This week, I am working on the aesthetic elements of my website as well as finally incorporation my written works and trying to figure out what format I want to present them in. I changed the background of my index page, added a box behind my text so it could be easier on the eye to read, and also messed around with some other options and changed the color of the button (it changes color when you hover over it) as well as the text on it, I also decided to add this feature to my navigation bar on the portfolio page.. I added some more text to my Portfolio page, I changed the colors and text of the pre-existing grey boxes as well. I decided on a neater approach to my portfolio, I want to just have it be the title of the project that links to the project and then a short description. I’ve also decided to separate my work into writing projects (research papers, literary analyses, other short pieces related to my fields of interest), art & photography. I will only add photos for art and photography projects. Currently, I’m in the process of adding all the writing projects to my portfolio and writing descriptions for them.

So far, I’ve made little changes to my website to make it more personalized. I’ve changed the colors, tried to add images that speak to my personality and other tweaks here and there so that the mood stays consistent throughout. I even added a little icon on my About page. The banners were slightly different from each other on the pages in size and margins so I spent quite a bit of time fixing that last week. Most of my changes are not final, the images are pixelated, the color scheme is still undecided but the small changes are my progress towards finding the right medium.

I know that I need to make more changes to make the entire website flow better. I’ve compiled all my work that I want to put on the portfolio but am yet to actually do it. I am also working on some projects in my other courses that I can put on my portfolio, so I’ve been working on those. I want my website to have more colors, more images and more things to interact with. The resume needs to be fine-tuned and I need to remove the percentage meters for some of the skills. I think I’d like to add a different photo of me, and change up the background colors as well. 

My main focus is on adding more projects, which I have, but just not have added yet.