Posts Tagged ‘Web development’

Advancing the Curve

March 17th, 2011

A few nights ago, I picked up a couple of books from a Borders bookstore that was closing their doors. Both books support my latest online project of developing a new website for Volkswagen and Audi enthusiasts, as discussed earlier this week, including the installation, set-up, and customization of Drupal 7 as a content management system.

I find the book helpful during this process, but would like more tutorials on real-world scenarios, such as setting up an event calendar, and an online storefront. What can I say; I have big dreams and would like to see The Wolfsburg Clique fulfill them as the project continues forward.

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I have thought about pushing this project through the customized way and develop the system from scratch from the top to the bottom using the latest W3C standards of HTML 5, CSS 3, XML, RSS agitation, and PHP 5, but for a project like this, it may take a while to build and set up. I’m no Mark Zuckerburg.

I also picked up a book about Google Analytics. This should provide some insight on understanding data traffic as it becomes available through the site.

Since my time at Network Communications came to an end in January this year, I have taken an interest in content management and writing for the web properly. Search engine optimization and marketing are going to play an important part of the project, as well as my own blog. Social media will also play a focusing role in it’s marketing. Mainly publishing on Twitter to hopefully generate online interest through an account.

I suppose it’s time to hit up Amazonfor SEO books.

My credit card isn’t going to like this.

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Beginning the Clique

March 13th, 2011

The start of this year has brought my attention to starting a new project to occupy my free time while I continue my search for a new job has begun to manifest itself into a self-teaching exercise.

In an attempt to better familiarize myself with back-end content management systems, I have begun working on an official ‘club’ for a group of Volkswagen enthusiasts and modifiers, such as myself, to connect, interact, and post information about their various cars along with a profile page.

Much like how Facebook brought the social circle of life to the Internet in an intermingled network, “The Wolfsburg Clique,” as the project is called, will bring the social Volkswagen or Audi enthusiast to a centralized location online in a more personal environment than other websites do with expanded forums and limited profile pages.Beginning the Clique 3685772693 b015778ae4 m

Currently the front end of the project is giving me a chance to expand my personal knowledge of content management systems, such as Joomla and Drupal. While this maybe ‘cookie-cutter’ applications, they give the project a bit of a head start until I can develop the system I want to showcase.

I’m also taking this opportunity to refresh my skills in front-end web development, including learning about the changes in HTML 5, as well as CSS 3. Learning these new coding practices is important to keep an online community going in order to cater to the latest version of web browsers and other applications in addition to the Web 2.0-movement a few years ago, as well as the current social networking movement.

While “The Wolfsburg Clique” maybe an idea to gather enthusiasts, I hope it will give me the real-world application and skill I need to continue the pursuit of my dreams, as well as my interests: web development, graphic design, photography, and Volkswagens.

I may need a new camera too.

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