Let me know if there are any mistakes. Overall, awesome job WDDers!

What are you interested in learning more about? It could even be new material or material that you'd like us to cover more in depth.

Hey All,

We're having the workshop in Soda 411.

Alex

Hey All,

This is confirm the workshop. Jon and I will both attend.

Best,
Alex

If you're interested in a Friday workshop, leave a message in the chatroom. My only available times are 2-3pm or 5-6pm. If nobody responds, I'll just assume you're all doing swell ;)

I will be free at this time and coming to help out as well. - Alex

There's a workshop TODAY (Wednesday, Nov 3) at 7-9pm in the same lab we have our decal in. Please come if you need any lab/project/general help or just want to hang out with me and Jon (:

Amber

, along with solution commentary. Most people didn't get the jQuery question, but did well on the Redemption question. Please let me know if you have any grading questions.

To clarify, please comment out this line in the Javascript for Part 1:

e.preventDefault()

You'll need to un-comment it out later because you need it for Part 2. Also, note that unless you have some sort of server/PHP configuration running on your computer, you'll need to upload to the server for the PHP code to actually execute and send an email. Have fun!

Amber

Hi All,

I received a few emails over the weekend where students were having trouble with the assignment. I realize this assignment was a bit more challenging and much less structured. The idea was to give you freedom in implementation as well as encourage you to search for additional resources online.

I hope those ambitious goals weren't rubbish and that you didn't struggle too much with the assignment so far, but to be safe, I'm extending the deadline for the assignment till Friday 10/29/10 before 11:59PM. Also remember that you have 5 slip days to allocate among your assignments as you see fit.

Between now and Friday, a YouTube video will be posted (uploading now, should be done uploading later tonight) that will guide you through the initial set up of the website layout and I will personally hold a workshop/office hours Wednesday night. Hopefully that will be enough to get you through this assignment. Please feel free to email us or ask us in class if you have an issue. Also if you do email us it certainly helps to include your project files as a .zip.

Best,
Alex

Hey All,

We're changing gears and are starting JavaScript this week. This marks the end of our dealings with HTML and CSS specific topics and from now on we'll be working on dynamic web pages. We'll still focus on client-side topics this week but next week we will look at AJAX and revisit our introduced but now forgotten server-side buddy.

I realize that a few of you will be missing this week due to midterms. It was a hard decision between introducing a new topic or continuing with HTML and CSS, but I think we've spent enough time on the latter topic and could benefit from having extra time to cover JS, PHP, and MySQL.

For those of you missing this week's lecture, PLEASE watch the web-cast this week and go over the lecture material. We'll be giving context on JS this week and without that motivation you might be lost as to how JS fits in with everything else.

Best,
Alex

Hi All,

Mini-Project #2 Part 1 of 2 is up. The first part is due 10/18/2010 by 11:59PM. The second part, which will be up shortly, will be due a week after on 10/25/2010 by 11:59PM as well.

Part 1 is Photoshopping a website layout. There is a video tutorial you need to follow that we've uploaded to YouTube. The links to the video are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9gb9CnMJ8E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pay6UC9iIyg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnRCjU3gpw

Best,
WDD Staff

Hi guys, just a couple of clarifications for the mini project:

1. We didn't cover link hover styles today in lecture, so this requirement is now OPTIONAL on the mini project. We'll be covering it next week, but if you would like to incorporate it into your mini project here's a good resource to get you guys started: http://www.echoecho.com/csslinks.htm.

2. We'll be giving you time at the very beginning of next lecture to find "neighbors" to link to in the project. By next Monday, your project should be mostly done with only the link urls missing!

3. If you have any questions, please post them in the website chat room so everyone can see your questions/answers. Also feel free to answer other peoples' questions! If you have a very urgent problem or your chat room message has not been responded to in a couple of days, you may email the staff.

Thanks!
Amber

Did someone leave a bag of Hello Kitty stuff? Contact us at staff@decal.aw-industries.com

Hi All,

At this point, everyone should be fully enrolled in Telebears for the class already. By fully enrolled I mean not wait-listed but actually in the class. If this is not so and you filled out and application and were accepted into the course please contact us ASAP at staff@decal.aw-industries.com.

Best,
Alex

Hi All,

I'm pleased to announce that we'll be placing videos of all lectures this semester on YouTube. We're hoping this will be a valuable resource to you and a nice complement to the lecture slides which will be posted before every lecture.

The video of the first lecture is not very high quality as our video camera didn't arrive in time. The following lectures should be much better.

