Welcome to Cedric's Portfolio

For this assignment I had to review the site from one of my peers.

Carlos made his own theme on WordPress. i know that he uses WordPress because in the source it mentions the following: <meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 4.9.8” />

Evaluation: it’s impressive how much he did on his own and I like where it’s going. I learned that, compared to his posts, i sometimes write a bit too much for a web post. I’m still used to writing essays so website writing is still new to me. I’ll manage.

If you want to check out my review, scroll down. ⮟

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Instead of only using the standard theme provided by WordPress, I had to add a personal touch to my website.

I wanted the user to see what page they’re on and make the menu items bob when hovering over them. I achieved this by adding CSS code to the Additional CSS tab in customization. This overwrites any existing CSS stylesheet code allowing me to really turn my website into, ‘my website’.

In the picture you can see that:

• I made the font global
• The current menu item is displayed in white with a white line below the text.
• The white line is also displayed when hovering over the menu items.
• The menu items bob up and down when hovering over them

The menu bar is now done, who knows what’s next ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For We Create Identity we have to make an interactive video and the group and I decided that it would be fun to do a superhero/action movie. We want to give the audience the power to choose whether our superhero becomes a villain or incrementally turns into a superhero, and gradually work towards that result In the beginning of our movie, the protagonist runs into a burglary where a woman is being robbed. The thief (antagonist of the story) demands that she hands over the pills. In this first scene the audience already gets to choose whether they should fight the thief or continue walking. This is where our protagonist and antagonist (potentially) meet and also shows the first of many choices in our movie that alter the story line.

There is 5 of us and 2-3 main characters which gives us room for at least 1 person behind the camera at all times and some supporting characters. We already know where we can get all the equipment from in terms of technology so all that has to be done from here is:

finishing the script and shot-list- planning film days and the filming – figure out how a movie can be made interactive – editing the project and then the presentation.

The script writing is done on celtx, a basic script writing website where people can collaborate on a script, like a shared document in google docs.

Below is a preview of the first page in our script.

Nothing in this picture is final and may become subject to change.

 

 

Give an update on your progress regarding the design activities for your site.

I have switched themes, so that I can turn the parent theme into a child theme more easily. This will allow me to edit the code of the site myself instead of only being able to use the basic customization options. The child theme will also act as a backup, in case I want to roll back to an older version or mess up the code.

 

What do you consider to present on your site?

My blog will serve as the place where assignments and updates to my website will be posted. In order to keep an overview of all the topics there will be a title with a hyperlink posted on the blog page that refers to the post, instead of having long, endless pieces of text on the blog page.

 

What sections/order will you use?

The necessary sections so far are the about me page, where the visitor will be able to see who the owner of the site is. The About Me page is still under construction as I still want to upload more about the projects and events in my life so far.

The Blog page will feature posts for assignments, nothing more nothing less.

My Art page is a link to my Behance gallery where all my public digital art is showcased.

At last there is a Showcase Portfolio where I will be showing some of my achievements such as games I coded or other school projects that I am proud of.

 

Present a base-design you consider (a sketch).

1. When hovering over a menu item there should be a white curve-edged background behind the text and the text should appear black.
2. There should be a search bar in case the teacher (or others) want to search for specific items when there is a load of content on the site
3. There will be titles with hyperlinks to the posts so that there is an easy overview of the topics
4. I want a drop down tab under the menu title on the page where all my projects are categorized
5. If I happen to have time for this; I’d like an image gallery consisting of 2 rows on the bottom of the page where the top row moves left and the bottom row moves right. When the user hovers over the pictures he can then go left or right himself.

A free festival showcasing creative technology, photography and other forms of art, which relate to the future of technology.

 

• Which installation did I like most, and why?

Bas Burghard’s unthinkable electronic instrument

Bas Burghard wanted to create an electronic instrument if it were to be designed in a time where instruments like that were unthinkable. He started out with printed circuit boards using natural materials (such as stone and wood) but noticed that the installation made electronic sounds he already knew. Which lead to him making the installation sound more “natural”.

It really felt natural when I was standing in front of the installation. Somewhat calming too between all the noise of the other installations in the Concordia exposition. The installation also had a natural look and didn’t appear to be out of this era, the future or the past. It was something new.

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