What's it Like to Create a Website

When thinking about coding and developing a website many might find it a little challenging. Designing a website with coding that’s already done speeds up the process and gives a helping hand to beginners. Having a template ready helped focus more on the content that’s going to be on the website instead spending too much time figuring out how to code a website for the first time. Making everything used for the website web-ready on Adobe Photoshop and then uploading them to Adobe Dreamweaver was one of the most important steps because it effects the overall look and how the website runs. Choosing a banner, profile picture and documents for a portfolio is what requires a lot more thought because that is what a potential employer is really looking at and using what’s being displayed to decide if they are interested. Creating a bio page put in perspective what experiences are really important to a future employer, it was a bit difficult deciding what isn’t relevant.

Using a website is good way to post your work, unlike a portfolio that you have to print things out and carry around. On the  website you can post writing pieces, videos, flyers and more without having to limit it to what’s able to print. Having a website makes it easier to promote yourself and to reach a broader audience. This website will be used after interviews or included in a resume to further show possible jobs the experience that was accumulated overtime. This website will be something I can show employers that are interested or clients as I grow in my career that is professional, unlike my social media accounts.

Throughout the semester working with the different social media platforms prepared the class to develop their own websites. Each project gave us a different tool that we’re able to apply to our personal website. The Wiki-how project was a way to ease into actual coding and was also practice for making images/videos compatible with the web. The Twitter project helped with realizing what should be posted onto the internet, and how to use what you post to your advantage. While social media can be a fun place all the different projects reshaped that thought, it could also be used to self-promote and get your name out there. The projects showed the class the flip side to social media and the internet, it’s not only for memes.