My First Official Web Page

An Exercise Combining Music, Art, & Technology

Welcome to my homepage! I've tried to create websites that are both informative and visually entertaining, to go with an overall MUSIC and PERFORMING ARTS theme. Please surf through these pages, and enjoy the ride!!

My 1st Web Design Class: Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced HTML									Eff. Web Design Class
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	5th-Part 2	6th	7th	8th	Final Project

1- My First Homework Assignments: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced HTML.
Class Due Date Subject My Objectives

1st 03/03/01 Song
"The Rose"
We'd learned basics on text alignment and colors. I wanted to create a rainbow effect with the text, using a black backround for extra contrast.

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2nd 03/10/01 "The Rose"
&
"The Bait" by John Donne
Along with more sophisticated use of fonts and colors, I experimented with links and the horizontal rule. I chose to continue with my ROSE page, this time using shades of pink and purple, and I linked it to a famous love poem.

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3rd 03/17/01 "The Rose"
&
Bette Midler
It was a natural progression to expand THE ROSE once again and link it to Bette Midler. Along with expanding on links, this concentrates on using lists. Bette Midler is a "lists" natural. I had the most fun here playing with graphics, and creating my own artwork. Can you guess which images are mine? (Hint: I used the microsoft paint program).

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4th 03/24/01 Stephen Sondheim,
"Company"
&
"Follies"
Homepages.

This uses navigation within each site, links all 3, and contains links to related sites, along with tables, and both background and foreground images. Previous web design elements have been continued, along with an E-mail link. I finally abandoned "The Rose" for my favorite contemporary musical theater composer, a "tables" natural.

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5th 04/07/01 My Theater Resume
and
a
"Music On Tour"
Table

This concentrates on TABLES. The resume portion uses conventional tables with headings & multiple rows and columns. My use of the theater allows me more artistic license than would more business- oriented resumes. The 2nd Table is nested. It's tailor-made to describe my cabaret group, allowing me to combine both text and images to form a logo.

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5th
Part 2
04/11/01 A Birthday Card
This wasn't really an assignment. The due date represents my husband's birthday. I'm including it here to show the versatility of a table. I think it makes a great custom- made card!

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6th 04/21/01 "Music On Tour"
using
Frames
and a Form

Once again, I used my cabaret group, "Music On Tour", as my subject. This site includes background,history, individual biographies, a photo montage, and a re-designed group logo. It also includes a questionnaire. Hope you like this for its informativeness and for it's unifying colors and images. I also included a version for browsers without the capability of reading frames.

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7th 04/28/01 My Updated Theater Resume
using Cascading Style Sheets
& Javascript Pop-Up Windows

I was glad to be able to revisit my 5th assignment, revamping my ''Theater Resume" by using the Cascading Style Sheet. I also added another Music On Tour page as a Javascript Pop-Up Window. I took the opportunity to tie this in to my Music On Tour Site, using the same fonts and backgrounds. I think this resume is a vast improvement over the 1st in its clarity of design. What do you think?

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8th 04/28/01
or later
A Pre-Designed Homepage
With Cut-Up Graphics Pieced Back Together
by Using Tables

This was actually an exercise for the final class. The problem: Put the pieces of a website "puzzle" back together again by re-organizing the graphic "pieces", using tables, and including links. A fitting final challenge (with a tribute enclosed).

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1- My First Homework Assignments: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced HTML.
Class	Due Date	Subject	My Objectives
1st	03/03/01	Song "The Rose"	We'd learned basics on text alignment and colors. I wanted to create a rainbow effect with the text, using a black backround for extra contrast. Return to the top.
2nd	03/10/01	"The Rose" & "The Bait" by John Donne	Along with more sophisticated use of fonts and colors, I experimented with links and the horizontal rule. I chose to continue with my ROSE page, this time using shades of pink and purple, and I linked it to a famous love poem. Return to the top.
3rd	03/17/01	"The Rose" & Bette Midler	It was a natural progression to expand THE ROSE once again and link it to Bette Midler. Along with expanding on links, this concentrates on using lists. Bette Midler is a "lists" natural. I had the most fun here playing with graphics, and creating my own artwork. Can you guess which images are mine? (Hint: I used the microsoft paint program). Return to the top.
4th	03/24/01	Stephen Sondheim, "Company" & "Follies" Homepages.	This uses navigation within each site, links all 3, and contains links to related sites, along with tables, and both background and foreground images. Previous web design elements have been continued, along with an E-mail link. I finally abandoned "The Rose" for my favorite contemporary musical theater composer, a "tables" natural. Return to the top.
5th	04/07/01	My Theater Resume and a "Music On Tour" Table	This concentrates on TABLES. The resume portion uses conventional tables with headings & multiple rows and columns. My use of the theater allows me more artistic license than would more business- oriented resumes. The 2nd Table is nested. It's tailor-made to describe my cabaret group, allowing me to combine both text and images to form a logo. Return to the top.
5th Part 2	04/11/01	A Birthday Card	This wasn't really an assignment. The due date represents my husband's birthday. I'm including it here to show the versatility of a table. I think it makes a great custom- made card! Return to the top.
6th	04/21/01	"Music On Tour" using Frames and a Form	Once again, I used my cabaret group, "Music On Tour", as my subject. This site includes background,history, individual biographies, a photo montage, and a re-designed group logo. It also includes a questionnaire. Hope you like this for its informativeness and for it's unifying colors and images. I also included a version for browsers without the capability of reading frames. Return to the top.
7th	04/28/01	My Updated Theater Resume using Cascading Style Sheets & Javascript Pop-Up Windows	I was glad to be able to revisit my 5th assignment, revamping my ''Theater Resume" by using the Cascading Style Sheet. I also added another Music On Tour page as a Javascript Pop-Up Window. I took the opportunity to tie this in to my Music On Tour Site, using the same fonts and backgrounds. I think this resume is a vast improvement over the 1st in its clarity of design. What do you think? Return to the top.
8th	04/28/01 or later	A Pre-Designed Homepage With Cut-Up Graphics Pieced Back Together by Using Tables	This was actually an exercise for the final class. The problem: Put the pieces of a website "puzzle" back together again by re-organizing the graphic "pieces", using tables, and including links. A fitting final challenge (with a tribute enclosed). Return to the top.

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2- My "Effective Web Pages Class" Final Homework Assignment
Class	Due Date	Subject	My Objectives
Developing Effective Web Pages	05/18/02- (Note: the previous assignments were done for my first Web Design class, "Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced HTML". This assignment was done for a class taken over 1 year later).	Lindenhurst Library Website	I created a partly fictitious site. All of the links and pages were never completed since the main objective was to establish a clear and consistent design that would make the site both attractive and functional. We therefore focused on design, not content. I had the most fun here creating my own menu buttons with rollovers, all of which retained the site's basic red, white and blue colors. I also enjoyed the challenge of presenting a large amount of information as simply and logically as possible. Trying to balance logic and art is perhaps the biggest challenge the web designer faces! Return to the top.

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