Website Creation

From research websites, I know what I find attractive in a website.  Something clear and easy to read, bright and colourful, easy to navigate, something fun i.e. animation.  Examples include Caren Garfen and Tilleke Schwartz (my faves by far as they have animation/motion).

I sketched out a plan of my website, nothing too detailed, using symbols and colours as directed i.e. red for clickable parts.

I was going to use Squarespace to build and publish the website and started to look at domain names and priced up traceyeharris.co.uk and lardyeric.com through 123 reg and it was very reasonable price for 3 years.   It is best to do this for 3 years as opposed to one or two because time goes so fast that if I took out only one year and for example I was away for a couple of months when it was due for renewal, I could lose out if I didn't renew it.   Giving myself 3 years therefore is planning ahead.

I spoke to fellow students who were all using Prosite, which was linked to Behance.   I had seen work on Behance but thought it was for graphics work so didn't set up a page.  However I have now done this, as I concluded that for the purposes of this project, it was the easiest option.   I will not be using this site because I want more flexibility such as use of different fonts.   Also, my branding may not be what I have created for this project.   Also, I have not published this site again because I will not be using it and it costs money to publish it and it feels wasteful to do that.

this is my Behance account which is linked to my Creative Cloud 

One of my pages from my website 

the front page of my website with my logo on the top right

The Prosite website that I have created is a web builder as opposed to one that has to use code to build i.e. html.   Using code is more time consuming if you are a novice (in my opinion).

From the short time I have been using Prosite I feel fairly confident navigating it after encountering things I wanted to do but couldn't work it out so I asked for help.   I have used arial bold font which is not the same as my letterhead.  There is not the option to import other fonts and there is a limited selection available.  

I have used the same colours throughout my branding which are colours from my logo shown below and which are contained in my letterhead and CV.   The font in my CV is a vintage typewriter which I have used throughout, including business cards.