Hey, Welcome to My New Blog Everyone…

Hello, my name is Jedidiah Esparza. People call me Jedi (yes…as in Star Wars).

This blog was started for my Intermediate Scripting class at the Art Institute of Dallas and I’m hoping to really get a lot out of this class.

I have had past experience building websites. Started out as designing logos for a friend of mine, then finding out what I could do with those things once I got them online. From there it kind of took off. I was new and I used what was available to me, so I used Frontpage for a while creating websites for people. I dabbled mostly in the HTML of it all to figure out why things were not in the right places. Come later to find out that CSS had a lot more to do with that. So of course I got interested in that too.

After my first intro to scripting class, I was completely immersed with CSS, well as much as you can when just starting out. I’m still quite new to the CSS side of things, and quite honestly I didn’t even know it got so complicated and thus I’m not really sure what exactly my objectives are in learning it. There are however things that I have questions about that I suppose could be considered for accomplishing or learning about.

1. I would really like to the the grasp on just what is “Web Standard” in the design of a web page. I have never quite understood it. What standards of dimensions do I build or design a site to ie. 640 x 480, 800 x 600, or 1024 x 768 and so on? (I’ve spent countless hours trying to position stuff just right when building sites and have wondered if there was an easier way than trial and error for such.
2. I think I would really like to know how to position things correctly too. Again, are there standards to a layout of where things go? If there are open possibilities to designing a site the way I would like it to look, how do I accomplish that and stay within the “standards” of layout if there are any or apply? How do I get all of my hundreds of elements to position and perform where I want them to or can CSS do some of that for me without having to make a separate picture for it and so on?
3. I would like to learn and know how to create a forum area for a site.
4. I would like to get a better understanding of how CSS relates or talks to other scripting.
5. I don’t know if it has anything to do with CSS, but I would also like to be able to create a web store and shopping cart.

So, those are my objectives thus far. I’m sure that once we get going and I learn more about what it is that we are doing exactly, then I’m sure I will have more. Rest assured, I will always have questions.
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A quick bit about the blog name…

The title of my blog, Esparza Entertainments (Ee), is my personal business that I started that encompasses my involvement with the entertainment businesses. Ee personally deals with my workings in art such as painting, drawing, graphic design, photography, and web design/development.

A sub company/structure of that is Adrian Castle Productions, which deals with the productions of Stage, Television, and Film. Mostly in the form of stage and screen combat choreography a.k.a. Fight/Combat/Stunt Coordination, but not limited to.

Anyhow, in a nut shell…or ummm…web shell? That’s my introduction and first post. I do hope that my questions help spark new ones in you as well as answer some that you might have wanted to know.

Please feel free to comment as all criticisms, help, and the like are welcome (just no spam).

~Jedi