Throughout the past 5 months, I have learnt a lot that has helped prepare me for my future career. It has been a great experience working in a business and being involved in the work process.
WordPress
I have developed my WordPress skills significantly since I started, learning how to use appropriates themes and personalise them to suit my needs, and the functions of different plugins. Developing demo sites has massively helped me with experimenting what and what not to do when creating websites, and has given me confidence with creating my own website in the future.
These are a few of the demo sites I have worked on, which includes a construction placeholder website, a barber shop placeholder website which I worked on with Shahzaib, and my own personal coding course website.
3D Printer
Experimenting with the 3D Printer has been a fun learning experience, which we have built up our knowledge of it throughout the past 5 months. We have printed out different types of models, such as: cubes, flexible cats, phone holders, a dragon, and some models that are designed by us.
We have used different filament materials and colours throughout this placement. We have used colours such as: black, dark blue, pink, red, multi coloured gradients, and a shiny blue.
GitHub Websites
I have also developed HTML, CSS and JavaScript code during my time here for websites using Visual Studio Code and resources from the VWC GitHub. This involves ideas such as: a random website idea generator, website template downloader, and a WordPress helpful tips plugin.
I now feel much more confident with advancing my career in tech, as I have learnt a lot more of making websites and creating my own portfolio website. I have also seen how businesses run and how to manage and work with clients.
We have decided to further advance our 3D prints into a more colourful variety of models.
We have tried different types of filament for 3DA. So far, we have tried a multi-coloured material, a shiny blue material, and recently a pink material that also has a shine to it.
We have also expanded on the different type of objects we are printing. This involves more complex and detailed models, and also larger models. The baby dragon is the most complex object that we have printed, and the cat bowl is the largest that has been printed.
To advance even further, we wanted to design our own model to print, so we decided to create a square that has our logo engraved on it. This was accomplished using the software Inkscape and FreeCAD.
My placement at Village Web Company is all about diving deep into the world of web development, and my first major task is learning WordPress. WordPress, as many of you might know, is one of the most popular content management systems out there, powering millions of websites globally. It’s versatile, user-friendly, and incredibly powerful, making it an essential tool for anyone interested in web development.
In these first few days, I’ve been getting to grips with the basics of WordPress. This includes:
Setting Up and Configuring WordPress: From installing WordPress to configuring the settings, I’m learning how to get a site up and running from scratch.
Exploring Themes and Plugins: One of WordPress’s strengths is its extensive library of themes and plugins. I’ve been exploring how these can be used to customize websites and add functionality without having to code everything from the ground up.
Content Management: Understanding how to create, manage, and organize content efficiently is crucial. I’m learning the ins and outs of posts, pages, categories, and tags.
Basic Customization: While themes are great, knowing a bit of CSS and HTML allows for more precise customization. I’m starting to dabble in these to tweak themes to better fit the needs of our projects.
The team at Village Web Company has been incredibly supportive, offering guidance and answering all my newbie questions. The hands-on experience is invaluable, and I’m learning so much more than I ever could from just reading a textbook or sitting in a classroom.
I’m looking forward to sharing more about my journey as I delve deeper into web development and WordPress. Stay tuned for updates on the projects I’ll be working on and the skills I’ll be picking up along the way!
This is currently my second week of my placement at The Village Web Company. During this week, I have been working on a few different projects which I have quite enjoyed doing.
This weeks projects
During this week I had a few main projects that I had the opportunity to work on a few projects.
Help Desk Prototype
Village Web Company CRM Prototype System
Client Website
Client Website
During this project I was able to assist with making alterations to a client’s website this allowed me to have the ability to see how a project would work when a client asks for some modifications to an already built website.
Additionally during this project I was able to fix a few bugs which was affecting the website at the time. I did this by remaking an aspect of the website.
CRM Prototype
Within the office, we had a discussion about potentially turning some internal documents about clients to a digital version that would allow easier access to information for staff. After discussing this, we had a chat about potentially creating a solution that could help provide this for the company.
Currently I am working on a prototype which should be used to test if this is a feasible project and something that could benefit the company in the long term.
Additionally within the creation of this project, I have use the company branding to try and create a site that will match with the companies brand even though this would be an internal site that cannot be accessed by outside users.
In the next week, I am hoping to have some of the core functionality working as intended. After that I’m hoping that I will be able to make the website look better.
Help Desk Prototype
Since last week, I have created a few design documents and had a few discussions on the best ways we could develop this solution in a way that would provide the most value to the company.
