Today, I designed and uploaded a simple webpage using Amaya. Amaya is a web editor tool for designing and uploading basic websites. The editor is designed to be easy-to-use for people with limited or no website design experience.
I began my web design process by creating a basic story board. I then created a homepage in which I typed a welcome message, inserted my photo, and provided links underneath my photo describing places that I’ve traveled. The process went smoothly as I found the program particularly user-friendly. After creating my homepage, I added three additional pages and typed a basic message on each page. After a few failed attempts, I was able to successfully link the three pages to the text I had typed on the homepage. When it came to uploading the website, I was unable to find a specific uploading feature. I saved all the websites, however, and they loaded without any problems on another browser I had opened. My basic web design process took approximately 30 minutes.
I currently have a website for my French classes through the school server, so I decided not to spent a particularly length amount of time on this particular activity. I know from firsthand experience that the process can be time consuming not only in terms of designing but also in terms of navigating the various design tools. My main challenge with web design continues to be learning to navigate the tools without the assistance of anyone else, however I tend to remember my steps better when I do something on my own. Furthermore, I found that my Amaya page was rather amateurish and have since taken it down because of this, which is something I’m trying to avoid on my school website. Overall, I found the process to be a refresher of the skills that I’ve already learned from building my class website and a skills training exercise in navigating a new web design editor.
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