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.
Hi, my name is Manraj and I am spending the week at CIC Village Web Company. I am doing digital marketing which means I am helping create and market to social media to help promote the brand. I am hoping to learn how to market successfully whilst I am here.
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.
Recently, I have developed my skills on WordPress through my own personal project of creating a portfolio website, and applying these skills to other websites.
This is a part of my homepage on my portfolio website. This makes use of the navigation bar, which provides links to the corresponding pages, and the get in touch button.
My website uses the plugins: Ninja Forms, Wordfence Security, and WPvivid Backup. The contact page for my website was created using the Ninja Forms plugin.
This contact page is fully functional. The user is required to fill every field, and when the user submits the message, it gets sent to the submissions page on the admin dashboard for Ninja Forms, and it also gets sent to my email address inbox. The user also gets confirmation of the message being sent through their email inbox.
How have I applied this skill?
Understanding Ninja Forms has allowed me to apply this skill to a clients website to help build their contact page.
This contact page does not have the requirements for the email field and the phone field being filled, so the user can choose which information they want to give.
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!
