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woo-wee, that was hard!

This was such a fun and channeling project to do! I have never worked in any 3D modeling software or programs. I am an illustrator, I normally work with 2D elements so it being digital AND 3D was crazy. Luckily, Tinkercad is programmed with beginners in mind and became a little easier over time. The largest challenge I had was getting the holes right in my fishes face, the controls can be a little finicky. As I am in the throws of my fish obsession, the choice to have a fish shaped name tag felt the most natural and doable! I hope to make a better looking one in Fall 2024! I can’t wait to see everyone else’s.

Here is the link to my video: https://youtu.be/M46J2dai3Gs

I was FINALLY able to create my fictions site for this project and I’m really stoked about it!

The link is : https://numberoneunicornfan.umwsites.net

The difference between Sites @ UMW and Domain Of Ones Own is customization and user experience. Sites was much easier to get up and running, in total it took me around 45 mins to make the website, as oppose to several shifts it took me with DoOO. As mentioned in last week’s training meeting, there was far less customization but also less room for error. Sites @ UMW is what most people THINK website building is like, but DoOO is the full kit and caboodle, you can customize and edit nearly anything on your website, but that can also lead to it crashing or messing something else on your website.

I learned A LOT through this exercise in optimizing our websites. I didn’t realize nor admittedly gave much thought to alternative and descriptive text. I read the article and installed the plug-in and realized just how much important work I had ahead of me. I had several errors come up, the most popular being that I was using a lot of gifs which can mess with the screen reader, as well as a few “improper use of link” errors. I need to do more research to figure out how to remedy it, but as for now I moved a quote I overlayed on top of a gif to the side bar so the screen reader would be less confused, I also added more black text as opposed to colored so its easier to read. As I keep building and improving this website I will continue to factor accessibility into my projects and changes.

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 I have added plenty of fish images and fish gifs to the front page. I have also changed the headings throughout the website. I learned a lot about word press through this process, including how to make blog posts. Embedded is a video about fishing I found through research for my internship, it is really funny the way they speak about fish.