Week16

This week I finished adding all product images and edited images into the website, the only page still pending on being completed is the homepage. Adding content to the homepage shouldn't take too long, just a matter of overwriting the current content to new things to make the page seem full up. The homepage is possibly the least important page in the website as the focus is on the other pages as they display the items which can be bought, whereas the homepage is more of a show piece yet an essential for any website in general. My main aim is to produce a working shopping cart system and if there is time left at the end maybe I can come back towards making the homepage having one or more better features depending on the time limit left. The images on each of the pages need resizing as currently they have been put in there but aren't perfectly lined up, most images need the white backgrounds removing from them before doing this. All page descriptions, item descriptions and prices have been done plus all four basic social media pages have been made. The social media pages have been linked to the social media icons which are placed in the footer and may require a user to login to view the pages and see what is posted.

Week15

This week I didn't really complete any of the tasks fully which were written in my schedule (ghant chart), I really do need to aim for completing those tasks between the dates of the 15th January and the 26th January without failure. There is now becoming an urgency to complete these tasks because I need enough time to focus on the important parts of the website such as sorting out a shopping cart that works and other technical parts. How I'm planning this may seem a little rushed but I need enough time to trial and error certain website features because I'm not a master at coding so I can be prepared to fix and record any problems. The social media pages have not yet been completed but will definitely be finished and linked during Week16 as I can't prolong this part any longer. I have sorted out some of the folders to keep the correct images/content in per webpage and these will continue to update as the website progresses. On two of the pages (Bags & Purses plus Jewellery) I have started adding content with the products and prices listed so that they are complete, they are the pages which don't involve any photography. I have added content onto the Members page such as images, prices and the description of content. 

Week14

Last week was based on getting the website interface to look presentable and well associated with the chosen theme of the website, this involved editing and overwriting the code via the HTML and CSS pages. The fonts and text sizes have been confirmed along with the background, header and footer colours so I am now happy with the way the website looks. The logo which I designed goes really well with my colour scheme and the theme of my website overall. Any changes which I have made or edited on the website have been recorded in my paperwork using descriptions and screenshots to show what is new and has been updated. My next plan after this was to get started on the social media accounts for Glamourize and get them linked into the website, this would be a user clicking on the social media icons and being led to the correct pages. Also I downloaded a few images from Google Images to put into the website and my job is to add them into the relevant pages plus later on the white backgrounds will have to be removed from some of them. Item descriptions and prices will also need to be added in the correct price order, now I have a mini list list of tasks which I need to and must complete during Week15.

Week13

Last week was Week13 and I used the time in that week to get back on track with my project including keeping up the schedule and monitoring what activity still has to be done. There were a few tick boxes where I realised that I hadn't met my deadlines and that I was slacking in terms of getting my work done. I managed to make my logo and embed it into the website, as for the shopping cart I changed the white one to a black one for each of the pages. I have had a play around with the colour scheme to enhance the appearance of my website so that it looks refreshed and gains attention from potential site users. Aswell as that I changed some parts of the text deciding what parts I wanted uppercase and which parts I wanted in lowercase along with changing the font so that it matches the same font on the logo. Along with all this I took the screen prints of all the work I was doing and explained everything to give evidence of what I am doing for this project. I have included in my paperwork the PowerPoint presentation and written down what each of the slides represent plus the audience feedback with outcome on the questions that were asked. Week14 will involve adding images and completing the website.

Week12

In terms of this past week the project work hasn't really gone anywhere in other words, it was the week of Christmas and edging towards the new year. I used this week as the break week from doing any work as such although I should have cracked on with my project instead of chilling too much. I was supposed to finish the logo designing and get the shopping cart icon finished so that I could add these into my website but I still haven't completed either of these which I regret. The only thing I have done during that week is some minor parts of the documentation such as parts which I had missed out or not yet got around to doing. I also started filling out the section where I had to talk about my PowerPoint presentation such as the slides and how they were made to be helpful to my audience who seen this. That part I still haven't finished so I will continue that the following week along with the logo and shopping cart preparations to embed into my website. After this I plan to do some more coding on the website and make a start on taking and editing some photographs for at least one of the webpages. I will check the website to make sure I am happy with the colour scheme or have a play with it and change fonts. 

Week11

This week I haven't done enough work on my project as I should have done or planned in my head, the real reason for this is because I was generally just choosing to do other things or not motivated enough to do work. The logo and shopping cart were two things which were meant to be embedded into the website but I still haven't completed them yet. I had made screen prints of the code which was done in Notepad++ plus the website itself to show the progress of how it is going along with the gradual editing done. Under the screen prints of the starter coding work I have described what it is I'm doing and why I am doing it. Apart from that nothing further has been done on the project at all, for the next week I aim to do more project associated work. The stuff I plan to do for next week are to sort out the logo design and have a shopping cart, both of these need to be coded into the website and another thing I can do is choose a website background I like along with text fonts and colours for them. Another thing I need to do is keep showing the screen prints along with their descriptions in the documentation and fill out anything else in the documentation which may be outstanding. Aim for next week is work more.   

Week10

Last week was Week10, in that week I only did basic stuff like making a start on coding the website. The coding which I have started is just simple such as header and footer parts plus the background colour. Next week I will officially put the rest of the colour scheme in the website along with changing the colour of text(s) and possibly deciding on fonts.I have also been debating what I want to be my logo for this website but I am thinking I am going to stick to a logo of a dress like I have shown in my website samples because it is girly and I like it. I have named the different pages on my navigation bar which HTML pages created for them but the content on the pages itself needs editing. Most of this is just the basic beginning of the website which doesn't seem like much but it's a start. I haven't made any changes to any of the content that is currently on the website template but this is something I can tackle in the following week and I can possibly make accounts. The content for these accounts can be added later on so I can have time to think about what I want to display, a logo is something else I need to make ASAP. I have been doing my project paperwork such as talking about the website samples and ghant chart notes.