This is where I will post information about working on the website and reflecting my experience and ideas. Completion of V2. What an awesome experience this
has been in just a few modules! I have already learned so much and while I haven't implemented everything I wanted to in time for the deadline, I can't wait to get started
on V3 already! I never knew Web Development could be such a blast!
After coming across a few things I was having trouble with, such as the transforming and skewing images, I started from scratch a couple times and just took it one line at a time.
I started to believe that you can manipulate things on the webpage without interfering with other elements using the ID tags (Something I didn't quite grasp in V1). After I realized
that, it was smooth sailing. From then on, I just worked one page at a time and kept improving little by little, even importing my own text font! I cannot wait to see what V3 has
in store. As always my changelog can be found below with a brand new entry just for this version! Enjoy!
- Justin Hitchner
Changelog V 1.0:
- Added a changelog!
- Implemented background colors and text colors
- Created my first CSS sheet.
- Added external link for people who want to help the families after Hurricane Michael.
- Stubbed out the navigation for further webpages to be added.
- Added a footer with information regarding the page content and company contact information.
- Created a CSS slot that allows for manipulation of colors and font changes among all webpages.
- Added a couple specific CSS styles to allow for more personal custimization of certain areas of the webpage.
- Checked the clock, it is getting really close to this deadline to turn in the website but I am having too much fun so I am going to take all the way up til it's almost due.
- Added borders and colors to navigation and paragraphs to help them stand out from the main content of the page.
- Added the banner that was custom made by myself for the company I am creating this website for on the homepage for visual aesthetic.
- Added unicode symbols in the footer to help it look a little more unique.
- Put more information onto the homepage so that it is not only more visually appealing but gives more information about the company. (Complete with mission statement and objectives!)
Changelog V 2.0:
- I learned how to make shadows and yes, I am overusing them! :)
- Adjusted styles for navigation to be horizontal instead.
- Created second CSS for more interaction of styles and to help organize things as they got kinda long.
- Added a social media button for customers to follow the page on Facebook!
- Added more pages to the site including Meet The Team, Furniture, Interior Projects, Outdoor Projects, and Contact Us!
- Put a gradient onto the footer to make it more appealing.
- Updated information for the mission statement as that last one had some errors.
- Cleaned up current styles and deleted ones that were unused; Updated current styles to be more organized.
- Learned and applied picture transformations into the Furniture page.
- Added a custom font for the website to show and pop more among the articles and content.
- Updated titles of pages as they were displaying incorrectly.
- Updated server-side documentation as it was displaying an out of date version of the website and backed up files.
- Created a wireframe for the website to help work off of and create ideas. (This helped IMMENSELY to keep me on task)
- Added two back to top links where necessary due to page length.
- Adjusted width of the navbar; Displaying incorrectly.
- Added quotes to the Home Page and Meet The Team pages to make them more personal.
Changelog V 3.0:
- Revamped the Furniture page to be something more user friendly, the all new Reviews Page!
- Changed the first gallery for the images on the outdoor projects page to a hover over to see which one is more well recieved.
- Deleted dead code that remained behind from the previous installment.
- Added a media query for mobile devices under 480px that will allow for easier browsing.
- Adjusted the settings for the navbar for mobile menus so that customers can see easier on their phones.
- Renamed a few items on the navbar to be easier to read, based off peer reviews!
Changelog V 4.0:
- Changed the orientation of the Contact Us Page to include a cleaner top paragraph.
- Added source to the FB logo, as per instructor's input.
- Added flavor text formats and span commands to the first letter of a few sentences to spice them up and make them more appealing.
- Included a form for the contact us page that allows the customer to send emails directly to the email of the company using mailto:
- Rearranged some text on a couple of the pages to make more sense.
- Fixed the grammar error on the quote for the meet the team page under Ryan.
- Finished the V4 project and submitted to the client for final review!