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FEATURED PROJECTS
LOVE FUN COLORED IN SOCKS? LOOKING TO SUPPORT A SMALL, LOCAL ONLINE
BUSINESS? LOOK NO FURTHER. THIS SITE PROVIDES ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT MY FAMILY FRIEND'S BUSINESS, SOCKK SHOPP.
THIS WAS MY FINAL PROJECT FOR THE COURSE, AND THEREFORE IS THE MOST POLISHED AND SOPHISTICATED. THERE WERE A LOT OF HIGHS AND LOWS PERTAINING TO THE OVERALL PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE SITE. FOR INSTANCE, I USED WORDPRESS TO HELP CRAFT THE ECOMMERCE SITE AND WHILE I HAD ALREADY WORKED WITH THIS SERVER, I CHOSE TO USE A LOT OF TOOLS AND PLUGINS THAT I HADN'T BEEN FAMILIAR WITH. A LOT OF TIMES I RAN INTO PROBLEMS I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO INITIALLY SOLVE, WHICH WAS A BIT FRUSTRATING. OTHER ISSUES THAT I CAME ACROSS USING WORDPRESS, HOWEVER, I COULD WORK THROUGH WITH MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY REFLECTION, GO TO MY CRITICAL REFLECTION.
THIS WAS MY FINAL PROJECT FOR THE COURSE, AND THEREFORE IS THE MOST POLISHED AND SOPHISTICATED. THERE WERE A LOT OF HIGHS AND LOWS PERTAINING TO THE OVERALL PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THE SITE. FOR INSTANCE, I USED WORDPRESS TO HELP CRAFT THE ECOMMERCE SITE AND WHILE I HAD ALREADY WORKED WITH THIS SERVER, I CHOSE TO USE A LOT OF TOOLS AND PLUGINS THAT I HADN'T BEEN FAMILIAR WITH. A LOT OF TIMES I RAN INTO PROBLEMS I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO INITIALLY SOLVE, WHICH WAS A BIT FRUSTRATING. OTHER ISSUES THAT I CAME ACROSS USING WORDPRESS, HOWEVER, I COULD WORK THROUGH WITH MY PRIOR EXPERIENCE. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MY REFLECTION, GO TO MY CRITICAL REFLECTION.
THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO BOOTSTRAP. A LOT OF EXPERIMENTATION WAS INVOLVED, SUCH
AS EXPLORING BOOTSTRAP TEMPLATES, FAMILIARIZING MYSELF WITH DIV TAGS AND CLASSES, AND STYLIZING/CUSTOMIZING
TO MAKE MY WORK TO BE A PERSONAL YET ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF WHAT I CAN DO. BECAUSE I AM A BIG FAN OF
SUSHI, I FIGURED IT WOULD BE A GOOD TOPIC FOR ME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT AND SHOWCASE WHAT I LOVE TO EAT.
MY GOAL FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO ENLIGHTEN PEOPLE ON THE HISTORY OF SUSHI, EXPLAIN THE
DIFFERENT TYPES AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR RESTAURANTS IN ATHENS, GA. WHEN VIEWING THIS PROJECT,
USERS CAN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT PANELS TO COMPARE THE SITE'S ORIGINAL CRAFT AND CONTENT, THE STARTER
BOOTSTRAP TEMPLATE, AND A COMBINATION OF THE TWO TO COMPLETE THE FINAL LOOK. I LEARNED THE EASE THAT
COMES WITH USING A TEMPLATE, BUT THE CHALLENGE IN MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT COLOR SCHEME AND AESTHETIC.
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TOPICS AND STORIES COVERED BY ALL TYPES OF NEWS SOURCES- WHAT
WAS I GOING TO CHOOSE?
I ULTIMATELY LANDED MY FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF NATURAL DISASTERS BECAUSE AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE CAN RELATE TO SUCH EVENTS OR AT LEAST BE INFORMED OF THESE MASS DESTRUCTIONS HAPPENING AROUND THE GLOBE. BY UTILIZING WORDPRESS, I WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP A NEWS SITE USING PAGES, POSTS, AND TAGS TO ORGANIZE MY CONTENT. I LEARNED HOW TO CATEGORIZE THE HEADLINES WITH A GRID PLUGIN AND INCLUDED LOTS OF IMAGES, VIDEOS, AND RELATED SOURCES TO MIMIC WHAT A PROFESSIONAL SITE MAY LOOK LIKE. UNLIKE BOOTSTRAP AND JUST PLAIN HTML, I FOUND THIS SITE TO BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES BECAUSE I USED LESS HTML, WHICH MADE IT MORE CHALLENGING TO FIND THE ROOT OF MY PROBLEMS. YET, IT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY EFFICIENT BECAUSE ADDING NEW CONTENT WAS A SIMPLE CLICK WITHOUT HAVING TO HAND-TYPE THE HTML CODE.
