one more thing

If Dr. Wible or anyone else knows why my background isn't working on my portfolio, I'd be thrilled to try possible solutions!

Small set back

I intended to work in the lab again this morning until I realize I have my son's kindergarten registration today! I'd put that mentally on the back burner because I know we are moving and thus registering him is less a step at getting him into a kindergarten class here in Morgantown as it is a necessary hassel so that this school can transfer his papers to Claremont, Ca. So, from 10:30 to who knows when I'll be with Kayleb doing Kindergarten registration. Mind you I'm excited and thrilled my son is reaching such a big milestone in his development! I don't want to sound callous. I'm thrilled for him. Just wishing this registration occured at more convenient time, like two weeks from now!! hehe

It's definitely high stress week though. I have two "W" courses and the capstone so the last two weeks of my life have been spent writing one document or another. I'm really trying to stick to scheduled and manage my time wisely. Of course issues always come up like Kindergarten registrations or baby sitters canceling on the last day of class (yes, that happened too).

Such is the life of the student/parent. I can almost taste graduation. I'll just have to make up for time I lost this morning tonight after my boys are asleep. Think a pot of coffee at 10PM. That'll be me.

a little annoyed

for some reason my background won't show? I've tried it as a .png file and as a .gif. Neither are working. I know the file is in the right folder uploaded to my ftp space so I don't know why it isn't working. maybe my brain is too fried to tackle this right now.

much better

alright, I am much more pleased with the layout scheme now. It's been awhile since I've used dreamweaver and there are a few issues with links not staying the size I want them. THey look right in dreamweaver but in IE they change. Its frustrating me, but I'm not trying to make it a huge deal until the actual text is finished. Dreamweaver is making me remember why I prefer to write my own code. But there are just too many pages for this project. Ultimately, I'd make as many errors outside of dreamweaver as I am within it.

I've completed several more pages this morning though and have the two largest areas left to tackle: The West Virginia Business Hall of Fame and the Correspondence sections. These two areas encompassed the fullest portion of my time in my job. I have more material to show in these sections than in any of the others. I tried to pick and choose certain letters to exhibit, I now I feel I still have too many and will need to further narrow them down.

I can't upload the changes until I get home this evening (I'm in the lab now). When I get everything up on the web, I'll probably ask for more input! Suffice to say, I think it looks much more appealing than it did over the weekend.

color scheme

I've decided I don't like the color scheme. I was trying to use a background we used at work on powerpoints, but the scan makes it look hazy and I want a seemless repeating background so I don't have to mess with resizing. I'm a huge hex/pantone fan so creating color schemes is fun for me anyway. If you've looked at my portfolio, please take a look again this evening. And if you haven't, I'd wait till this evening when I've recreated the look.

I'll also, of course, be adding a lot more content today as well :-)

Working on the online portfolio

I spent about three hours in the labs on Friday working on my online portfolio. It took me far more time to do the work on building the site than on writing the material I have put up thus far. I didn't have any of my material electronically so I spent a good deal of time scanning my material and then fixing it up in photoshop. When all that was finally done I started to work on the website layout. It was a relief when I finally got to start writing the content! I still have a good bit of work ahead of me but several of my pages are nearly complete!

if you'd like to take a look at the progress so far: http://community.wvu.edu/~lkj001/pweportfolio/intro.html

The pages I have worked on are the "Miscellaneous" page and the "events" page. I know some of the links/text are not parrallel to the style I want. I also know I need to go in and increase the size of my background quite a bit, as they cut off on some pages where I have more text. But, its a start, and a start means I'm that much closer to the end!