Group meeting

We had a group meeting where we push ahead with the cup cake idea. Out of that came the idea of a cake stand and I suggested that the logo could be in the handle of the cake stand. Most ideas I worked through on some one else laptop as we where taking about what we could do. The idea of cakes on a plate was one of the last of the day. The colour where partly based on the first poster I did with the Bubblegum font.

Image made up to illustrate idea

We had various e-mail back and forth updating ideas. I took Maribel's idea and changed it a bit.

updated idea.

Work out

Since the class yesterday I have created a couple of artworks using the Mad 4 it idea in preparation for the meeting the rest of the group.

Fan logo

Tile pattern logo

A suggestion has been put forward that we promote tea with some of the companies who might come to the show. so w can promote the show and get them to attend. Cup cakes have been discussed saw a thing with cup cake and came up with idea as yet no cup cakes.

Starting point

Mad 4 it has become Made 4 U and now with different font and cupcakes.

Idea presented to the group

Brain storming

We have started initial brain storming for this project as a class. Divining up the areas we have to consider for this project.

Elements under consideration

Initial thoughts

My initial thoughts was self promotion, and the t-shirt has always been a good vehicle for that my attention turn to the t-shirts of the 80's.

80's popular t-shirt

I scribbled a few ideas to show to the group.

Font workout

Subtext font workout

Final development

By the end of the session we had decided to use the strap line I had thought of  Mad 4 IT and as a group had arrived at our first logo/ combined elements

The End of year show Prep

The Brife

We have to work as team to devise a theme / name for the end of year show, an identity to work on all media / signage, producing and A3 poster design an A4 poster design and a 30 second promo video.

We have to assign roles to each member of the team, ensuring that each person has equal responsibility. All of our individual roles and responsibility and progress have to be logged in this blog.

Hand in date is Wednesday 21st May.

Leading article

For a number of day I have been trying to work out why the first article sits across the whole page. It was dring me so mad I tried to input the text in a different way to stop it happening. I even looked for a plugin to contain the text and image.

First text wide over site

I was looking at some of the controls in the menu panel for the category I wanted to effect and found this panel.

I could state that I did not want a leading article by placing a 0 and wanted three columns across. The result can be seen below.

That made the page look better.

Adding Google Map

I want to a have a page with a Google map on it. I saw a site that had a map of the battle fields and though it would be a good idea to have an idea where the fighting took place.

Battle fields of WW1

I had a try with a plugin "Embed Google maps" I managed to get the map onto the site but I was not very happy with. The process to embed the was not clear and I ended up with 4 or 5 maps all the same on the same page. As before I looked around for a tutorial and while watching one it recommended BT Google maps. Free download after registration. As with all plugins I went to the extension manager found the package on my deck top uploaded and installed it.

Module manager for BT Google maps

Once installed you need to create a new module and assign BT Google to that modules. As before menus have to be created and linked to it before you can see it on a page. Once there you either put the name of a place in or its coordinates and that become the central part of the map. You can also put markers with address and text of areas you want to highlight.

A Day of Lows and Highs

Black Boxes and Grey Text

I set my self a few tasks today. Since Wednesday and after advice I have been trying to change the colour of the boxes the data is entered into.  I confirmed with my tutor how I might find where the code is for the data box. Using the inspector mode in my browser. I could see that it was in bootstrap.css . Using first the browser's inspector I changed the colour to white. This confirmed that I was looking at the right code. I gained access to the files on my site via filezilla. went to temple I was using called lost face and found the css folder and inside the file bootstrap.css . copared code and duely changed it for white(#ffffff), reloaded the file refreshed page, no change. started the whole process again, inspection file change. Nothing then I cast my net further a field looking at the original templates I had down loaded. still nothing. In these situation I take a break and do something else.

Something else. I have had my tutor advice ringing in my ears. don't use uncategorised when it comes to an article. I had done this at the start for my introduction and now was the time to change it. I created a new category called home tied the old introduction to it and added an image, reassigned the category to the home menu, all done and still working.

Back to the matter in hand. traced my steps back and after the second run through I found what i was looking for.

 

Found

Inside the css folder was the bootstrap.css file I had been changing to no avail in the same folder was a folder called themes and inside another folder called green one which I had created inside Joomla. Inside that folder was another file call bootstrap.css upon changing the background color to white it worked.

missing css

When your on a roll keep going, I changed the heading text from 28px to 40px now it looks much bolder. I thought that the white boxes where to bright so I chose alight yellow and changed the code again.

Yellow boxes

A better day.