October 21 2013

5:45 pm- 8:15 pm 

Task 14: PUBLISH MY WEBSITE AND VISIT IT MORE THAN TWICE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING PROPERLY. CHECK AGAIN IF ALL THE INFORMATION, PICTURES AND VIDEOS ARE RELATED TO MY TOPIC.


This task is the last task towards success. Today, I finally published my website and I am very happy. I was very scared and nervous when I was publishing my website. I was back home from Malindi before doing this activity as I needed fast internet to publish my website. After publishing, I checked if the content of my website is clear, easy to understand and related to my topic. Fortunately, everything was perfect. Before publishing, I asked an elder (my mom) to go through my website and she pointed out quite a few grammatical mistakes and I had to correct them before publishing my website. After correcting the mistakes and making sure everything is perfect, I clicked on the publish button, it asked me to write the domain name. I a domain name which would be easy to remember  as this was one of my design specifications. After choosing the domain name, there was a warning. It said " your website contains a few elements of weebly pro (which needed payment) which will not be published in your final website." I knew which weebly pro element I had used. It was the search box. So this meant, the search box will not be published with my final website. I was very depressed and sad as I wanted to follow my finaldesign. But I had no other option and had to continue publishing my website without a search box. But I am very happy that my website was published successfully. 
To make sure this problem of the search box or problems like that, do not occur again,I will go through all the elements or options available and then decide the elements that my final product is going to contain. But overall, this task went on quite smoothly and I enjoyed doing this task. I love my website!
The screenshot of my final product is below:

                      Homepage

                           Second page

                            Third page

October 20 2013

8:00 pm- 8:30 pm 

TASK 13: CHECK IF THE PICTURES, VIDEO AND THE INFORMATION IS RELEVANT TO MY TOPIC ON PAGE THREE AND CHECK IF VIDEO IS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. 

Today I went through page three and checked if all the pictures, videos and the information is relevant to my topic. I also checked if the video works properly. I realized that the website looks very attractive and appealing. Page three was organized and neat. All the pictures, video, and the information was fully relevant to my topic. Except for a few grammatical mistakes, everything was perfect. I had a lot of fun doing this task as I love going through everything, looking for mistakes and doing the final touches of a product! I did not face any challenges while doing this task and enjoyed it. The internet speed in Malindi is very bad. But fortunately, this task did not need fast internet connection and I managed to finish it on time without any major problems. According to the plan, I was supposed to take half an hour, to finish this task. Today, I took around half an hour to go through everything, correct mistakes and check is everything is functioning properly. Overall this task went on very smoothly.The screenshot of the final third page is below: 

                                                      
                                                                               THE FINAL THIRD PAGE

October 19 2013

6:15 pm- 6:45 pm 

Task 12: CHANGE FONT, HANDWRITING  AND COLOR OF THE WRITING AND THEN INSERT PICTURES AND UPLOAD A VIDEO. 

i like changing the fonts, styles and colors to make it more attractive. I also like looking for pictures and videos for my work. For this task, that was my job, look for pictures and videos and change the font, style and color of the writing. 
But this time I could not enjoy this task at all as we had to family outing to malindi. I carried my laptop and my design so that I could still follow the plan. But the problem was that I could not get access to fast internet which was necessary for this task. This task needed fast internet as I needed to upload a video, pictures and information. This issue really frustrated me and I was really annoyed. But I had no other option but to continue. This task was meant to take half an hour, according to my plan and it did. I took half an hour completing this task. I could have managed to finish it in 15 minutes if I had fast internet! other than this I had no other challenges. But in my opinion, this task was torturous for me. The screenshot of the final look of page three is below:

the final look of page three

October 18 2013

3:15 pm- 5:15 pm

Task 11: REPHRASE THE INFORMATION INTO MY OWN WORDS AND TYPE THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE



This task was a very easy task as I did not have to rephrase the information and just had to write on my website. I did not have to rephrase the information because while I was researching, I had automatically rephrased all the information into my own words. So this reduced the amount of work that I had to do today. I usually do not like rephrasing researched information, but this time, I had done it unknowingly! According to my plan, this task was meant to take 2 hours and it did take 2 hours, even though I did not have any rephrasing work. I took 2 hours to do this task, as the internet was very slow. This was a very straightforward task and did not need much thinking. I just had to copy past the researched information onto my website. But overall I am satisfied with the work I did today and I enjoyed it a lot. The screenshot of today's work is below:

The researched information on my website. 

October 17 2013

7:45 pm- 8:45 pm 

TASK 10: ORGANIZING PAGE BY ADDING TEXT BOXES, SEARCH BOX AND IMAGE BOX

Today, I had a lot of fun organizing the last page of my website, using text boxes, a search box and image boxes. I also had to find a way to put a Youtube video on this page and I found an option for that. I had expected to find an option where the video could be played without loading, but that was only available in weebly pro which was not free. But I was contented to at least find a Youtube option for my video. According to my plan, I was supposed to take around 1 hour to finish this task but I took only 15 mins to do this as it was very easy and I had done it for the previous page. Since I had done it for the previous page, I knew the options that were available on this website. This page looks similar to the previous page as I am using the same format and I am not using the column option as it did not work out for the previous page. So this means I have learnt lessons from my past experiences! There was no problem with the internet and it was quite fast. So, I did not face any challenges during this task and frankly, I enjoyed a lot! The screenshot of how it looks after organizing is below: 

This is how the third page looks after organizing it using text boxes and image boxes. 

October 16 2013

9:00 am- 11:00 am 

Task 9- Researching about the sub topics on the second informative page (third page) 

Today I researched about the sub topics on the second informative page (third page) and I enjoyed doing this task. I also looked for a video on Youtube which is related to my topic and for the picture I was supposed to insert on this page. The picture I got, showed a confused person and  3 options beside the person saying " Yes, No and Maybe". I modified this picture from " Yes, No and Maybe" to " Indian, American and none", using paint. I also got a video about Indians discriminated in American as they follow and practice a completely different culture. I did not face any challenges during this task and enjoyed researching about how this issue can be solved and interviewing an ABCD. I used my investigate stage to get a few important points about how to solve this issue and the interview of an ABCD (my client) as I had already conducted the interview during the investigate stage. Fortunately, the internet connection was much better compared to the internet connection I had during the previous research for the first informative page. According to my plan stage, I was supposed to take 2 hours to finish this, but I finished it in around 1 hour 15 minutes as it was quite easy since most of the information was in my investigate stage. This task went on very smoothly and I enjoyed researching about the sub topics as my research skills have improved very much since last time. The screenshot of my research in below:

             My research for second informative page

October 15 2013

12:30 pm- 1:00 pm

Task 8- GO THROUGH THE EVERYTHING ON THE FIRST INFORMATIVE PAGE (SECOND PAGE)

Today, I went through everything on the first informative page (second page). I went through the pictures, information and checked if they are easy to understand, organized and most importantly, related to my topic. I always love checking if everything is good enough to move on to the next task and I enjoyed doing this task. I did not face any challenges and it was easy and fun to go through everything. According to the plan, this task was meant to take half an hour and I took around 25-30 minutes to finish this task. So the time predicted during the plan was quite accurate. I enjoyed doing this, but there were a few grammatical mistakes that I had to change. Other than that, this task was fun to do and I like the final look of the second page. The screenshot of the final second page is below:

       final second page