The pressure is on, even heavier and hotter than it was before. I must have a respectable portfolio website.
I may need some assistance with this, and any volunteered knowledge would be greatly appreciated.
I just feel so stuck with getting my website off the ground, and have felt that way for over 2 years now. I’m sort of going back to the drawing board, and I’ve begun teaching myself Flash and Actionscript, but I think I might be able to hammer something basic out in HTML in the meantime. Both areas are a struggle for me, as I’m an artist, not necessarily a coder. I need some hands-on instruction with it (that I didn’t get so much of in college).
I know it’s something I can’t learn overnight, but there’s something about it that just doesn’t click with me. I’m used to being able to figure things out on my own, but I can’t develop the devices to decipher how to design with the web (but I can be alliterative all day long). Hours could be spent on lamenting the older ways of doing things, but I must give up my old school desires in this case, and exhibit my artistic passions in a new vehicle.
I’ve looked into GoDaddy.com for their hosting and domain purchase. I have also downloaded an FTP program to assist in uploading my site once it is completed. I’m building in Flash right now, just to put myself through the training of it all, but I’m wondering if I should go the easier route and do a basic HTML site first, then upload a Flash site? This would be purely to get my work out there and noticed for freelance. I need to know these things before I purchase a domain, hosting, and the whole bit.
• Nugget of craftiness that I have found that relates to this:
W3 Schools Online Web Tutorials
Hopefully, this site will help me with building through tutorials and whatnot. I just need the right person/thing to put it (HTML/Flash/Actionscript) into context for me to understand it.
I know I can’t pay for this advice, but if you’re willing to help a friend out, she would greatly appreciate it… maybe bake you yummy sweet things in return, along with eternal gratitude?