I ULTIMATELY LANDED MY FOCUS ON THE TOPIC OF NATURAL DISASTERS BECAUSE AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE CAN RELATE TO SUCH EVENTS OR AT LEAST BE INFORMED OF THESE MASS DESTRUCTIONS HAPPENING AROUND THE GLOBE. BY UTILIZING WORDPRESS, I WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP A NEWS SITE USING PAGES, POSTS, AND TAGS TO ORGANIZE MY CONTENT. I LEARNED HOW TO CATEGORIZE THE HEADLINES WITH A GRID PLUGIN AND INCLUDED LOTS OF IMAGES, VIDEOS, AND RELATED SOURCES TO MIMIC WHAT A PROFESSIONAL SITE MAY LOOK LIKE. UNLIKE BOOTSTRAP AND JUST PLAIN HTML, I FOUND THIS SITE TO BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES BECAUSE I USED LESS HTML, WHICH MADE IT MORE CHALLENGING TO FIND THE ROOT OF MY PROBLEMS. YET, IT WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY EFFICIENT BECAUSE ADDING NEW CONTENT WAS A SIMPLE CLICK WITHOUT HAVING TO HAND-TYPE THE HTML CODE.
OUR SOCIETY IS CONTINUALLY GROWING INTO A NEED FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION, AS
FOOD DELIVERY SERVICES ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR EVERY YEAR. WHAT BETTER WAY TO APPLY THE SKILLS
I'VE LEARNED WITH WORDPRESS TO EXPERIMENT WITH A REALISTIC TASK OF CREATING AN E-COMMERCE SITE.
I SETTLED ON THE IDEA OF CREATING A REAL-LIFE ONLINE BAKERY STORE, HIGHLIGHTING A SEASONAL COLLECTION OF HALLOWEEN GOODS. WHILE THE NEWS SITE WAS ALSO BUILT ON WORDPRESS, THIS SITE INCLUDED A SPECIAL PLUGIN CALLED "WOOCOMMERCE." I THOUGHT THIS PLUGIN WAS VERY USEFUL FOR FIRST-TIME USERS LIKE MYSELF, AS I FOUND IT EASY TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH ADDING NEW PRODUCTS, ADVERTISEMENTS, CUSTOMER REVIEWS, AND IMAGES. I LEARNED HOW TO WRITE TEXT OVER IMAGES, SORT PRODUCTS WITHIN SPECIFIC CATEGORIES, AND GAIN MORE PRACTICE WITH ADDITIONAL CSS CUSTOMIZATIONS. IT WAS A BIT TEDIOUS AT TIMES BECAUSE I NEEDED TO OVERRIDE A LOT OF CSS FOR COLORING AND TEXT STYLING. NONETHELESS, THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS TO BUILD AND SEE A SWEET RESULT!
I SETTLED ON THE IDEA OF CREATING A REAL-LIFE ONLINE BAKERY STORE, HIGHLIGHTING A SEASONAL COLLECTION OF HALLOWEEN GOODS. WHILE THE NEWS SITE WAS ALSO BUILT ON WORDPRESS, THIS SITE INCLUDED A SPECIAL PLUGIN CALLED "WOOCOMMERCE." I THOUGHT THIS PLUGIN WAS VERY USEFUL FOR FIRST-TIME USERS LIKE MYSELF, AS I FOUND IT EASY TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH ADDING NEW PRODUCTS, ADVERTISEMENTS, CUSTOMER REVIEWS, AND IMAGES. I LEARNED HOW TO WRITE TEXT OVER IMAGES, SORT PRODUCTS WITHIN SPECIFIC CATEGORIES, AND GAIN MORE PRACTICE WITH ADDITIONAL CSS CUSTOMIZATIONS. IT WAS A BIT TEDIOUS AT TIMES BECAUSE I NEEDED TO OVERRIDE A LOT OF CSS FOR COLORING AND TEXT STYLING. NONETHELESS, THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS TO BUILD AND SEE A SWEET RESULT!
ONE OF MY GREATEST PASSIONS IN LIFE IS MUSIC, AND I WANTED TO SHOWCASE
MY FAVORITE GROUP (MAVERICK CITY MUSIC) WITH MY FIRST PROJECT. AS DESCRIBED IN THE COURSE SUMMARY, I FOUND
THIS VERY EXCITING BECAUSE I GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF MAKING A
WEBSITE FOR THE FIRST TIME. AT FIRST, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO BEGIN BECAUSE THERE
WERE SO MANY PLACES I COULD START; BUT ONCE THINGS GOT ROLLING, IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO
BUILD ONE ELEMENT ON TOP OF ANOTHER. I KNEW THAT I WANTED THE COLOR SCHEME TO BE NEUTRAL/BROWN
TONES, SO I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO ADJUST THE DIFFERENT CSS COLORS FOR BOTH THE TEXT AND VARIOUS
BACKGROUNDS. BECAUSE THE ASSIGNMENT REQUIRED THERE TO BE THREE DIFFERENT PAGES, I ALSO GOT TO
WORK ON LINKING SITES TOGETHER AND UTILIZING A NAVBAR. OVERALL, THE SKILLS I LEARNED FROM
THIS FIRST PROJECT WERE VERY USEFUL; IT WAS VERY REWARDING TO SEE WHAT I COULD CRAFT/MY POTENTIAL
FOR FUTURE WORKS TO COME.
