"Designing with the Stars", Take Joe-I-Can't-Design/Code-Crap and make him/her design... |
| *Duchess of Dork* |
 Dec 12 2006, 08:43 AM
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This came up because I was banging my head against the wall trying to figure out ways to graphically contribute here (other than my silly icons), so I posted the following Backstage and thought I would bring it up here as well to see what folks here in the Community thought of it:
QUOTE I am so ignorant when it comes to creating a layout. I almost feel that as the only HeadStaff that cannot do this, we should have some type of "Dancing with the Stars" type thing where someone takes a person that can't dance, well, in this case, do a layout, pair with them and at the end of the show they can do a killer layout! After a little encouragement, ranting continued: QUOTE Who knows though, it could be fun to see folks paired up with some of our infamous designers (such as Rachael, Carrie, Kristina (although I know she's very busy right now), Kathleen, Ryan, et al). Could even put up AIM transcriptions of the star designer trying to coach the learner on how to design (if so desired). Any thoughts? (Oh and sorry for pointing certain super designers out, I know there are more than those, but they are the first to came to mind that morning). |
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| *Duchess of Dork* |
Dec 13 2006, 02:19 PM
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Well coding was actually a big part of the idea. Several decisions would have to be made. One major one of course would be what type of site. My Space? Xanga? Blogger? Etc.
I think if certain stages would be good - Stage 1 - Concept This might be where the contestants are given a theme and in this stage they would create a header and/or background. Stage 2 – Design This might be where the contestant and the mentor would come up with a site ‘blueprint’, which hopefully, to the luck of the mentor will not be something completely ridiculous to code. Stage 3 – Code This I think should be the most team-y effort of all. What might make it easier is to make sure the designs are as simple as possible, and then sort of having the mentor give templates out and the rookie coder will then need to sort of put the pieces (scripts) of the puzzle (site) together. Again, just some thoughts and please, those with experience tweak this idea especially since this is coming from someone with a considerable lack of coding experience. ;) |
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Duchess of Dork "Designing with the Stars" Dec 12 2006, 08:43 AM
KissMe2408 This is a great idea actually, One of you hott sho... Dec 12 2006, 03:45 PM Gypsy Eyes Aw this is such a good idea Dec 12 2006, 04:06 PM digital.fragrance This is a really good idea! Dec 12 2006, 04:16 PM Sherlock. Aw man, this is such a cool idea.
I so WISH I cou... Dec 12 2006, 05:33 PM insomniac that sounds pretty cool? would the "stars... Dec 12 2006, 06:12 PM Duchess of Dork ^ Oh DEFINITELY not limited to mods. :) Dec 12 2006, 06:16 PM hardxcoreL0VER I love this idea! I have no idea how to make l... Dec 12 2006, 06:17 PM mona lisa No fun in limiting it only to one pair. :) Perhaps... Dec 12 2006, 06:30 PM Arjuna Capulong I really like this idea, since the person who can... Dec 12 2006, 06:37 PM digital.fragrance How would we teach them? It's hard to do that... Dec 12 2006, 07:18 PM
mona lisa QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Dec 12 2006, 7... Dec 12 2006, 08:17 PM
Arjuna Capulong QUOTE(digital.fragrance @ Dec 12 2006, 7... Dec 12 2006, 10:31 PM Duchess of Dork This is very much still in the 'thought' s... Dec 12 2006, 09:16 PM digital.fragrance ^ That's what I was thinking. We'd have t... Dec 12 2006, 10:33 PM Arjuna Capulong Right, so you'd have to grab some really activ... Dec 12 2006, 10:38 PM jumpropeforheart count me in and...
