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This week was mostly about collecting data to be entered onto the athletics website. I met with the athletic director, Mr. Vitelli, to discuss what should be entered into the website. Luckily, he already had some ideas in mind and was able to hand me a few papers that he felt should be added to the website.

After visiting Mr. V, I added the necessary content onto the webpage. This included creating a new page and making the information as user-friendly as possible. After all, there will be a variety of people or users visiting the site and it must be acccessible and understandable for everyone.

Perhaps the most important advancement of this week was simply understanding how to make the website easy to understand. The naming of the pages alone had to be short yet indicate exactly what content could be found in the page.

Furthermore, in continuation of last week, I have not yet found the widgets that would be most beneficial to the website. Though none have yet to pop out of the norm and Mr. V has not thought of anything in particular he’d like to add, hopefully as the webpage progresses the addition of more widgets will become apparent.

With the approach of the end of the year and graduation, everything, including my blogwork, has become rushed and hectic. It has been hard to work on my blog and my Foran Athletics website. However, in class, I have been able to use my time to further expand my website.

This week began with a review of the “skin,” or website set up, that would best suit my website. In other words, I had to decide what my website must look like to be the most accessible for any viewers. Personally, I felt that the website should be simple, yet aesthetically pleasing. I also know, having spoken with Mr. Vitelli, that the less complicated the website was, the more easily he could continue to manage it in the upcoming years. Therefore, I stuck with the theme “Ocean Mist” which I felt had an elegant look, yet plain and easy to understand.

My progress did not end there. Though I missed class on Wednesday, upon returning Thursday I began learning about widgets. There were a few widgets that I felt could be helpful, like the weather widget. This upcoming week I will be sure to ask Mr. Vitelli what widgets he thinks may be most helpful towards our website. Hopefully he will have a few in mind, if not, I will just send him the widgets website shown below.

Widgets

The time has finally come to commence my work on the Foran Athletics website. So far I have only created an agenda on what I must do to make my website a success. Below are a few of the ideas I have to make the website informative and understandable by all.

1. Creating an Athletics Calendar
2. Uploading information on each of the sports teams.
3. Writing all the past and current successes of the Athletics department.
4. Having a photos section to show the teams.
5. Contact information for any question on the athletics department.

Though only five solid points are what I plan on focusing on at this moment, with the help of my Athletic Director, Mr. Anthony Vitelli, I plan on making the website more in depth and interesting. At this point, the website still has a lot further to go and I am awaiting the response of my AD to help further work on the website.

Most importantly, however, I feel the need to explain why I chose to help out the athletics department. I realize that helping a teacher may be more beneficial and educational, but sports are a large part of high school and they seem to have been put to the side at my high school. Sports bring confidence and enjoyment to almost all athletes. They present an opportunity for a student to always challenge themselves, though not always mentally, but physically as well. However, sports are also about realizing that though helping yourself is important, it is important to never forget the importance of a team. Alone, not as much can be achieved and surely not conquered. Yet, the inspiration a team carries with it is also contagious. The more successful a team is, the more school spirit that comes along with it.

My goal for this website is to help encourage students to participate or support the athletics teams. Hopefully, my website will be a great help to Mr. Vitelli.