THE BASIC PURPOSE

The basic function of this blog at "this point in time" is for an assessment.

To this purpose I will be chronicling the progress and attempt to gradually critically analyse my own work. It is important that I address the basic criteria before I commence to diverge on my blog journey.

The first assessment is due on August 15 so I have a little less than 2 weeks to get something presentable. The next and final one is on October 17 giving me 2 short months to polish it.

My own interpretations of what is required and how I go about it will be explained briefly. My thoughts and ideas for improvements will also be logged.So here we go. It is suggested that this can be used as a self-promotional tool for "showing my wares" so to speak.

My choice of template is to try to create an academic feel. The cream page looks a little like parchment, highlighted by the darker brown surrounding it. I am not happy with the width of the page so I will shortly be widening the cream “box”. The two colours set each other off well even though brown is not my favourite colour.

The links are on the left for a reason. When on the right I consider them to be a kind of afterthought. People read from left to right so they will automatically scan the links as they read the post, more so than if they were on the right margin.

I have entered a post of acknowledements to recognize and thank those people whose creative abilities I have “borrowed”. I have also left my original posts on here for reasons beyond me. Maybe because I really like the photo I took of my son surfing – taken the very first day I purchased my Canon Powershot camera. Money well spent!

I now need to commence the serious business of improving my blog. There are many, many things I need to add to this blog so I will start with a few self suggestions.

I believe that a successful page needs lots of white space (in this case cream) so I will try not to clutter things up too much. Other things on the list are to widen the text page; set out the links correctly and very importantly, set ALL of the hyperlinks up so that they open up in a new tab in the browser. I need to experiment with the text a little also.

That’s enough for this post. It doesn’t get done by talking about it. Let the development begin!!! Oh, and lots of pics required also.