DreamWeaver is a program in which a person can make a website. This is done through syncing, and coding. Coding a website is not easy at all and people of this profession should have the respect of everyone. The website itself is a great way to promote yourself, some people are apprehensive to their work in a public setting. This is program is a great start for people without them stepping out of their comfort zones.
The website can be used to promote a person's work, it uses links to your work. When a person goes into an interview, they usually bring a resume. What this website does is it gives a person an advantage on the competition. It does this by instead of just having a resume, they have a website showing their best, or most prestigious work. Employers will see the time and effort it took to complete this, and it will help them get the job. The website also shows that you are not just a one-trick pony, based on what people put in their portfolio, the portfolio can show a wide variety of work which shows what the person is capable of.
The Social Media projects completed in class tie-in with the website because it shows your work on the social media site. What helps this is the contact page, bio, and portfolio all have the social media icon. The viewers of the website can click on the selected icon and it then brings them to the selected website. If it were on one part of the website it would not be that big of a deal, but the fact that it is on every page at the bottom of the screen makes it more accessible. This helps people see the person in a different light, of course make sure the content on the social media outlets is something you don’t mind others seeing.
Pdf's Photoshop, and Web Ready photographs are just a couple of the things that go into the making of a website. A person has to think of the right photo to put as their profile, and layout picture. This is important because it is the first glimpse of the website. In terms of the documents the work that goes into it many have no idea about. Working with software such as Photoshop, and adobe is not very hard but it is tedious. While the process itself does not take long the person has to make sure the file is not too large to open up on the website. Therefore they have to make it fit to the web on some websites people will see a photo buffering to open this is due to the reasoning that the photo is not fir for the web. The person did not either have the right resolution, or width and length of the document.
The overall presentation and organizing content are very important as to how people will view the site. Meaning if the website has documents that are of all shapes and sizes on the portfolio the person may think they rushed the presentation. The most impressive things about making the website is the portfolio page while the page only shows a glimpse of the work. It links to the pdf where viewers can see the whole paper, photograph or PowerPoint. This is an outside of the box presentation because it shows your work not just a snippet. The Bio page shows who the person is, and how they want people to view them, their goals, and what they have accomplished.
In order to get a job in this day and age people have to think one step ahead of their competition. Making a website is the first step in doing this, and it will help the person immensely in the future.
