As part of the module, I was required to create a LinkedIn profile as a way of creating connections and networking through the industry. So, this is what I did today; I first signed up on the website and changed a few settings to make me recognisable on the page. My LinkedIn Profile can be found here. After setting up my profile I followed a few steps that would explain more about myself; I profiled myself as a student at the university and added a summary paragraph about where I was in my career and what I wanted to achieve. I then started to add my existing skills onto my profile (which I will expand over time) and finally allowed recruiters to find me for positions I would be hoping to work in.
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As part of the THD1446: Applied Critical Languages module; a requirement was to create a website and a blog that would allow me to progress through my career after gaining my degree. When originally building the website, I tried multiple services such as wix.com, squarespace etc. but overall decided that weebly.com was the best for me as it was very simple to use and allowed me to directly include my blog on the website instead of having to use other services and embedding this onto my page. When choosing a template to create my website, I decided that I wanted to go for something quite simple that was easy to navigate. I chose to use 3 images that were linked to separate pages, these were; Still Life, Self Portraiture and Portraiture. I also included 4 links at the top of the page with basic links such as; Home, About, Contact and Blog as these were what I found to be essential when researching into successful photographers websites.
When creating my webpage my initial thought was to use Wix.com but since I experienced issues with it in the past, I decided to search for something different and came across Squarespace.com; I chose to look into this web designer at first as I had seen a lot of creatives create successful portfolios through it and had it recommended to me multiple times. When opening Squarespace, I created an account and chose a template that was similar to the style and layout I wanted for my own page. This is when the problems started and I couldn't figure out how to use it, I managed to get as far as a title before giving up as it was causing me a lot of difficulty due to me not being able to change the images on the template as well as not being able to find out how to get on to each individual page.
I then halted my production of the website production for a while and chose to focus on writing up my blogs in a word document until I could find the website builder that was right for me. |
AuthorKatie Wingrove is a small photographer based around the area of South Yorkshire, she is currently conducting her final year of study at the University of Huddersfield. Archives
April 2021
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