EGNM 2001

I have been looking at a web resource called banner blog which has lots of banners (nearly all flash based) for inspiration and idea generation.The following are some of my favorite…

1. http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/10/bigpond_tramp.php
2. http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/08/adobe_shoe.php
   
3. http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/06/apple_ipod_itunes.php
   
4. http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2007/02/ikea_tested.php
   
5. http://www.bannerblog.com.au/2006/09/adidas_a3.php

Heres what I think… 

1. This one is an advert for broadband however it tried to make the AD into a game by getting you to use mouse gestures to make the bouncing man to do tricks.
2. This advert is for Adobe it allows you to transform a shoe into a fairy tale.
3. This advert for iPod + iTunes follows the normal form of the dancing people, however select parts come out of the rectangular frame.
4. This IKEA ad spills out of the frame.
5. This Adidas advert is an interactive music ad. You are invited to throw the shoe to show how light and bouncy it is and it then simulates the shoe bouncing around a room and playing different tones as it hits each tile in the room. 

We were given the second brief on Tuesday, we have to produce 4 animated banner ad’s for a local takeaway they must include its branding, name and phone number.

1. Full Banner: 468×60
2. Square Button: 125×125
3. Skyscraper: 120×600
4. Micro Bar: 88×31

The banners must be created in flash and then embedded into a blank html layout to indicate their position.

Although its overdue the Sainsburys website is finished, and working on all browsers I have been able to test it with. I resolved the Javascript issue as mentioned in my previous post and I have now also solved the issue with the navigation not lining up in the right place by making the whole navigation one image and using an image map to create hot spots which can be clicked.

I have spent a very long time looking into the problem surrounding my web site not showing in Internet Explorer and it would seem to be some kind of javascript compatibility issue, Mark and Ben have both suggested it might be a issue with -moz-opacity however this issue was fixed in a version of script.aulcio.us prior to mine.I eventually found out what the problem was and it was so simple that I nearly had to kick my self…

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”javascript/prototype.js” />

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”javascript/scriptaculous.js?load=effects” />

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”javascript/soa.js” />

This is the new code…

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”javascript/prototype.js”></script>

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”javascript/scriptaculous.js?load=effects”></script>

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”javascript/soa.js”></script>

In my attempt to be efficient with typing I have caused my self untold numbers of problems, never mind… All that remains now is to get both Internet Explorer and Firefox to display the site properly.

My site is now all glitzy and validated!!!

My site is done but thar be a problem aboard this ship…It only works in Safari and Opera, Firefox and IE have rendering problems of one kind or another, although it is very close to working in Firefox I cannot even get it to display any thing in Internet Explorer. It is very frustrating I have spent a lot of time trying to get it to work to no avail.
 
Window Firefox
 
Internet Explorer 7
 
Safari 3 (Mac)
 
Mac Firefox
 
Mac Opera

Me, Ross and Dann went to FOWA (Future of web apps) which is an expo and web conference in the London ExCel Center about web applications, although we didnt get into the web conference we did take a look around the expo area and watched the live filming of a Podcast called Diggnation.

The internet is full of many different kinds of people with different computers, so when designing a website it needs to consider the following.

1. Users with disabilities (blind, deaf, colour impaired, muscular difficulties, etc…)
2. Operating systems (Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, etc…)
3. Web Browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Netscape, Camino, etc…)
4. Screen Resolution (Mobile Phone, TV, Computer, etc…)
5. Colour Depth (2bit, 8bit, 16bit, 24bit, 32bit, etc…)
6. Language Barrier (English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, etc…)
7. Plugins (Flash, Quicktime, Shockwave, etc…)
8. Javascript
9. Processor Speed

I am sitting here in Open Access, its a million degrees and I have a pile of books about William Morris and victorian textiles in front of me. I have decided on a design and an object for the first stage of this module and I am now trying to create a background image for my website, the image will be a two tone dark grey William Morris/Victorian Wallpaper pattern, I have a found a website aswell. Second Hand Rose.

This was one pattern which I liked, although I would only use the dark purple part not the ribon like part.

I like some parts of this pattern but not all, I want a quite simple design.

Books: British Fabrics (Kylie Sanderson), Milliam Morris Textiles (Linda Parry).

UPDATE

I have used the second patern above, modified and redrawn to produce this…

Sample Patch

There are four different kinds of intellectual property in the UK. I have read the UK governments Intellectual Property website and written a brief explanation of each of the 4 types of IP.

Copyright
Copyright is automatic, it does not need to be applied for and covers a wide range of creative and artistic medium. It is safe to assume that if you did not design some thing that it is probably copyright of some one else and without their direct permission, normally in writing, you would be violating their copyright. Copyright also protects against against rebroadcasting, for example publishing a book or photograph on the internet would be an infringement of the copyright owners copyright.

Copyright protects

• Literature
• Drama
• Music
• Art
• Layout
• Recording
• Broadcast

Copyright does not apply to an idea, only a physical and fixed work, and a work can have multiple copyright owners for example a CD can have different copyright owners for each track, the cover design may have a separate owner and the logo might be trademarked as well.

Design
There are three types of design protection. Registered Design, Design Right and Copyright

Registered Design protects the lines, contours, colours, shape, texture and materials of a product. The design registered must be new and individually recognizable by uninformed persons. The registration lasts 5 years and can be renewed every 5 years for 25 years giving you a monopoly to the look of that product.

Design Right is free and automatic, providing a cut down version of the Registered Design protection, it only covers the internal or external shape of your design and not the surface design. The surface can be protected by Copyright or Registered Design protection. The Design Right lasts between 10 and 15 years, for the first 5 years you can stop any one from copying the design however after that it is subject to a license of right. (UK ONLY)

Trademark
Trademark covers several different marks which allow a companies customers to identify you against a customer. Trademarks cover signs, symbols, logos, names, slogans, domain names, shapes, colours and sounds. It only applies to distinctive goods or services, and must not be similar to other Trademarks. and it must not be deceptive or illegal. A Trademark does not need to be registered but will have a higher standing in law if it was registered, the registration lasts 10 years and can be renewed indefinitely.

Patent
Unlike the IP we have looked at so far Patents are not for creative or artistic designs, they are used to protect inventions, how things work, what they do, how they do it, what they are made from, and how they are made. It must be new be capable of being made or used in industry and have an inventive step which is obvious to an uninformed person.

Patent does not cover the following…

• Scientific
• Mathematical
• Literary
• Dramatic
• Musical
• Artisitc
• Game
• Business methodology
• Presentation of information
• Animal
• Plant
• Medical treatment or diagnosis
• Illegal or immoral

Patents can be renewed every 5 years for up to 20 years.
Source: UK IPO