mcastu

Okay, after much frustration (possibly because it's 3:30AM), my mcastu comp is live and complete with one measly link that works. That would be the e-mail link, by the way. I just made screenshots of the comps I created in Illustrator and used Dreamweaver to link the PNGs by image mapping. Definitely faaaaaar from perfect, but 'tis a work in progress.

Rust_Map

I re-shot all my Rust Hall images and organized them into the grid that we talked about in class. (This was so much easier than the first time!) Also took this opportunity to hone my batch processing skills. I'm probably going to create a completely new version of the site rather than editing version 1.

Progress

Image-only site is going well, but a more daunting task than I'd hoped.
Once I had edited my images and created a style sheet, I thought surely I'd be half done, but linking has by far been the most time-consuming and confusing. I'm still not completely finished linking everything together, but I have a major chunk of it running smoothly.

So far I have 25 html pages and roughly 30 images. Nearly as many pages as images, and each contains 4 links that should eventually lead the viewer through the entire map. My head aches! But it's been fun. So far I'm pleased with the results. Here's an example of one of the pages:

Week06_Refined Concept

This website will be an interactive image map of Rust Hall—the extremely disorienting main building of Memphis College of Art. It is intended to be a visual reference for anyone associated with the school.

To create this map, corridors and entrances to rooms will be digitally photographed, and these images will be linked together and displayed in a way that allows viewers to "virtually" travel through the school at their own pace.

Below are some thumbnails* of a basic layout idea. The image grid (Thumbnail_01) will be the main page, and each image can be clicked, leading to a page that will resemble Thumbnail_02. (Directional arrows are only included in the thumbnail to illustrate direction; images alone should suggest navigation on the final site.)


Thumbnail_01:


Thumbnail_02:


*I will include a new version of the thumbnails after the actual images have been captured.