Wow, I’m just impressed. When I looked at the website and how it was structured, I love it. But what I enjoy more was the idea behind the website. I did not think of this, but a song-themed website is an interesting idea. Like, everybody listens to a song, so it will be a good idea to make it. Also, there’s something I would like to copy from Shania Choudhury. He added a video from YouTube and post it on his pages. This is intriguing because every week he will update that. That makes users that know about the website visit it each week to see what’s new. So many cool concepts I see from this.

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Metallica: Enter Sandman (Official Music Video) – YouTube

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I’ll like to suggest this song for the next week. See? The mechanic that you used make for things like this to happen. Your website is now more interactive than most because you have this feature. I’m definitely going to use something like this for my website. I would like to choose this song because I like it a lot and the song reminds me of Mariano Rivera, one of my favorite pitcher of all time. Also, something you can include for your website is a voting system. Maybe people can vote which song is for next week. I recommend checking out: Jaimuslux – Food for the Soul

I think about this CT101 class, it makes me feel like I want to try out something new. Well, this is my first time doing this class. I never created memes to make people like it..

I really like trying to communicate through words, but in this class, I like hearing about new ways to create our own memes and show that it can help us to show who we are, and what that can look like.

This CT101 class is more fun than the other classes I have taken over close to 4 years(I think). I want to try to continue being in the CT classes.

 

I took the time and looked through some of my fellow classmates websites, and I am super impressed! The creativity is spot on and I don’t I would have been able to come up with some of these ideas.

Brandon’s website which is: Jaimuslux main objective is about music. Upon arriving to the homepage of his site, I automatically fell for the Dino trap and spent like 20 minutes playing the game while listening to the song of the week!

Brandon’s website allowed me to discover a new artist that I have never listened to before and I’m excited to discover more musics from this artisit. 

Another classmates website I surfed through was Alejandra: Alejandra’s Creativity.

Her thought of creating  a recommendation tab was vey unique!

I am usually busy with work and I don’t get to listen or discover the new musics that’s released and after reading Alejandra’s list, I added some new music to my library!

On that note, make sure to check out my new blog post @ jidastyles.com!

It’s not what you think guys- I’m back to talking about my neutral palette. My website is starting to come together, especially after posting my first blog post!

Synopsis 

Winter is finally here and I am all for winter fashion. I’m one of those that loves to layer clothing. Each season or year has its own trends and it seems like 2021 was all about brining back the 70’s-90’s vibes. I mean, the bootcut and yoga pants, with halter tops, and beaded necklaces are really giving off a vibe and lets not forget about the chunky bratz doll boots!

BUT, it can become costly while trying to keep up with trends. I believe having staple pieces in ones wardrobe is crucial. I’m talking about the solid color shirts (long sleeves, turtlenecks, basics crewnecks) and the solid color pants (of course neutral or black!).

I displayed direct links of where to shop from with some explanations as well and ended my blog post off with drakes song.

 

CT101 Final Blog Post & Course Completion Information

Well, here we are in the final regular class session of our Fall 2021 semester. It is my intention to get things set up in advance to help and give everyone enough time to complete assignments, catch up and feel confident about our course completion. Most of us will be focusing on finishing our website building & customizing project, as well as populating the site with blog posts

**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

Please e-mail me with any questions at – [email protected]

Please know, I am here to help in anyway that I can. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. Please know, it is not too late to catch up if you are a bit or even far behind. We can work together but I need communication in order to help. 🙂

The last day of regular classes is Monday December 13th, Tuesday December 14th is a “reading day” and regular classes do not meet – However, I will be hosting a Zoom session scheduled for Tuesday December 14th from 10AM -12PM (this is not mandatory obviously) to serve as a platform for those who have specific questions, need extra help with troubleshooting their websites and or helping with clarifying anything to help us complete the semester. (the zoom link info is the same as always) All of our class sessions and assignments have video tutorials that are recorded and added to the weekly blog posts on our class calendar page here.

**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

**Final Blog Post Submission Guidelines**

Please make sure you follow each step below –

*Each student will write and publish a Final Course Reflection Blog Post.

You will publish this post to the CT101 website. You will e-mail the direct link of your final blog post reflection to me – [email protected] – no later than Tuesday December 21st by 6 pm. 

***Please do not publish or e-mail the final blog post link to me before Wednesday  December 15th. This post and submission process is to be done during final exams week and serves as our final exam.***

*The e-mail subject to me should say: “CT101 Final Blog Post/Your First & Last Name” I will confirm the e-mail once I receive it.

Here is the e-mail subject example –  CT101 Final Blog Post / Your Name

Here is an example below for finding a blog post’s direct URL – (this is the direct link to the text you see at the moment in the web browser address bar at the top of the browser) The post must be published in order to copy it and paste it into your e-mail to me – it would look something like this below.

