What have I learned in this class that will help me in the future.

Well at this point what I would really want to say is that I will find the money somewhere to have someone create the website I wish I could have, so it is the way I want it to look. But to be fair I will remove my frustrations and answer the question as professionally as I can.

There are many different things to take into consideration when you are creating a website. Not all things are just for the site. A lot of aspects have to do with the groundwork for the site but could be applied to printable marketing tools, flyers, post cards, business cards, etc. I made a new business announcement card while I was in this class through Vista print and while I was creating it I thought a lot about the C.R.A.P principles and I will say that it turned out great and I have had many comments on how nice it looks.

I can say that I never really sat and thought about all of the nuts and bolts of a website before this class, there is a lot more to it than what is seen on the screen. The html code is the skeleton of a site and from my experience in this class I have learned that it is not the easiest thing to work with. At least not in a 7 week course. I did learn about files, file size and how to save, how to manipulate a photo in Photoshop. I learned that it takes practice with these programs that it is not a instant learning from an hour lecture type of thing. I learned that if you can visualize an idea you probably can produce it but it will take some time to accomplish it to get the results that you want so you are satisfied.

So in a nut shell I have learned to be more observant and thoughtful of who is looking and how they are looking at any piece of marketing method you choose to use, it is not just a visual thing, there is a lot of technical to get the visual. This to me was frustrating at times, when I could not produce the visual I wanted due to my lack of technical knowledge.