Well, as I sit here this afternoon, I cannot decide how to feel about my web page. I have now looked at it two times since class yesterday. Once last night and again a few moments ago. I am frustrated because I know how I want it to look, but I am unsure about how to make it happen. I have had some experience with creating and managing a website. I used to do it for my former school. I learned how to do some simple things using code, but was then allowed to use Front Page to actually publish it. When we had the classes this weekend, I was surprised to see how much I did not remember. There were a few things that were vaguely familar, but on the whole, not much. I can see in my mind how it all fits, but I cannot seem to translate that to creating it in Word. The things that I have created do not seem to go where I want them to. I also see why knowing code is important, but I still haven't been able to create the "alt tag" for the clip art on my page. Another thing that worries me is that I am basically plain and simple when I design or create something. I do not like a lot of pictures or a lot of fancy things; I like clean lines and little clutter. I know that this may seem good, but when I see others' creativity, I get very nervous that I am being too plain. On the whole, I do not think what I have done so far is terrible, it just is not exactly what I want it to be yet. I do look forward to seeing what everyone else creates. I know we will get a lot of good ideas from each other.
Actually, my school, and I think my county, have Web page software avaliable to us. I have actually posted for my library on our school's site. It was really nothing short of just a list of upcoming events. As we get further into this program, and we add to our own web pages, should this be something that we plan to link to our schools' sites? Or do we take what we have learned and really create nice work on the exsisting server provided by our school?
I think the best thing is a little distance from the computer for a while and some sunshine on my face. Enjoy a beautiful week!
Jenni
3 comments:
I am with you as far as not liking my web page. I wasn't too happy with it yesterday, and today I was even less excited about what I had created. I wouldn't worry about making it look cute. Everyone is different and you need to do what you like and what makes you comfortable. I created a website based on an imaginary school so I don't think we will have to connect them. Take a day or two and then come back to it. Things will look better
My county provides software for our web pages too. We use sharepoint and it doesn't really allow us to do the things that we did yesterday. I don't like it because I would like to add pictures and make it fun. They didn't ask me though. T
I think none of us think ours is great. I tried to keep my simple. I just see boring. I am going to take a look at it next week. I am just going to put it on the back burner for right now. Worry about all the webliography stuff instead:)
I feel the same way. I have a lot more ideas now that I am not stuck in front of the computer and I can think about it more freely. Once I got home, I looked around and found so many great things, so I am really excited about pulling it all together! I am working on my webliography now and I just hope that I get it all right! Have a great week--remember, it's summer (maybe that's my problem)!!
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