Project 9 - Kasey Myers

1. What was your experience using Layer Comps? In what way will you continue using Layer Comps in future projects?


Layer Comps where great. It has been great this term to learn all of the tricks for saving designs and selections that make it easier for you to duplicate your work from image to image.

2. Please describe which method you used to produce your slices. Did you experience challenges? After completing this part of the project, will you use slicing in future projects? Please review the Smashing Magazine link to see how Photoshop is being used to create web page layouts and assets. What are your thoughts about using Photoshop in your future web projects?


I used the one that automatically sliced them. I can definitely see that I'm going to use the manual slice in the future. I can think of quite a few images that I'd love to turn into image maps of sort.

3. In Part 2, you added images to your CSS to create a rollover without the text added to your image. The text was added in the XHTML. Which method of adding buttons do you prefer in your web design, rollover buttons using Dreamweaver or adding the image to your CSS? Why?

I've worked with some really old design programs that didn't have the ability to remove the text decoration of the underline. If I didn't have that option, I would definitely prefer including the text with the image itself. That's the beauty of CSS and X/HTML though. You can make the text and image a seamless click.

4. What web asset did you create for Part 3? Did you create any additional assets for your web site? Which ones?

I have been coloring the top of my table all along. It's the green box with tan writing at the top of each of my tables/images - the .container .content table tr th tag.

5. Did you complete the bonus? Tell us how you completed it.

I did! I opened the page that was a full screen slide show within dreamweaver and then copied the head tags and the body content into the head tags and body content of the page I use as a template.

6. What keyboard shortcuts are you using regularly now?

ctrl alt shift s, ctrl alt i, ctrl alt c, ctrl d, shift c, I'm not sure what else. I use a lot now.

7. Add link of your completed web page to your blog

And here's my link!