Final Wesbite and Reflection

http://www.nayelee-villanueva.webs.com/


I will start by saying my website is still somewhat a work in progress. Although it is my final website, I feel that I will likely continue to work on it as a progressing professional. At first, I really thought this process would be quite simple, but as I quickly realized that wasn't the case. I am the type of person that obsesses over having to have the "perfect" final product and it seems as with the case of my final paper (a bit off topic I know) that I am primarily concerned with the final product rather than the process. This professional website takes on more of a personal type of writing (essentially writing about myself) which is something that I am not really great at as I don't like talking about myself. I find it more difficult to accomplish than writing academic papers. Not only was I concerned with the written content, but I had to worry about what it would esthetically look like. While I realize there is a whole field in this sort of thing, I often was setting up the site how I would like to see sites, based on my personality (plain, simple, and maybe a bit boring). I am not the type of person that enjoys bells and whistles so to speak. I prefer professional websites to be simple and to the point.

I initially started the process utilizing dreamweaver, but I grew quite frustrated as I am sure the rest of my classmates did. It isn’t to say I did not enjoy the creative aspect of it; I simply did not have the time to dedicate to this specific process. So, I found a web hosting site that already had a premade format to publish my material. I thought this to be the route to go because I could solely focus on the material I was actually placing on the site rather than the material and the process. Again, I wouldn’t have been concerned with the process if I did not have time constraints.

I couldn’t help but think through this website building process how I was more concerned about creating the final product and ideally giving you the instructor what you wanted. I am guilty of doing exactly what I do not want my students to do which is to write to me as the audience. I am not quite sure why I took on this approach…okay maybe I had an idea…I wanted the grade. But, I probably should have focused more on addressing the “real” audience for this site, potential employers. Nevertheless, in the end of all this, I did come out realizing the importance of actually having a professional website. I suppose for the longest time I always told myself I will establish it when I need to. Well, now I need to and I am grateful that I was somewhat forced to do it.

I certainly hope it is of above average quality, but as I mentioned before, I will continue to use it as a my professional website…eventually I will transition to my own domain name…I am betting my name will not be used anytime soon!