Why personal websites are benefitial

A personal website is helpful a tool many people use when they are looking for job or a promotion. The bio page makes for a beneficial starting point as it gives the viewer some personal information you want to share with them. Here you can share your personal ambitions, your academic history, likes and dislikes. This is an easy way for an employer to determine if you would be a good fit to their organization. This website is a great way to promote oneself by making projects, major assignments, and works of importance that you have created easily available to potential employers which can be viewed in the portfolio page. Selecting items you think are most important to be put into your portfolio demonstrates work you have done well and feel are your most presentable works. The contact page is the next step of getting in touch with you if the employer likes the items in your portfolio and your personal bio. 

One goal of creating a personal website is to show you are capable of completing various types of projects. The portfolio page provides quick access because all your work is grouped together. By having them pop up as viewable PDFs it keeps your website open still while they navigate through your work. This kind of website allows for others to get a feel for what type of person you are as well by including links to access your social media accounts. Including links to Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, and LinkedIn provides a well rounded group of sources to infer what type of person you are professionally and personally. By connecting your personal website to your social media, along with providing your email and phone number, you have given multiple sources for someone to get in contact with you. Providing links not only in the contact page but also at the bottom of all three pages just makes it that much harder for someone to miss your information. You want to make contact information as visible as possible because if the person who is looking at your website can’t find it they might move on to the next person.

This type of website production requires knowledge of how to write codes which means it’s not going to be the easiest process for someone who has never written code before as they will need to be walked through the process. Any mistakes in the code result in flaws in your website which means the code has to be completely correct or your website will seem unprofessional. These mistakes can be hard to find and then you have to correct them by adding new code or rewriting the old code. Dreamweaver creates a clean website that isn’t too overwhelming. For the purposes of a personal website a simple site is often better. You don’t want anyone getting bogged down with too much writing on your site or having it too disorganized. The sites are aesthetically designed using spatial separation and pictures. Having a professional picture puts a face to the name and Dreamweaver made it easy to incorporate images. Overall Dreamweaver provided the tools and ability to make a well designed and presentable personal website.