Tag: Spring 2023

  • Gallery Test

    Today, I’m testing out Lightbox. Not sure if I’ll be able to figure it out today, it seems really complicated. Regardless, I won’t know if I don’t F around and find out!

  • Test Post

    This is my Chihuahua, Bruno ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Post 2: Site Building & Experimentation

    The category I created to start organizing my posts is titled “training updates”, as I hope to put all of the assigned training and activities into that category, and perhaps bigger projects into another. The new category is pictured below.

    Training Updates Category Page

    Unfortunately, my theme doesn’t come with a sidebar so I was unable to customize it at all. However, I was able to add the link to the training course onto the homepage (It’s linked into the menu page “DKC Training Page”).

    DKC Menu

    The plugin I activated for my site is the HD Quiz plugin because I thought it would be fun to test any of this site’s visitor’s knowledge on me. Go ahead and take it and see what you remember about me from my homepage!

    Conclusion

    While I wasn’t able to play around with the sidebar because the theme I have doesn’t have a sidebar, I was able to explore my options when it came to plugins and ended up finding one that lets me add interactable quizzes which I thought was really fun and interesting. The quiz is available on this post so feel free to give it a shot! Some things that I’m most looking forward to learning about (either by myself or through an appointment) are graphic design, infographic tools, and maybe 3D modeling? I have blender on my laptop and my plan was to teach me how to use it, so I might use that as an excuse to finally make the jump and do it. Either way, any kind of digital design I’ve always found interesting, and while it might not be something I want to go into in the professional world, I think having a proficiency in it will prove a good use of my time.

  • Site Update #2!

    Today, I updated the site in a few exciting ways. I finally figured out the menu thanks to my super awesome and helpful manager Shannon *wink*. I also created a post with a cool image and quote to serve as my permanent home page to greet visitors when they first enter the site. I changed some color settings and cleaned up a few widgets that weren’t doing anything. I also added my site logo at the bottom with a quote that I like. Beyond that, I dipped my toe into plugins, but I still have absolutely no idea how to use them. I added a plugin for photo galleries and something that claimed to make my website run faster. You can’t see it action yet, but next time…

    I would like to learn the 3-D Printing software to be able to do that appointment.


    Next time, I hope to make my website look better, and begin to explore plugins… (sad).

  • Hello All!

    This website will be dedicated to my training semester at Mary Washington’s Digital Knowledge Center! If you wanna keep up with my assigned posts and projects, check out my Training Posts page!

    A Little Bit About Me

    My name is Ally and I am a Freshman at the University of Mary Washington. I plan to major in English and my favorite book of all time is “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton. Outside of class I love music and act as the social media manager of the acapella group One Note Stand. I sing all the time and often accompany myself on the guitar or ukulele. I plan to carry this love of music into my work at the DKC. On my main website I post a song everyday and once I gain more training I hope to become proficient in audio and video production software. Hopefully you know me a little better now and have some context for my future posts!

  • The Site So Far

    So far, I have changed the website’s logo, changed the color of icons and embedded links, and moved around some blocks. Something new I learned about WordPress is that you can use pre-made “Block-Themes” to create a more structured version of your website.

    Here is an example of a YouTube video that I enjoyed and hope to one day emulate.

  • This is my second post

    Like the title says, this is my second post

  • This is my first post!

    Like it said, this is my first post

  • Hello world!

    Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing!

  • DKC Testing Post

    Test for DKC

    Testing Image From Pinterest

    Random Quote

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