My Website

Please visit my website at http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~vupadhya/

Creating a website was much easier than I originally anticipated. I was afraid it would involve primarily hand coding, something I have experience with, and hence know it is quite tedious. In addition, I was happy to discover we could use Kompozer or Expression Web to create our sites. Specifically, I used Expression Web to create my site. I started out working with Kompozer; however, I wanted to insert hot spots onto my image map. For this reason, I switched to Expression Web and ultimately found I preferred it to Kompozer because it was easier to work with.  

Although I am proud of all the pages I created on my website, I am most proud of my biography page because I spent a good amount of time setting up a proper layout. I also like this page because of the contrast created by the white text on a filled black table, which is on a white background. As far as changes go, I would expand my favorites section if I had more time.  I initially wanted to include favorite foods, quotes, and TV shows, along with favorite movies and books.  

My biggest technical challenge was probably getting some of the links on my thumbnail images to function. Eventually, it all worked out. My biggest design challenge was creating the image map in Photoshop because I decided to put individual fonts onto the map and wanted to choose pictures that truly reflected what was on the page. Thus, it took a long time to find the right images and fonts.   Moreover, another design challenge was trying to get every page on my site to be unique, but at the same time, maintaining a consistent layout and font style. I hope to share my site with my family and friends. In general, it is always good to show what you have created to as many people as possible because they can make helpful suggestions.  

Lastly, I do not see myself making a site for another class in the future because I am taking all science classes and am assuming that it is unlikely I will have to construct a website. Nevertheless, it is still possible I will have to help make one for a student organization I join, or maybe a non-science (common curriculum) course I take.  Either way, I am glad to say that I know how to make a website, because that is an important skill to possess in this technologically advancing world.