Starting Wordpress

Finally, the real work begins!

 These next two weeks are the going to be the bulk of my Capstone experience and I have to admit that I am a little nervous, but mostly excited to dive right into work. I definitely have so many ideas and goals running through my head still, and I hope I will be able to translate them all into the website.

I have found working with the Lynda programs makes me not so afraid of working with Wordpress. I actually think it will go very well. And I’ve come to terms that this site is going to be mostly framework, and that the organization of data is such an important factor that I have to convey in my work.

I met with Victoria again on Thursday and we talked about the additions that I needed to add onto my current client analysis and also, what features they needed as an organization. I’ve already set them up a Twitter account and linked their Facebook page to their new website, I’ve also already started dumping their written copy into posts and pages on the new site. I think that is going to be the bulk of the work is sorting and organizing the data, but I’ve also got some fun thing to put into the site as well.

Wordpress has so many great features such as polls, google analytics, a google calendar for their events and such that I’m sure those will be welcome add ons to what I already have. The only thing that I am truly concerned about is if I will have the means to insert some of the dynamic content. Hopefully most of the plugins that are available will be free and have installation that isn’t crazily complex.

I also need to go back and edit my proposal, client analysis, and previous webmap, which I am hoping to also complete this week. Website goals this week is to have all pages and copy in so I can maneuver posts around in the following week. I ‘ve got so much to do and not very much time to do it. But I'm just hoping that everything will turn out for the best. Victoria has been such an inspiration to work with and I want to give her my best, because she puts so much in Shepherd Career Services.