Theme 02 - Basic Web
Theme 02 was the first time I got introduced to creating web pages from scratch. The theme was built up from three modules, each with different learnings, such as design principles, folder and coding structure, testing and much more. Throughout the theme we learned some techniques to build the foundation of the web page before coding. This includes wireframes, moodboard, style tile and interactive prototype. When doing these steps first, I had a much better understanding of how the finished website should look and a stronger design.
The goal of the theme was to make the assignment 02.03.01 Interest-based webpage, which must be responsive. To do so I had to learn the basic structure of html and css coding and some basics about gestalt laws and contrasts. This was tried out on the assignment 02.01.01 Russian Constructivism, where I was given the text and the images to be used. You can tell that I had little to none experience or knowledge of how to style with css.
In the next assignment 02.02.01 History of the Micro Computer, I learned how to use generic tags to add when I could not use semantic tags. Furthermore I learned to use grids for a better design and anchor tags to create a global menu.
All these learnings were combined in the last assignment in the theme which was the 02.03.01 Interest-based webpage. Here I was not as limited. I had to work on my illustrator skills for me to be able to draw my own logo. I used media queries for the web page to be responsive. Lastly I also learned the importance of testing a web page, so that I know if I'm successful in expressing the right message for the user.