*Your final blog post is Mandatory, it serves as our final exam and final project and it must include the information stated below:

Your final blog post will be a detailed narrative and re-cap of what you have learned in CT101, and a reflection and assessment of what grade you have earned in our class and why you deserve that grade? (Yes, you must include this part!) 

What did you enjoy about our class and how you will apply your new skills into the world?

Will you maintain and keep up your new website? If so, how? If not, Why not?

Your final blog post should include a culmination of supporting images, GIFs, videos and hyperlinks to all of your existing published blog posts.

(you have already had practice with the mid-semester assessment post)

Please let this post display the best of your skills sets learned and applied! 

**This post should be your longest and absolute BEST work.**

*Final Website Link & Description –  As a part of the final blog post each student will be sharing their new website link URL (your domain name) it must be hyperlinked and you will give a clear descriptive tour of their website and share how the website is being used, plus share words on your website building successes, frustrations and an over-all assessment of building and having a website. (If you did not build a website this semester you must state that in your final post.) You must include a screen shot of each page on your website to support your tour.

 

***Please do not publish or e-mail the final blog post link to me before Wednesday December 15th. This post and submission process is to be done during final exams week and serves as our final exam.***

 

**Not mandatory, but if you would like the opportunity to visually present your final blog post & website to me during a Zoom session during final exams week – please meet me in zoom our zoom space on Tuesday, December 21st @ 10am – 12pm –  I will be in Zoom on that day and happy to meet with you there to discuss.

*The Final Blog Post submission requirements as stated above are Mandatory, please let me know if you have any questions.

All questions should be sent to – [email protected]

Im here to help!

 

 

It is quite simple, remarkable, and pleasant to navigate through the websites. Founders of both websites are doing an excellent job while keeping up with current software. 

http://naderphotography.net/

My favorite blog post on Nader’s site is Socotra Island. I loved how he organized his website,  it’s very creative and attractive. I love the aesthetics of the website, the website is very organized and unique. I’m intrigued to read his next blog post. I love the pictures he has on the display of Socotra Island. The landscape and insects are beautiful. 

http://alejandracreativity.com/

My favorite blog post on Alejandra’s site is the first blog post. Alejandra has a great introduction to your website. I love that she incorporated memes and gifs into the blog to express her feelings. 

 

Chapter 2: First phase of my natural hair journey: 

My hair was growing like weeds with my simple hair regimen. My simple hair regimen included water, coconut oil, and a hair moisturizer. I used the LOC method to grow my hair. LOC stands for liquid, oil, and cream, this combination will keep your hair strands moist while ensuring that you retain hair length.  Every week I would apply this to my hair to keep my hair moist and not dry. If your hair is dry, it will break off and you will not see the hair growth. Every two weeks I would shampoo my hair to cleanse it and deep condition my hair to put back moisture in my hair. Low manipulation also helps with hair growth and protective styling. I stayed away from heat styling tools to maintain my healthy curly hair. After one month of continuously practicing my hair routine, my hair grew a ½ inch.  I took a leap of faith by cutting all my hair off not knowing if it will grow back. I was excited to see results from taking care of my hair. 

 

 

 

https://twitter.com/mynaturalhair_/status/1465682881846644750

Always was and will be! pic.twitter.com/q9GQ0nI60t

— Natural Hair (@NaturalHair) January 11, 2021

https://twitter.com/NaturalHair/status/1348421258648588291?s=20

 

Hi besties, we’re in our final month of the semester and I’ve been avoiding my website

It’s not that I didn’t want to do it, it was just overwhelming because there is just SO many things to explore within WordPress!

But after two days of exploring (I still didn’t;t get through everything), I figured out somethings I liked and didn’t like.

I started off with my website using the new block editor instead of the Classic editor, but I felt like an odd ball and wanted to use the editor the Prof. Seslow suggested. BUT I ended up liking the new block editor because I became more comfortable with it.

As for plug-ins,

I downloaded a lot of Fonts, however, some of them were not compatible with the 2021 theme OR they were just complicated to instal *rolls eyes*.

However, I really want to change the fonts on my pages so I might take another shot at it again, to please my aesthetic urge.

You know that Dinosaur game you play on google when you have no internet. Yes, it’s on my website thanks to a plugin available. 😎 There are actually other games you can add to your website as well, you should go check it out. So that’s what I worked(and played) on this week.

Have you ever been in the car listening to the radio turning the knob of FM radio looking for any decent song? But all the radio stations are playing the same ole songs from 10 years ago or they are literally all playing the same songs over and over. I feel you, I’ve stooped listening to the radio long ago and only listen to GOODMUSIC and music that is food for the soul. Come check out my WELCOME post on my new website. Come join our community where we vibe and share GOODMUSIC only. Feel free to share anything about music; your favorite song, artist, or concert you have ever been to. Under my new welcome blog post.

 

I really can’t believe the thoughtful work done by many of my classmates. There is a lot of great work done on the websites, and for sure, most of the websites are very impressive and have creative structures and website setup. Many had shared some outstanding blogs that they liked to share with us, so let’s take the time and check out their website, support them and leave some comments on their website comment section.

