Assessment #2 Blog Post

So, my website is now complete. It's a very basic website, but frankly, that's all iWeb is capable of.

I'm using it as more of a muck around space than anything. This is evident in the various changes I have made to it, as detailed below.

I created a logo for my site, to add a personal touch to it. I then created a navigation bar that fit in with the theme a little better. This wasn't so much tough as it was tedious. I also managed to hide all the old nav bars, as iWeb won't actually let you remove them. Go me.

I decided to use my Google Adsense account as well, just for some extra functionality. At the bottom of each page is an advertisement, just for that real web experience.

The first page is used as a News/Home page, which can be updated easily when there is new news to report. Nothing major here,

On the "About" page, I've put up detailed information about myself, and why the website is the way it is. I messed around with the way that things were organised a little bit, and I changed the way that images were displayed.

On the "Photography" page, I've uploaded about 11 photographs of my previous works, to use as a basic portfolio until the time comes for better images. I modified the way the gallery worked, and tweaked it to display three images each, across any amount of pages. This helps to keep page sizes down, and add a touch of flair.

The "Blog" page... Oh, the blog page. I didn't like the idea of using the iWeb blog, because frankly, I didn't want to have to post everything twice. I decided instead to use a blank page, and load it with an iframe of my blog. I then used iWeb's limitations to my advantage, by hiding a large amount of the iframe behind the edges, leaving a very clean looking blog integration. I then changed my blog's background to match my website's, and voila. Pretty clever, yes?

Then, just for fun I added the "Beard" page. This is all about an upcoming event, but you can read that for yourself. I made the image link directly to the Pirates of the Caribbean homepage, and positioned a countdown timer to look as though it were integrated into the poster itself.

After all this, I was a bit bored, so I decided to add random quotes to almost every page. Some of them are dark, but they're all interesting to me.

Anyway, in case you missed it, here's a link to my website.

-Mitch