I was consumed by finalizing my website comps. For me that meant creating the content–text–that was represented by placeholders. And that meant figuring out where that content resides and how it will be linked to the various pages. Even though I had done and earlier flow chart–that was not adequate to explain the content as it has evolved.
Since this is for my consulting practice–and the content doesn’t actually exist–yet–I had to spend quite a bit of time deciding what to feature first and what mix of content I wanted. I developed a matrix of content to rotate in and out on the website–perhaps each month–but not less at this point.
I did not get to building templates since my first goal was to transfer my comp layout to CSS and HTML. That didn’t go so well. I tried several times–and things aren’t happening as directions say they will. So I’ll wait for class to figure things out. I don’t know if it’s me or the export feature. In comments online–there are complaints about the export feature.
This website is going to take a ton of work from two perspectives:
1) generating all the content
2) getting the pages to work
I am going to investigate hiring someone to help me get the rest built(what needs to be done after completing the class assignment). I want features like some sort of sharing capability–and that is beyond my skill level. If I hire someone, I can spend time creating the content–and they can used their experience and expertise to build out the site–now that I realize how time consuming this will be for me and my limited knowledge and experience. It’s not just using DW and that’s it!
