Website Worries

I can still remember my first attempt at trying to make a webpage for this class. I frantically called up my friend Sean, programmer extraordinaire and had him guide me through the process so that I would be prepared for class. Sean lead me through all the intricacies of coding and the basics I would need to get me started. This proved helpful, however, I must say that I was relieved to find that we could use programs like kompozer to create our sites. This is yet another sign of the advancement of technology, and evidence that technology is not purposefully trying to make tasks more complicated but rather- simpler.  One of the main objectives of a librarian is to calm people's nerves from the panic of not being able to find the information that they would like to access. It seems that now librarians must rely on the help of technicians for the same type of help that they provide to others. They must open to hear hear about these newer advancements creating easier methods to use certain systems or create various features online. 

My greatest challenge of the website was simply to learn all the little features. I often understood the big picture but when it came to putting together all the puzzle, I would be missing the corner pieces. Without the corner pieces a puzzle may look complete, but the noticeable differences still exist. Specifically I would have problems understanding the Fugu device (like ssh) and how to transfer data through this feature. There were no clear instructions and I had to make sure everything was entered in correctly or the system could not read the data. 

I enjoyed the creative aspect of my site but almost got to the point of fearing a major format error. This seems to be a major hang-up for most websites. They never seem to change. The sites always change the same. I think the biggest challenge I must tumble over is the ability to be willing to sacrifice some of my layout work for the pursuit of a better design.  

I hope that now I will be better equipped to go out and create more sites and explore other creative software that exists in order to make the creation process run smoother. Knowing these tools will also help me for anyone asking questions about creating their own basic websites. I'm really looking forward to delving into more experimentation with the website tools and vast amounts of add-ons I can include on my own website over the winter break.