Project 6: WordPress

Project 6: Web Log/Online Portfolio WordPress

Assignment:

Portfolio Website Using WordPress

  • To develop an understanding and be able to utilize the tools of WordPress to develop a Portfolio/blog website.
  • To explore customized features in which to design, manipulate, and process WordPress site.

The Specifics:

You will Need to develop, create, and prepare your portfolio and content specific for the web.

THIS SITE SHOULD INCLUDE:

  1. Home Page or Landing Page – Announcing your page and explaining what it is, keep it short and simple. MAYBE AN IMAGE.
  2. Portfolio Section -[with sub-pages] including a minimum of 8 images. Size them accordingly, they shouldn’t be 20 inches or 1200 pixels wide. Follow image specs according to your WP Theme.
  • The portfolio header-page or gallery show between 8-12 images.You Must create two (2) separate sub-drawings; pages could be categorized like; drawings, paintings, interior design, photographs, graphic design, etc.

3.  About Page – Describe to your audience who and what you are or are                                   doing – resume, statement, etc.

  • Include a resume or similar file; create a PDF document, which can be downloaded.

4.  Contact Page – E-mail address or a Feedback box/Comment box. Don’t put cell phone number or addresses on this, just an mail or feedback box.

  • Create a WP contact form. Do not simply place your e-mail, student info or phone number.

5.  News/Blog page – just so you know how to do it, include a minimum of three (3) posts.

  • Content generation; essay, writing sample, observation. Creating original online specific content.

6.  Links – include a few that are relevant to you work or portfolio, avoid links to silly sites that don’t have a relevance to the work.

7.  Customized Header, something that makes it yours.

  • Your index page should be linked to all pages sections of your site.
  • Create a working email button for contacting you.

8.  Customized Sidebar Navigation, Content Areas, Media Alternates

  • Social Network links
  • Text logo; sign symbol
  • PNG file types
  • Text and Image links

9.  Animated .GIF File

  • See examples offered in class
  • Generate a multiple-frame animated .gif file. The sequentially changing image be informative, educational, a personal statement, or simply an entertaining artistic animated sequence.

10.  Class Web Blog Contribution

  • Project Seven: Design/Writing/Research
  • Post written essay to both your personal blog and the class blog as an invite author.
  • More Informate to follow.

Design Development:

  1. Look at other WordPress sites to see what appeals to you.
  2. Develop Site using a minimum of 7-10 works from your portfolio and having a functional resume and downloadable PDF and functioning e-mail button. You can use the artwork you created from this class and/or other classes of yours.

 

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