One of the website structures that caught my attention was Victor’s. The home page is impressive, simple, and unique. I like how Victor has highlighted all the menu sections in black and set them in the center of his page. The fact that there isn’t any background picture makes it catch people’s attention. 

Another website I like is Alejandro’s website. I like the podcast and the music artist introduction sections. It looks impressive, and I’ve learned a lot about great artists like Adele, Clairo, Kevin Karl, and many others. And of course, let’s not forget about Alejandra’s first post, where she shared her thoughts about CT 101 and how she overthink the website building process. I’m sure we all experience stress before we start working on the website to realize it is fun but undoubtedly time-consuming.

Be sure to explore some of the other websites and let us know what you think about their website progress in your post.

WordPress gave us too many options of themes to choose from. This week I looked through hundreds of themes and I’m still not sure which one I should go with. 🤦🏾‍♂️

I have one that I am using for now. I’ll most likely change it later on.

I have decided that my website is going to be about my journey with music concerts. Sharing my reviews, videos, and pictures of the concerts. I wanted to add a calendar of the future concerts that I will be going to. I had to google how to do it but it was pretty simple.

First: Download the events calendar plugin.

Second: Go to the Appearance tab on the side to have it shown on your website by adding it to your menu.

Here are the final results! I already added some concerts I’m going to this month. Take a look at jaimuslux.com 😎

I’m back! Been a while, hasn’t it? I have been overwhelmed with readings and essays for English classes. Thankfully, I’ve managed to get myself situated. So let’s get to it.

The Ramos Hold

I’m kind of miffed that so far, the web builder doesn’t aid me in going for the look I wanted. Surely the more I learn as I go on, the better I’ll get at this. But from what I know now, I have this bland/simple-looking website. Although to be fair, that is what my style intends to do.

Previously, I’ve mentioned how I want my website to feel, but  I haven’t said how I want it to look. Style-wise, I want it to look like video game text boxes. I had planned for it to give off the impression of my readers being in an RPG-styled game alongside the illusion as if they were talking to someone. Sadly, the website doesn’t have the font that you see above. My website has more of an MTA-sign feel due to the font.

Why would I want to do that for a blog? Make my blog feel like I’m talking to people. Well, that’s how reading feels. At least to me. It’s all in the perspective the book uses. A first-person view gives me the impression of someone telling me a story they have experienced. A second-person view makes it feel like someone is telling a story or message about me to me. And finally, a third-person view feels like someone is telling a story about someone else’s life. In a sense, books provide a person to talk to.

Aside from being my blog, I want this website also to be a portfolio of sorts. I plan on putting my works here. My study being where you’ll hear my opinion of other pieces of media, and my library being where you’ll find my works. Convenient no?

I feel like as time moves on, my post is getting shorter. But there is a reason why this happens, it is just the technology we are using. Adapting to new technology is no easy task. But we are getting there. I think that with time the transition to make a new blog post → customized → start blogging will get better, sadly we don’t have much time to experience that.

 

Here is what I have been using my time to make sure I do all of that at once. You can go into this blogpost and there will be my first, well technically not first, but it will be a post. Showing of what I want my website to be about. It was a bit hard coming with an idea of what to do with the website. But not because I did not know what to make it about, but which one to choose from all the options I had.

My experience of registering my own domain, and setting up my web hosting account was easy as pie.

I have decided that my website is going to be about music and the concerts I go to. From the last blog post I had decided on the domain name JaiMusic. However. it was taken…😡

All good though, I used a random website generator and found my new domain name.

Jaimuslux.com

I love it! 😍

Some changes I made were changing the menu by adding subpages for my recommendations and adding News, Podcasts and Music. For each I also added some “items” I wanted to and I think that each page is visually pleasing. I’m very happy about the solid background color I chose because it does make the gifs I include pop-out even more which is good because it grabs people’s attention. I’m thinking about re-publishing two of my posts from CT 101 which would be the one about creating gifs and the one about creating memes. I think people would like to learn how to make some as well.

 Dear CT101 community,

I just published my very first blog post here on my website: http://alejandracreativity.com come and check it out and feel free to comment! My first ever blog post on my website is short and straight to the point about why I created my website. Hope you all enjoy it!

I was a bit nervous and excited at the same time about getting to customize my website page. At first I was not exactly clear about what I wanted to include but as the days went on I thought about the things I liked, and decided to make my page about those things. For my website I picked a solid color for the background because I wanted my future posts to pop-out. I left the format like it was because I did not want it to feel like I was working with the CUNY commons outline because there are too many tools that I usually don’t even use. 

 

 My website will contain things I enjoy like photography and recommendations for news, music and podcasts. I think that overall I want the website to be very open to add as many things as I would like. Using the tutorial provided by the professor everything went smoothly and I had a lot of fun switching things around for my website. There wasn’t a step I found difficult to be honest, I think that when it comes to writing a blog post it will be difficult.