Campus Penguin Project Part 3

So far so good with campus penguin. The site seems to be coming along well with a couple of expected snags here and there. This week, I ended up helping out with the finalization of the logo. This is one of the things that you can implement 1,000 times and still think of a new way to go. We all came to an agreement on the colors of the site as well as the design, which seems very strong. Further more my partner, Brent, and I researched more plug-ins we can use for the back end of the site to make it work better. Brent and I also spoke more about various things we should be able to do and have a few more things to figure out.  As far as weaknesses that we have been noticing are that even though WordPress (the main part we are using as the backend) is very well rounded, there are a lot of things that are just having troubles with. Some of the plug-ins may not work, and making them work can consume a lot of time.  In all, I think we will end up with a very strong piece that will be used in a good way for students.

Campus Penguin Project Part 2

The project our team is working on is coming out fantastic. We agreed on some colors and now are doing the fine tuning for our design. A few things came up when we met as a team last week, one being the size of the site and what we need to do to optimize it for all the viewers regardless of what type of browser or system they are using.

Campus Penguin Design Reaction

Above you can see our new design! As a team we agreed on the color scheme and are happy overall. There is a couple of points that we might change but overall we like the look. But what we like is what we like.

Campus Penguin Project

Week 3 is closed and behind us. We now have the basic elements to push forward with our project, Campus Penguin. This project will be a lot like craigslist but geared towards students. This will be a place to where students can buy/sell books to each other, sell personal items, network with one another, and look for work. The team seems to be exited about the project. We all did a bunch of research on what we wanted to do and where we would want to place things within the site. Alfonse, our art director, finished the design for site over the weekend.  I have started with the coding of the basic HTML and CSS. I am sure we will need other technology such as PHP and JavaScript to come. Here is what the site will look like once coded and ready to go:

Westminster Wedding being featured on TLC

Allyson and Jason are good people and friends of my wife. I was told that the original photographer she had hired was no longer available for her special day. I also found out that she was on an extra tight budget and only a couple weeks away from her special day. I could only imagine the stress so I offered my services to them since I was available that day. A few days went past and I got an email from the couple with excitement.