I CALL MIKE!
which i need... Dec 12 2006, 10:57 PM salcha4u Yeah, random partners sound good. I'm up :) Dec 13 2006, 12:04 AM fallingstar AAAH! EEEK! I totally love this idea. I... Dec 13 2006, 12:14 AM salcha4u What about people like me that can only design and... Dec 13 2006, 12:22 AM toyo loco A coding part is going to be added? . That migh... Dec 13 2006, 12:52 AM insomniac well... would all our layouts follow general guide... Dec 13 2006, 03:13 PM toyo loco ^ Maybe per round there can be a diff style. Like ... Dec 13 2006, 06:16 PM Infinite. Doesn't sound bad, is this only going to be fo... Dec 13 2006, 06:35 PM jumpropeforheart i dont know if this is what toya was getting at, b... Dec 13 2006, 06:58 PM hardxcoreL0VER Why don't you do a pair for each site?
I mean... Dec 13 2006, 07:00 PM Gypsy Eyes That would get boring though Dec 13 2006, 07:09 PM Spiritual Winged Aura Can we have a title ? Dec 16 2006, 07:22 PM jumpropeforheart QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Dec 16 2006, 6... Dec 17 2006, 06:50 PM Kathleen Aww.. I'm a 'celebrity' designer? *Fe... Dec 17 2006, 08:47 PM mona lisa I'm thinking we tackle this one aspect at a ti... Dec 17 2006, 09:19 PM Duchess of Dork I like the idea of having multiple sites, however,... Dec 18 2006, 10:03 AM rawr SOCK QUOTE(Duchess of Dork @ Dec 18 2006, 10:0... Dec 18 2006, 06:19 PM GREASEbaby ^Yeah.While reading this thread I thought that ide... Dec 18 2006, 11:24 AM anime.essence ^I would love to participate whenever this whole ... Dec 18 2006, 06:59 PM GREASEbaby Whoo I wanna be your partner Ricky :]
do you remem... Dec 18 2006, 07:10 PM anime.essence ^Janette, of course. You hardly ever sign on Aim a... Dec 18 2006, 08:40 PM Duchess of Dork First off, sorry I haven't returned to this th... Dec 28 2006, 11:10 AM anime.essence ^It would be rather difficult, but not extremely i... Dec 28 2006, 11:48 AM supimateecup wow. that would be really cool. i know i'd lov... Jan 4 2007, 12:29 AM I Shot JFK i SO want to be one of the novices! Jan 5 2007, 10:09 AM Sherlock. I think that, if this is going to happen, you shou... Jan 5 2007, 01:09 PM mona lisa QUOTE(Sherlock. @ Jan 5 2007, 1:09 PM) I ... Jan 7 2007, 11:02 PM insomniac ^i like the sound of that
in webmastering, we sta... Jan 5 2007, 05:38 PM Sherlock. QUOTE(insomniac @ Jan 5 2007, 4:38 PM) ^i... Jan 7 2007, 08:08 PM Jeng YES OMG. id love this. having a coach. and learnin... Jan 5 2007, 05:40 PM Resistance This would be awesome, Good idea. I would love to ... Jan 5 2007, 07:01 PM Quarantine. I very much like this idea, I'm all for it. Jan 7 2007, 11:40 PM fishcake-y ... I think, mostly like what Kristina said with t... Jan 7 2007, 11:46 PM Intercourse Ah I would love to participate in something like t... Jan 8 2007, 04:43 PM ThE LoTuS FlOwEr hi there ..
i'm new here , i hope that doesn... Jan 11 2007, 02:53 AM digital.fragrance ^ Of course not, you can participate . But right ... Jan 11 2007, 02:37 PM mona lisa BUMP!
Hmm.. Something to think about--would i... Jan 14 2007, 12:35 PM ai + you Hm ... I still think a preliminary logo round woul... Jan 14 2007, 12:49 PM Sherlock. ^ They always make up their own choreography. The... Jan 14 2007, 06:32 PM ai + you ... Pretend like I'm up with pop culture. XD I... Jan 14 2007, 06:42 PM Sherlock. ^ Yes yes, imagemapping would go in with the creat... Jan 14 2007, 06:52 PM insomniac ^well, with imagemapping, are you talking about it... Jan 14 2007, 06:56 PM Sherlock. I know how to do it w/ Imageready.
