Battling Hurdles (12)

The most challenging part of this week’s assignment that I assigned myself was adding two new posts to my portfolio. I underestimated the complexity of uploading PDF files to my website. However, I did complete the tasks that I mentioned last week. This week I was able to fix up my resume and for skills, I replaced creativity with problem-solving. When I began to write down the skills for my website I used LinkedIn at first but this time I thought of what skills I felt were needed to be on there. I feel content that the skills on my resume do represent me, but I am still aiming to figure out the percentage aspect. It feels strange to evaluate myself with a percentage but that is one thing I will take on next week. This week, I changed the button name to “Uncover More Here” on my Home page, and then I changed the button color to a pale blue. When you hover over the button it changes to a lavender color, and it took me a while to set it up that way. It was a minor detail, but it took a long to realize the mistakes I made in the code. That’s when I used ChatGPT to clarify any mistakes, and that helped tremendously. I tried on my own to post the PDF links to my two new posts in my portfolio and that took me over two hours. I did make a secondary file out of my portfolio.html and anytime I would upload the link to my work it would not open anything. After feeling frustrated, I decided to upload them to the actual portfolio.html instead of the template and that’s when they finally were able to be opened. Next week I will tackle the portfolio.html again and upload more posts of my previous work. I am thinking about removing my library experience from my portfolio and utilizing the space to add various scholarly works. This week did result in challenges when it came to uploading the posts but it’s also thrilling to see my website appear structured. This week I was able to change my resume picture to professional attire and fix minor issues from the resume. Next week, I will be focusing on making my written information sound engaging, my portfolio, and seeing what can be fixed.