The Nightmare of Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver, or as it is sometimes called "Nightmare" is a rather difficult program to work with when one doesn't know much about the wonderful world of coding. HTML or otherwise. Though, when the code is given, and one has just a little knowledge of experience of Dreamweaver (Nightmare) then it is perhaps not so bad.

The good news about this project, is that it is all about self-promotion. As a communication student, there needs to be something like this from the start, perhaps. There needs to be a place for students to post all the work they get done from the start of their college careers, until the end, whether or not that work is done in school or off campus. Student achievements should be promoted, especially in a way that makes it more personal to them, with a nice header picture, a flattering picture of themselves, and all that good stuff.

Without the social media projects done in class, students would likely not have the necessary grasp on what it means to properly promote yourself. Furthermore, for those students without a twitter, they now have one to link to the website made in class. Najee plans to use his website to actually host some of his work and use it as a temporary portfolio since he is graduating, so all of his social media contact links are links to his personal, yet professional, social media profiles. The idea is to use what he knows to promote himself and get somewhere after graduation.

With the portfolio and the social media contact, and even just the homepage bio itself, the website truly does work for self-promotion, and so does the social media. By blasting out the website on various social media, followers can check out what work is posted on the website, and pass it along to new followers, potential employers, and the like. Furthermore, by posting the link to the website on a social media profile, like LinkedIn, connections to people in an industry can lead to views of the profile, then views of the website, and hopefully, employment! The end goal comes!

The design process, as mentioned, is a lot easier for someone with a little knowledge of Dreamweaver. Luckily for Najee, most of the jargon and general understanding of the program wasn't lost completely to him. This was perhaps one of the easier assignments of his year. However, the same could not be said for his peers. While he imagines that most of the students did well, he did find himself helping out his peers when they were lost in the horrible string of text, slashes, hyphens, and other random bits of code that make up Dreamweaver, and ultimately, their website.

Ultimately, a successful website can only be a boon to students, whether or not they are coming out of college now, or coming out later. This is especially true for journalism, public relations, and media production students looking to get a head start on the competition.

To those students who have experienced the nightmare that is Dreamweaver, rejoice and celebrate! The nightmare is over.