It is quite e... Jan 14 2007, 07:38 PM insomniac ^that will always be a problem
i suppose that the ... Jan 14 2007, 07:51 PM Duchess of Dork As far as compatibility with programs is concerned... Jan 15 2007, 09:08 AM Sherlock. Mwahaha. We need a judging committeeeeee then. Som... Jan 15 2007, 04:21 PM ai + you Whenever we completely figure this stuff out. XD
... Jan 15 2007, 05:20 PM Sherlock. ^ YES! A more LXS thing. That sounds better.
... Jan 15 2007, 05:35 PM I Shot JFK Name: James
Role: Learner
Programs: Photoshop (l... Jan 17 2007, 02:38 PM digital.fragrance My programs aren't compatible either... I have... Jan 17 2007, 02:50 PM Sherlock. ^ Rachael. Look at what you've been able to do... Jan 17 2007, 03:22 PM digital.fragrance Only thing is that it would be hard to pair me up ... Jan 17 2007, 05:15 PM Heath21 I think that is a very very cool idea! Jan 17 2007, 06:18 PM ai + you RACHAEL! C'mon, you an' me can pair up... Jan 17 2007, 08:33 PM kayceeisms QUOTE(ai + you @ Jan 17 2007, 5:33 P... Jan 18 2007, 12:44 AM digital.fragrance That'd be awesome! Jan 17 2007, 08:49 PM Sherlock. Well, I guess we might as well start getting peopl... Jan 20 2007, 12:45 PM ai + you PST! That's where the logo round comes in.... Jan 20 2007, 12:56 PM Sherlock. K, what about this:
Assemble rookies or those int... Jan 20 2007, 01:20 PM insomniac ^yea, the "stars" should outline "w... Jan 20 2007, 01:20 PM Sherlock. Web-safe?
I think I know what you mean..
Like, ... Jan 20 2007, 01:25 PM insomniac si.
for example:
.jpgs are great for gradients, o... Jan 20 2007, 01:28 PM Sherlock. Well, then, yes. We should tell them this stuff be... Jan 20 2007, 01:29 PM insomniac sure. either you or a staffie. Jan 20 2007, 01:42 PM Sherlock. Meh. I'll do it. I'm so bored right now. Jan 20 2007, 01:48 PM insomniac ^psst
maybe you should add whether they're si... Jan 20 2007, 02:31 PM Sherlock. In the topic title it says rookie application? Jan 20 2007, 03:07 PM insomniac ^you know i missed that?
*hits head*
*hides unde... Jan 20 2007, 03:11 PM Sherlock. lol 'tis okay. I made a "Rookie" thr... Jan 20 2007, 03:16 PM digital.fragrance I'm wondering, should I move those threads you... Jan 21 2007, 11:35 AM insomniac ^i think they're fine here.
this is the conte... Jan 21 2007, 12:04 PM Sherlock. yes...but no ones signed up. I say they go off to ... Jan 21 2007, 07:42 PM mona lisa Oh, yes. Great idea. Will do for both topics. Jan 21 2007, 07:49 PM Duchess of Dork Need....stars.
I'd love to apply for a r... Jan 22 2007, 08:35 AM Uronacid I'm a rookie xD.... I think this looks interes... Jan 22 2007, 11:40 PM Jeng whens the deadline >.<
or is it still undeci... Jan 25 2007, 01:08 PM mona lisa None, as of yet. Though this is going to a lengthy... Jan 25 2007, 06:46 PM annonymous. Great idea. Maybe I'll apply for the rookie. I... Jan 30 2007, 09:06 PM mocassinsx29 lol wow every reality show is making its way onto ... Jan 31 2007, 07:09 PM mona lisa FIRST ROUND IS UP!
N.B. This is only a prel... Feb 22 2007, 01:04 AM Intercourse. Good luck to all the Rookies! Feb 22 2007, 06:00 PM Sherlock. Oh my gosh. ITS UP! WHOOT! Yay! I... Feb 23 2007, 12:07 AM |
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