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Web Design and Development

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New class, new month, and new set up! This month I am taking Web Design and Development. In this class, we will be learning all about database-driven websites. I had taken Web Design before this class, so that may help me a little bit, but this involves a lot more thinking, planning, and constructing an actual layout. The reason why it is much more work is that we will begin creating an online portfolio in a self-hosting version of WordPress.

Therefore, I have to go through all my past projects and pick the ones that I think are good to include on my portfolio website. That also means I have to go through all my old blog posts on here, edit them again, and export them from this website, to then import it on the new one. So if you end up seeing old posts resurfacing to the top of my feed, it’s not because they are new posts, it’s because I am editing them all. I am not going to include every single post up to date on that website, but I’ll take some of the best ones.

This blog will not go away, I will continue to use this blog to post for my classes. I will just have to export the blogs and post them on the other website as well. That site will only be up for around a year, maybe less, it all depends on when the professor needs to clean up the server because he is the one hosting it, we just get our site on there. Therefore, I will keep this website just in case I decide to self-host a website in the future or improve this one, I can still have all my work on here.

The more I learn about creating my website, I will come to write a post on what I have learned. Since the class just recently started, this is all I have thus far.

Thoughts on Web Design

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I am a bit disappointed with myself, but only a tiny bit. This is because I had high hopes that I would enjoy my Web Design class, but at the end of the day, I’ve realized that I’ve been slacking quite a bit. I still get my work done don’t get me wrong, but I just lack the motivation and excitement I’ve had with my previous classes when it comes to getting the work done. I’m guessing I’ve found the part of Graphic Design that I can scratch out in terms of possible career fields I would want to do in the future.

This is my third week in the class and I have learned quite a bit. I felt that learning Web Design was difficult and not interesting at first, but once I sat down to do it and start coding and seeing the changes in action was the part that was fun for me. Maybe I’ll change my mind in a distant future about Web Design and take the time to research and learn more about it, but as of right now it is not something that catches my attention.

However, I will go on and mention the importance of Web Design. For starters, Web Design is important to online marketing as many businesses and companies create their websites to advertise and sell their products. A good website design reflects on the company’s image, message, and whether it is trustworthy enough to buy from them. Many people these days use the web to gather their information and do research for things like projects, school work, and the likes so an informative website needs to be interesting enough to maintain the viewer’s attention as well as be factual and easy to navigate. Essentially, the CSS coding is going to be a huge help to make your HTML code look interesting and appealing.