA Tech’s redesign, I thought it’d be best if we prepared our website for DSVC by redesigning it to fit our design enthusiasm. I think it definitely suggests professionalism, subtlety, conservatism, and homage to the Egyptian dynasties. Note: Papyrus must be activated for Egyptian flavor.

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UG2 Review: Louisiana Tech Baffles All

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

As of this afternoon, Tech has launched their new web interface based on OmniUpdate’s cms. This is all fine and dandy, until you see this behemoth. I’ve already written a semi-formal complaint to the webmaster, and I encourage everyone to do the same.

Also, if you’d like to say one last goodbye to the old site, there will be a memorial service at tomorrow’s general meeting.

Note: The e-mail you are about to read contains vulgar language and can be regarded as disrespectful to the university. It should be known that the e-mail originated from its author, Geoff Thibeau, and may not represent Underground Graphics’ opinion as a student organization. User discretion is advised.

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Epic Fail

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

I’d like to apologize for the CSS tutorial tonight. I forgot to account for the varying levels of web experience/knowledge. And since the next tutorial was going to be advanced CSS techniques, I decided to cater to those who had no experience in web tonight. Even though, after the fact, it was probably way too much information for them to absorb regardless.

So to make up for the apparent boredom, next tutorial will be hardcore. All are welcome to attend, but I promise there will be material Berg didn’t cover in Web I.

Heck! If there’s something that’s been bugging you or you’ve always wondered how they did something, leave a comment and I’ll tell you how to do it next Thursday. Please leave comments before Wednesday so I can prepare.

Here’s the list of topics I was going to address:

  • Hover-crafts everywhere
  • Lists gone wild
  • HTML to PHP (includes)
  • Float is for boats
  • Hold that position
  • Transparency/PNG fun
  • Internet Explorer checklist
  • Overflow divs
  • Sexy descriptions
  • Abbreviations/acronyms
  • Multi-class divs
  • Elastic design
  • CSS shorthand
  • Z-index
  • I Spry with My Little Eye