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I will develop a web site with a clean-cut layout and an effective use of space. The photographs that I will post to the website will fit with the overall image of the site and will be pasted effectively without overly asserting themselves.
When I am creating this website, one key element I have in my mind is to show my prospective employers what type of a designer I am. Similar to many other designers, I will upload a wide variety of my work to the website. This will give prospective employers / clients an opportunity to check my works and determine whether I am the right candidate for their needs. My target audience is any potential website owners who do not have the skills to create a beautiful and user friendly website.
The prospective clients are people who are very likely to find their designers through Google Search. It is therefore important to have a website that highlights my ability to create great websites and which has key word that will be picked up by the Google Search function. Another advantage of having a website is that my potential employers can contact me directly and leave me messages if they need more information from me.
To showcase my capability and I will provide potential clients with examples of different types of work, including:
● Web design
● Advertising design
● Graphic design
● Menu design
● Logo design
● Stationary design
They will also know what type of software I am able to use and my education history, by looking at my resume and portfolio. When visitors come to my site, they will first look for work samples to determine if the design fits with what they are looking for or if this person has enough skills to take care of the project,
If a visitor is happy with what s/he sees in my portfolio, s/he will then visit the resume page for more information.
Finally, if my portfolio meets my clients’ expectations, s/he can contact me directly through the contact page. Once the client is in the contact page, there are two choices for him/her to choose from. S/he can copy down my information, contact me by pager or email, or send me a message directly by filling out the contact form on my website.
I will build my website as simple as I can, so that it will take my clients a very short time to load any page. The reason why I will build a website that loads fast is because I will build it with Css, Html, and very little java script. No animation, flash or high resolution picture will be attached to the website. For a portfolio website, a simple build is important. The first benefit is it looks clean, it has enough white space for the visitors to focus on the information I want them to look at. Secondly, for the work samples page, it is a very bad idea to design a website in a complex way as it might take long time for clients to load.
If visitors are having trouble viewing my portfolio, they can probably just click the back button and look for another designer. If the visitor wants to see any complex, flashy design from the designer, they can look at the web design’s work sample, it is unnecessary to show it in the portfolio site. They can always jump to any page by using the primary navigation bar on the upper right corner.
When I start the project I have to decide what the content of my portfolio should be and I have to determine how many pages it will have. Then I will start writing my biography, organizing my resume and portfolio and converting my works into jpg format. I have two ideas on how I should build the page:
1.My first design idea is to show all my work in the first page, so when a visitor gets onto my site, they will see what they are looking for without any clicks.
2.My second design is to show my biography on the first page, and provide my contact information in the lower right corner in every page. The reason why I put contact information in every page is because I think this is the most important part of the website.
I have finally decided to use my second design for several reasons. First, as a design student, I think showing a biography on the index page is better than showing all you work samples on it. The underlying reason is because you might not have enough work to show to your visitors.