Our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/webdesigndecal

Best,
Alex

Hey guys,

Just to confirm, there is no class this Monday (9/6).

Amber

Hi All,

An email just went out with the course's CCNs and Class Accounts. If you did not receive this email and believe you should have, please contact me at alex@decal.aw-industries.com.

Best,
Alex

Hi All,

Thanks for attending lecture yesterday! It was refreshing seeing a class-full of new faces and getting a chance to meet some of you. We hope you enjoyed lecture and are as excited about learning how to build websites as we are about teaching.

Just a few quick updates. We will receive class account forms tomorrow and will hopefully be able to email CCNs and account names then.

Also, we will do our best to post lecture slides before class. Yesterday there were some before class preparations that got in the way of uploading the slides.

Have a good long weekend!,
Alex

Hi All,

I hope everyone had a relaxing summer. The first day of class for the Web Design DeCal is this coming Monday (August 30th). Please only show up if you are on the enrolled list, otherwise students will have to stand and those not on the list will be asked to leave. If you're on the enrolled list you MUST attend the first lecture or you will be DROPPED from the course - no exceptions.

Also, please bring your laptops on Monday so we can help you install the course software.

If you're currently on the wait-list, we will notify you via email when a spot opens up.

See you all on Monday!,
Alex

Hi guys,

We've finished going over and accepting applications. We only had 45 available seats and with over 160 applications, we had to make some very tough decisions.

We are very sorry to those who we couldn't take into the class, but there will be other opportunities to take this decal in future semesters. 

Be sure to attend our first class this Monday (8/30) if you're on the enrolled list, or we may drop you. And once again, please let me know ASAP if you have to drop the class so we can make room for the waitlisted people.

Here's the enrolled list for those who didn't get an email (in order of application date):

Nikhita Singh 
Olivia Yu 
Anthony Le 
Meuy Saephan 
Alexandr Lints
Benjamin Lee 
Jason Stanley 
Jessie Wang 
Hieu Pham 
Derek Ngai
Hyun Joo 
Sammy Lee 
Grace Hwang 
Ryan Suwarsa
Annie Tung 
Lauren Beland 
Dong Yan
Keiko Tanaka 
Will Chen
Rishi Rawat 
Wei Jiang
Jeremy Huang 
Anna Sorenson 
Hannah Jensvold 
Lakshminarasimhan Muralidharan
Tom Liao
Fang-Kwei Chang
Jingna Li 
Charlie Hsu
Margaret Young 
Kurt Pham 
Alison Au 
Omede Firouz 
Juan Gonzalez
Cassie Ettinger 
Nick Nikbakht 
David-Ernre Mangir 
Roxy Darrow 
Beverly Elithorp 
Erik Gui
Evante Garza-Licundine
Cristal Mojica
Han Ju Cheng 
Andrea Brown 
Poyi Chen  

Thank you everyone for your patience during the application process! And hope to see many of you soon! (:

Amber 

Hi All,

I'm getting a lot of emails asking about the status of applications. We intend to have them processed by the end of this weekend. Once we've gone through them, rest-assured we will notify you via email. If we don't respond to your current inquiries, it is simply because it is impractical to do so right now.

Best,
Alex

Hi All,

I'm currently away on business in Asia, as such I have little access to internet and email. Please direct your emails to Amber or Jon in the meantime. I'll be back in the States late Aug. 23rd.

Best,
Alex

Hi All,

The course has been scheduled for Mondays 7-9PM @ 200 Dai (the Mac lab next to Pete's).

We will schedule an optional discussion section later in the semester once we get an idea of your schedules.

Best,
Alex

Hey guys,

The application process was kind of confusing, so we've posted new directions.

You need to create an application AND fill it out. Here are the revised directions:

To submit an application, you have to create a new application AND fill out the application. To create a new application, scroll to the bottom of this page and fill out the form with your name and email.

Then find your name on the list below, enter in your email address, and click "get application" to see the actual application. You can create an application now to reserve your spot and submit it later.

Amber

Hi All,

After you create an application, you must also fill it out!

Alex

Hi All,

We are now taking applications for this course. Please create a new application and then fill it out after authenticating with your email address. You only get to submit once, so please check your answers before submitting.

Whoops!: There was a small bug with the application system if you tried to access the system between 3am and 8:40am this morning. The system has been corrected. Sorry for the inconvenience!

See you in a few weeks!,
Alex

Hi All,

I've been getting a lot of questions about this. The Web Design DeCal will be taught this Fall. Please check back soon for updates.

Best,
Alex