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.
One of our website projects ideas is to have a website where the user can generate a website idea, an then can use one of our template websites to help develop their website idea. A website coding development course will also be integrated into this website, and will help the user know how to use template an transform it into any idea.
This is what the website currently looks like. The user is able to generate ideas, with the option to generate multiple amounts at the same time. There is also the option to download the ideas on a text file. There is also a template website that the user can download, that provides the user with a good starting point for building their website.
What’s next for development?
Allowing the user to preview the template website will be a good quality-of-life feature, and will be especially helpful for when there is multiple different website templates that the user can choose between.
The course feature is yet to be integrated into this website. The courses will take a lot of time to build, as it needs to contain all of the information needed for the user to develop the website they want.
I had an amazing experience working at Claire’s workplace, where I gained valuable insights and progressed in my studies. My knowledge of WordPress, including updating plugins, themes, and creating websites, has significantly improved, thanks to Claire and The Manchester College City Campus for providing this opportunity. The skills I’ve acquired not only benefited my studies but also expanded my overall knowledge. I’m eager to continue learning and would love to visit Village Web Company to further enhance my skills if the opportunity arises.
Hi, Sahil here. Today is my 3rd and last day at Village Web Company and honestly I have had a wonderful experience learning about how Claire runs her business while at the same time, also does community service by helping elderly people with any issues regarding digital technology which they have less knowledge about. I have also learnt a lot about a web content management system (CMS) called WordPress and how to update plugins and themes, create blog posts and create websites using it. I also learnt a bit about html and css and made a very simple website that displays a portfolio about me. Overall, I’ve really enjoyed the experience of working in VWC and I look forward to working here again in the future or at places with similar aspirations.
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.
