Design 4 Drupal Video Recap
July 19, 2010 - 9:57am
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The 2010 Design 4 Drupal conference in Boston at the MIT Strata Center was a smashing success, spaning two days packed with great sessions and great folks.
The video footage has been posted for those who missed it. The talk that Floor and I gave was an updated version of the talk we gave at Drupalcon SF wtih the added component of a compelling demonstration by Floor Vahn about using Adobe Fireworks and the greybox method to increase the pace of production to lightening speeds.
Heya Nica and Floor, great session! I think I have to revise my approach now that you've exposed me to this arguably superior toolset and methodology!
Nica, now I really know why I wasn't having any luck last year convincing you that Photoshop and/or Illustrator was better for creating web design comps. I should have listened to you and started using Fireworks back then. It seems to me now that Adobe Fireworks is to web design what Adobe InDesign is to book layout. Using PS and AI for web design obviously works, but honestly I've always felt that I'm pushing uphill to use these tools efficiently. I think that's going to change with my switch to Fireworks.
Furthermore, the whole template-based approach for designing drupal sites is really smart because as you said it not only speeds things up but it urges you to be thorough and design elements that would normally be missed (pagination, tables, messages, etc). So you're systematically using foresight for every site you design. This also takes away the guesswork and spontaneous CSS design work from your themers (who do not necessarily have good design taste!). Very cool.
With regards,
Jonathan
And for convenience:
Blog Post
http://chapterthree.com/blog/nica_lorber/design_drupal_template_approach
Fireworks PNG template
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/503168/c3_drupal_template.png.zip
link to template dead
Sorry about that. I restored the link. Should be working now. Thanks.
I really know why I wasn't having any luck last year convincing you that Photoshop and/or Illustrator was better for creating web design comps. I should have listened to you and started using Fireworks back then. generator reviews It seems to me now that Adobe Fireworks is to web design what Adobe InDesign is to book layout.