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Revision as of 06:58, 22 May 2017
Contents
Last Week
- Introductions
- Discuss Class
- Discuss Wiki
- History of the Internet
- How the internet works for us
This Week
- Review Last Week & your email/domain questions
- Some Adobe Lightroom stuff
- The "size" of the internet
- Image Optimization
Open Questions
Notes
Review Your Inspirational Website Submissions
The "size" of the web
Image Sizes Today
- Small - 800px wide
- Medium - 1200px - 1600px wide
- Large - 1800px wide and up
Optimizing Images for The Web
We covered many aspects/techniques related to optimizing your images for the web.
- Image Format Reference
- I also showed the excellent tool Imageoptim for further compressing your images
Hosting Your Sites
Some of you will end up using a hosted web site solution and not need to setup a dedicated web host, others will end up needing to upload your website to a dedicated host.
- Do you need a dedicated host?
- Will you be building your website yourself (HTML/CSS) and uploading it? - Yes
- Will you be using indexhibit or Wordpress to build your website? - Yes
- Will be using a hosted solution like PhotoShelter, Squarespace or Cargo to build your website? - No
- Even if it is not your main website, will you need to export galleries and post them online for friends/clients to see? - Possibly
It's important to go with a Hosting Provider that you trust, one that you can contact when you need some help.
I have created a Hosting Providers reference page for you here.
Photography Site Building (CMS) Solutions
There was a time where a Photographer would build (or hire somebody to build) their website from scratch. Adding and removing content from these websites would require somebody to edit the HTML and upload the changes to a web server. Successful websites are no longer built like this... Content Management Systems (CMS) have redefined how the internet works. These tools are either hosted, or need to be installed on your webserver to run.
This week I introduced the class to the concept of Content Managed Solutions. We will be spending a lot of time looking at these options.
I have created a Site Building (CMS) Solutions reference page for you here.
