Process Post Week 2

This week’s process post has been all about setup and WordPress. Exploring the tools and watching videos online (on YouTube) on how some of the basics of the site worked was quite stressful. As someone who is pretty adept at technology and social media, everything seemed overly complicated.

Starting with the layout, I spent a good time figuring out my website layout. An article I found on Design helped to ensure I struck a balance between aesthetics and user-friendly navigation. I haven’t quite figured out how to implement these navigations, but adding photos is a must for design.

As I was trying to figure out what I was going to write about in my main post, I actually found myself heading back to the vision board I created last week (Figure 1). This helped me make choices that aligned with my goals and an overall theme across the site.

My vision board is lacklustre and very simple, but I think it provides enough of a theme. That way, visitors can navigate around and feel a certain way throughout.

All in all, this week’s installation (of Google Analytics) and blog posts have been vital in kickstarting this initiative. It’s exciting to see the website taking shape and evolving into what I visualize in my mind.

I’m excited to see where this blog will take me in terms of the knowledge I will gain, the accountability this blog will provide, and hopefully helping someone in the same position as me.