it was a slower process than i first imagined creating each page and i really needed step by step help from a Dreamweaver 8 guidebook. i still feel that i have alot to learn, for example flash. i would have really liked to have had a more gripping first page with motion writing of 'Write Good Read' or even having scrolling images where the image is now on the index/home page. learning how to make this site made me realise just how much work goes in to a professional site and my respect for the designers has increased emmensly.
Pages:
i am really proud of the pages that i have created. each took a long time to build but i felt that eventually i was able to remember the codes and process needed without error. i was very dedicated in my goal of having over 8 pages for my work when in fact i ended up with 11. it has been a step by step learning curve that has taught me every thing from linking pages to finding help from on line companies to help me with data. - i had originally thought that it would be possible to hold this data myself-
My Biggest problem:
the major obstickle that i came up against was when i had registered a url with an online company as www.writegoodread.co.uk - this would have been alot easier to advertise had the url been this easy to remember- howerver, when it came to uploading my work i found that i hadnt the ftp code for an online file within my account i wrote to the company and in vien waited for a reply. in the end i had to use spcae on my university provider which meant that the url ended up being www.ljmu/student.ac.uk/mcajgre3. -not so easy to remember!
My biggest achievement:
was seeing the web site as a wrking site. as soon as i sent the emails to other jmu students to check out the work on the WGR site within half an hour results were pouring in.
Aims for the future:
podcasting is the next aim. as my direction of WGR is headed towards helping people with reading difficulties i want to podcast the most popular texts quarterly. also i want to continue working on the site so that i can learn more along the way.