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WINER CAPSTONE
I have already made websites before and have plenty of experience doing in-depth research on topics. Which helped me to come up with a problem and solution then helped me develop that solution.
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What I Knew
I already knew a decent amount about reptile care pre this project which helped me understand what people need from a care site. I also knew a little about the available resource because I have tried to use them in my own life to limited success.
I had to deepen my reptile care knowledge in order to write something helpful as well as learn more about the currently available reptile care sites.
I had to learn to make more about
website making as the sites I had made in
the past were much more simple than Repti-Help.
I also had to improve my technical writing skills to make a website that was cohesive and readable to beginners, something I’ve never written before.
What I Learned
I had to take charge of investigating all aspects of my problem and solution to make my solution as good as possible. I had to work with several experts to help develop my problem as well as managing them while they proofread my solution. I also had to manage my feedback group for each step of feedback along the way.
How I Exibited Leadership
My protoyping went pretty well overall as my website had a very clear vision that I had a good structure to be my execution on.
The most challenging part was completing all the writing. Who knew writing a care guide was so labor-intensive, each page on the site took about 2-5 hours to write and edit.
Prototyping Analsis
It was worth it though, the website explains the most common pet reptiles to beginners in an accessible way. I think the main issue is that I fear the website is sort of hard to find, just due to Google’s SEO putting more popular things at the top.
I think the main thing I wish I could improve is paying for a custom URL which would make it appear more offical as well as make it appear higher in Google’s SEO.
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