Web & Past

Last year I did some web designs in a previous subject called Sustainable Lifestyles which required us to come up with a design proposal for an issue we selected. I chose an extremely controversial topic - something along the lines of the visual communication of climate change. Honestly at the time I didn't really know how to propose a website technically, so I'm glad to have now learnt the main structure of a web design proposal which includes a competitor analysis (a research on what competitors are doing with a conclusion on how we can do better), a sitemap (maps out the main links on the website), wireframes (the architectural structure of content) and mock-ups (visual design of the website).

Since the end of primary school I started taking interest in html when I was in the phase of being obssessed in customising my own layouts on Neopets for the guilds. From there I learnt the very basics of html, Dreamweaver (back in the macromedia days), copying codes and adjusting them to fit my needs. So the language of html is a familiar one though I am no where near fluent but I think those years of "experience" and play certainly helped. I can't imagine starting from scratch! Good thing is I pretty much have already broken all the rules during those years of play so now I shall be able to leave that behind and build websites the proper way adhering to za web standards. 

and for your amusement (or even heart attack) here is the past:

http://fantaisya.110mb.com/
My goodness I stumbled across this not realising that it was even still alive on the internet! I did this in year 11 for this youth business programme YAA (Young Achievement Australia). I was part of the marketing team... and we were shamefully selling "customised" underwear. I broke all the rules: table based layouts, shocking colour scheme, using gif for photos, internal scrollbar, and not to mention you are welcomed with a countdown that exceeded its limit a long time ago (you now see negative values).