In lesson we have been making a website (portfolio) for all our work in lessons. We made the website using a site called Wix (http://www.wix.com/) which gives you templates to use to create and helped organize the website. The reason why we used Wix is because it was a site that was simple and easy to follow and you wouldn't get confused so easily.
We did some research for the work like what Wix template to use (shown below) I decided to use the second one because looked simple and was easy to navigate through it.
After deciding on the background we had to research other peoples portfolios, I had a look at Leah Jade's, Mike Kus, and Mr Stitch Films. I looked at the individuals themes, what they focus on, what stands out, things that work well with the site,and things that didn't work that well with the site
My work was influenced by the sites I looked at because it gave me the basic Idea's I needed to organize the site and what the layout should look like, for example if there was only one thing on the page don't put into the corner centralize it.
I think I did well in organizing the work so it would be easy to navigate to, and to make the website itself easy to use I could improve my work by tidying it up a bit although easy to navigate through the images could all be the same size in the thumbnails and they could be in netter columns and rows.
I have learnt how to use Wix and how to make a fully functional website that is easy to use. I have also learnt how to use all the mechanics that are needed to use Wix, like how to add pages, make images open up when clicked, send to website links, and how to navigate through the site with only a few clicks.
The benefits of using interactive media for a portfolio is that all your work will all be in one place so it's easy to locate.
