I have spent some time this week thinking about how to reasonably complete the work I have remaining for my Century America website. All that I really lack at this point are the “A.G.T.I. at the Eve of the War,” “A.G.T.I. in Wartime,” and “Spanish Influenza and the End of the War” pages. I will have all of these completed by Friday of this week, as I have to present the website at the COPLAC Southeastern conference on Saturday. Beyond that, I plan to incorporate audio segments into my “Voices” page. I had originally intended to construct a timeline for my website, but I have yet to see how this would fit into my website and not provide redundant information. My senior thesis is demanding a lot of time right now, but I am trying to put as much work into my website as I possibly can. I would appreciate any feedback or recommendations that anyone may have for my website!
Here is my proposed schedule laid out a little more clearly:
- Friday, April 11: All of my Century America website pages will be finished (in terms of text and images)
- Monday, April 14: Any timelines I plan to include will be placed on the website
- Monday, April 21: I will have all of the “Voices” audio placed online
- Thursday, April 24: All recommendations and corrections will be complete; website completed
It looks like your site is almost finished. I like that some of our sites are reading heavy and some are image heavy. I like both for various reasons. It looks like you have really set up your site well. I will respond here with thoughts and ideas.
Is there a way to list all the “At the Eve of the War” questions at the top of the page and link them down to the answer? I would have no clue how to do this, but I think it might help with breaking up the long page.
Not sure if you can change the “Older Post,” “Newer Post” thing we discussed in class before, but it might help the look of your site.
I like the thumbnail section of the responses, with all the newspaper articles. It looks very clean and it’s easy to navigate. However, is there a way that when you click on them, they are the largest possible image? Right now, when I click on them, I go to a blank page with just that image, but it’s very small and I have to zoom way in in order to read the writing.
You may want to shorten your titles as they can’t be fully seen at the top of the page. You can see them on the menu, but when you get to the actual page, the end disappears.
Good luck with the last few weeks of work! Your site looks very professional and I like how it’s put together.
Your site looks amazing, Chris! I really like the theme you have settled on. Most of my comments are similar to Dara’s: the old post/new post debate, and some of your titles are cut off on the page (for example, “The Spanish Influenza, the end of the war, and post-war Montevallo”). I love that you have such an extensive bibliography on your website, and the content/narrative you have is excellent. I think that your website is fine without the timeline, but I could see it functioning as a useful overview on your landing page, if you decided to include one.
Just a couple nit-picky things: the text for your website comes up HUGE on my computer screen. I don’t know if that is just how your site functions because it doesn’t seem that big on Jack’s laptop. Also, for the tagline you have “College, Community, and the Great War,” but we actually settled on “Campus, Community, and the Great War.” Almost the same thing, but I just wanted to point it out for consistency’s sake, because we have “Campus” on the main CA site. On the about page, make sure you list Dr. Pearson as Ellen Holmes Pearson (I’m not sure if you were in the class in which she asked us to include Holmes when identifying her by full name). You may want to include a copyright notice somewhere–probably best in the same space where the theme credit is at the bottom of your page. And finally, is there any way you can shorten your longest menu option? It just seems unnecessarily long, especially since you use AGTI elsewhere–so perhaps “AGTI, Montevallo, and the War, 1914-1919″?
Otherwise, it looks great!
Great work Chris! I second everything Dara and Leah said, especially about the post navigation. I’ll restate my suggestion from class so you have it in writing: I really like you questions about the basics of life at the school, and I think it would be really effective as it’s own section accessible from the top menu as “FAQs” or something.
Chris, I am really enjoying your site and it looks great. However, one issue I foresee others having trouble with is the title of your project. Right now it is “Montevello, 1914-1919: Campus, Community, and the Great War” however, much of your project mentions the Alabama Girls’ Technical Institute and its not included in your title or insist presented in a manner in which the project is based around AGTI. Maybe include that somewhere in the title or subtitle? Just a thought, you don’t have to act upon it.