Today we had our Weekly STA meeting and shared site designs for E316K and other work. Approx time ~ 30 mins.

Also, we continued our training in Drupal with Kate. Next week we need to reply to Prof. Client with our ideas for how the site should look and function. Approx time ~ 1.25 hours

For the remainder, I edited part of my mockup for the E316K design. Someone mentioned a cool graphic such as the bookmark/ribbon unfurling onto the page as it loads (flash design?). Things I edited:

• Added some ‘accent’ colors, mainly adding the same red from the ribbon to some type.
• Changed black text to white on the ribbon for easier reading. Hovering and selected type will now be black on the ribbon.
• Lightened the ‘paper’ on the header for clearer text.
• Changed the hover/selected type to now be 55% gray instead of white due to lighter paper color
• Created a new, custom texture for the ribbon – instead of using a photoshop texture. Gives the ribbon more of a cloth look and less of cracked earth/clay.
• Reduce drop shadows on nearly everything, making the page appear more subtle.
• Added a very slight drop shadow to the “Masterworks of Literature” title

Attached are the Syllabus and Unit page to reflect some of the changes.

Approx time ~ 2 hours.

Completed mock-up of E316K site including three pages: home, syllabus, and a sample unit page. Approx time spent today: 5 hours.

I edited and formatted 8 extra ID images for the PRC grad student site. Pending approval before upload. Approx time: 30-45 mins

I cropped, cleaned, and correctly oriented Prof. Doughty’s CD2: West Australia. CD is burned and placed in ‘out’ box, pending pickup. Email sent. Approx time: 45 mins – 1 hour

Today we had our weekly STA meeting followed by a meeting with Kate for the Drupal project. Today we learned more about views and nodes and how to select information and content for viewing.

I completed the PRC database and ID images, including several color correction from Suloni. I have uploaded them to the database and it is completed despite a few new students not showing up.

Time spent: 30 minute meeting, 1 hour meeting w/ Kate, 1.5-2 hours updating images/database.

Tomorrow: E 316K theming/PSD.

Completion of the PRC graduate student database update project. I have updated the PRC database to reflect permission and information for grad students.

Today I edited all of the images from the COLA IDs folder for the PRC database. They have been upload to the STA server and are awaiting approval before upload. Monday I will upload the IDs, continue slide scanning for Prof. Doughty, and brainstorm ideas/sketch an outline for the new E316K website. Approx time: 4.5 hours

Completion of Prof. Dought’s 2nd CD, West Australia. Slides scanned but still need to be cropped, oriented correctly. Approx time: two hours

Finished our group STA wiki portrait, added Spencer and Chris. Sent a jpeg to Suloni. Approx time. 1 hour

Will begin CD3, PRC photo edits, and E316K theming ideas this week.

Today’s projects/meetings:

1. First STA meeting to see where everyone is off to since start of school (good job everyone)

2. Meeting with Kate over an introduction to Drupal including long-term semester project of creating drupal site for Prof. Client. Starting with architecture, what is necessary, ending with design, css.

3. Finished entering graduate student information for the Population Research Center database of students. Need to edit photos and email to Suloni before uploading. Approx time: two-three hours for completion.

Tomorrow to do:

1. Complete two packets of slide scanning.

2. Finish half of the images needed to edit for PRC.

3. Email group wiki portrait to Suloni.