UCSC Extension Multimedia and Web Design Certificate - Final Project

Project Plan: Erin Dreams

Elsa DieLöwin

Version 1.5
March 2001

Timeline:

Date
Task
July 11-August9, 1998 July 11-July 31 in UK, July 31-August 9in Ireland (includes flight times) Fly to England, practice content creation, fly to Ireland, create primary content.
January 2000-February 2001 Enroll in UCSC Extension Multimedia and Web Design Certificate program and take all required classes.
Summer 2000 Conceptualize Erin Dreams (after one of Nancy's Photoshop-Interactivity classes)
October 12, 2000 Write up "Communication Idea" for Studio Tours class, precursor to Project Objective
November 2000 Register Erin Dreams domain
December 11, 2000 Submit Project Proposal for Certificate
March 13, 2001 Orientation meeting and receipt of assignments and milestone schedule.
March 13, 2001 Create documentation structure, begin writing
March 20, 2001 Research and acquire secondary content
April 3, 2001 Documentation v. 1 due
April 3, 2001 Begin scanning photographs
April 4, 2001 Create html files of documentation
April 8, 2001 Begin building site, rudimentary navigation
April 8, 2001 PAGEPAIR.JS written by my resident Sr. Staff Engineer (Remedy Corp. R&D)
April 10, 2001 Documentation review
April 11, 2001 Contract hosting for Erin Dreams
April 17-20?, 2001 Consult with advisors re documentation
April 13-24?, 2001 Revise documentation
April 16-28, 2001 Revise documentation html pages
April 19, 2001 Complete scanning of photographs and begin image correction, sizing, and rendering
April 27, 2001 Documentation v.2 due Per Orientation meeting
May 4, 2001 Create maproll.gif, homemap navigation and rudimentary map and journal pages. Begin testing map nav, consulting with Advisors and resident Engineer as needed.
May 8, 2001 Create headers and finalize buttons, create map images, map and journal pages.
May 10, 2001 Create music and travel pages, test links, begin to create slideshows.
May 18, 2001 Progress Review at Cupertino
May 23, 2001 Complete image processing and test slideshows
May 24, 2001 Upload entire site to host, begin test on-line
May 25, 2001 Create guest.html, snag a CGI script, Engineer debugs it on local server, upload to host, request information on setting permissions on Windows server, host replies that it's not necessary
May 26, 2001

CGI permissions problem are addressed with host, host claims it's not their problem, host suggests using Front Page

May 30, 2001

CGI permissions problem are addressed with host, host claims it's not their problem

June 2, 2001 Perform a wedding
June 3, 2001

CGI permissions problem are addressed with host again, host claims it's not their problem

June 4, 2001 Project Delivery at Santa Cruz, music-on-Mac bug found
June 5, 2001 CGI permissions problems with host are addressed again, host claims it's not their problem
June 9, 2001 CGI permissions problems with host are addressed again, host informs me that they don't know how to set permissions
June 20, 2001

CGI permissions problem problem fix emailed to host by me, host claims it's not their problem

June 22, 2001

CGI permissions problem fix emailed to host by Engineer, host fixes problem on another of my domains

June 28, 2001

Engineer emails host again, host finally fixes problem, music-on-Mac bug worked on, bug fix testing begins

June 29, 2001 Site goes live since it is fully functional for 80%+ of the target audience

July 1, 2001

music-on-Mac bugs worked out

 

Budget:

Date Item
Cost
July 11- August 9, 1998 Flights to England and Ireland, phone calls home to children, expensive film and petrol, etc., but excluding UK expenses.
About $5,500
1997-2001 Books and Software
About $1100
January 2000-February 2001
UCSC Extension Multimedia and Web Design Certificate program classes and fees.
$8400
November 2000 Register Erin Dreams domain
$15
April 8, 2001 PAGEPAIR.JS written by my resident Sr. Staff Engineer (Remedy Corp. R&D)
He loves me.
(a $300 value)
April 11, 2001 Contract hosting for Erin Dreams, 3 mo. service
$140
April 12, 2001 New computer (Dell Inspiron 8000, fully loaded!, docking station, monitor, network hub and adapters, to replace pathetic box that is creaking after 8 years of faithful service.) Also scanner.
$7025
Total Expenditures
$22,180

Back to Documentation main

To Erin Dreams