Final Project

For my final project in DMA 265, I would like to improve an existing site I have been working on for an artist friend, which can be viewed here: http://michellesopeneye.com/. The site is based on a template purchased from http://themeforest.net/ and uses several jQuery plugins.  I would like to apply what I have learned about JavaScript and jQuery, and work to improve the load time, and possibly make the site easier to edit so my friend can update the site at her convenience.  I would also like to improve on some of the slide layouts.

As far as the load time goes, reducing the size of the images, and cleaning up the code helped some, but I would like to explore more robust remedies to this issue.  For instance the site doesn’t link to the jQuery library online, and it uses an older version.

I would also like to create a mobile version of the site, since it currently looks great on standard computers and laptops, it doesn’t translate so well on iPads and other mobile devices.  I hope to accomplish this with media queries to adjust the size of the site according to device type.  At this point I’m not sure if media queries will work with the site design, or if I will have to design a separate site that the user is redirected to when using a mobile device.

Some of what I would like to accomplish may not be feasible in the time we have left, but at the very least I would like to create a mobile version of the site, improve the layout on a couple of the slides, and improve the load time.