Post #7: Planning My Future Website

The Steps

To create a successful website is like following a cooking recipe. You need to keep things proportionally together while also making sure you select the right ingredients for what you are making. First off, I should make it clear what I am metaphorically cooking is a portfolio website for myself. Here, I will describe the different ingredients I will use to make my website.

I will start looking for inspiration, and make drafts of some of the ideas I find the most attractive. From there, begin developing a wireframe and the structural layout of the webpage. Simplicity is my favorite and following the idea of a webpage being a solution I would like to blend those two ideas to make a page where people can very easily learn more about my skills and abilities.

Throughout the whole process, I will be keeping everything well documented to know why things are made the way they are. This will include the page map including all the links on the webpage. First impressions are priceless and translates to having an amazing home page. The hope would be to have a homepage that does not obstruct the rest of the website. I want clear and very purposeful navigation that does not interrupt navigation on the webpage.

The final aspect that I need to take into consideration during this whole process is marketing. I will need to make sure that the website is suited to sustain the marketing that I want it to have. I would love to include some sort of call to action, who knows what that will be at this moment though. The hardest part of the marketing aspect is picking the target market, and then making sure the website reflects those decisions.

 The Components

The different links and content that this page will be somewhat sparse. My site being a portfolio website will not require many outside links. The best links that this page will need are those to social media profiles or any other portfolio website.

Content on the homepage will be a call to action, including the basic portfolio information about myself. The navigation will have links to pages that go deeper into the work I have done, such as an animation page, photography page, and a graphics page. Also, included in the navigation page would be one to testimonials about the work I have done.

A blog would be massively supportive of the marketing of the website. The focus of images and the design will be to the target market. In addition, it will need to be compatible with mobile systems. In order to keep track of the success and find ways to improve the page, I will need to incorporate an analytics gathering service into the website.