Adison's+Personal+Home+Page

Before I start to create my homepage, I am going to attend the class on "how to create a homepage". So Adison's Personal Homepage will be coming soon!!!

-Well due to my schedule being awful this semester I was unable to attend a class on making a website. Therefore, I was forced to learn on my own through YouTube "How to videos." This was a very interesting experience because of the difficulty it was to try to watch and listen to the person explaining the "how to," but then also trying to remember and replicate what they did. I would constantly listen to them, pause and try it, but often I was forced to rewind it and try again. I found it most helpful to go to the Memorial Library and use one of their big Mac screens so that I could have both the screens up at once.... The first step that I was taken through was to create a banner for my website by using Adobe Photoshop... (Notice the "how to" pulled up next to my banner" This is the very beginning of my project. At this point, I just have my text and color of background in place. Here in the picture I begin to add some cool effects to the letters and background.. In this screen shot, you are able to see how much different you can make plain text look through the use of Adobe photoshop. I also began putting in the hyperlinks. These are not function-able in Adobe Photoshop, but the tutorial taught me how to "cut" them, which allows them to be able to function in Adobe Dreamweaver, and more importantly, in the webpage.

-This is the end result of my banner... -I think it looks pretty good... lol

Then the next step was to export it and then import it into Adobe Dreamweaver so that I can make it work as a webpage. After, exporting/importing it (which took me forever!!!!!) I was able to work in Dreamweaver to come closer to the webpage aspect of my project. It was hard to take screenshots of this because I was so focused on trying to complete the webpage in time. Professionals would be able to create a webpage like mine in less than an hour; however, for an amateur who has never used the Adobe programs it took much-much longer. Here is a shot of the working in Dreamweaver when I was getting the "links" button to work.... Notice how I still have the "how to" tutorial side-by-side. This is why this project was so difficult for me. As a student at UW, time became a huge issue. I was not able to move as quickly and rapidly to complete a "good-looking' webpage because of my amateur status as a web designer. However, at this point in the project, my website was completely functioning as far as moving back and forth through pages...

At this point in the project, I put in many hyperlinks to make my webpage for the most part complete. I was not able to add "cool" effect in dreamweaver due to time and lack of skill, but my webpage was functioning sufficiently. As you can see in the picture, the hyperlinks "facebook, sporcle, twitter,etc" were fully functioning. If you clicked on them, they would take you to that particular website.

-Overall, I had a great time learning how to create a website. It provided the opportunity to get involved with something I never would have done on my own. Now, if an opportunity arises for me to create a website, I will be able to do it. I still need a lot of practice, but I have definitely gained enough experience to want to continue to learn!!!!