Knowing now what I need to update and change going into Spring Break, I hope that I can make all my corrects and modifications before I present the site for user testing next Thursday. Some of the elements that I am researching to make better are:
-The testimonials page: I wanted to incorporate a testimonials page because it was important to Victoria (director of Career Services) to receive feedback from Shepherd students. Though with Wordpress.com, I thought it would be unfeasible to create, however I found an option that allows me to create a very basic testimonials page. The idea is that a blank page is set up, but the comments are left turned on. Then, the posted comments become the testimonials.
-The transfer of documents to posts: The posts feature of Wordpress, I realized, I was actually underusing the feature. By researching what I can do to make the most of how my posts function within my the theme I chose, I can definitely tweak and make adjustments to what I already have to make sure that the site is working as efficiently as possible
-Blog feature: I need to find someway to incorporate a separate example blog, which I have already completed in my 447 class, however, I need to find an example blog feed, or just incorporate it into my technical plan as something that I could not include in the wordpress site.
-Graphics into posts and pages: This is something I have put on the back burner, but I really need to complete and make sure that the graphics complement the pages and are not superflous.
-The technical plan: A technical plan was something that was extremely important to this project, and therefore I have been looking at formats that best presents information in quick, easy to read and digest manner, and also echoes the organization of the actual site.
My other research includes the final and most vigorous testing of the navigation to make sure that it is function and understandable. This means going in and checking my custom menus and making sure that I have the most efficient definition between my categories and my pages. The custom menu feature is a great one, but I do have to make sure, (by using comparative analysis) that I am using it effectively.
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