Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
The Web portfolio is dynamic and will be updated throughout its lifetime.
Developing content requires you to be creative and make things. New projects,
sample items, school projects, and professional work are items that you will be
developing as your Web portfolio is growing in size and credibility. During this
metamorphosis the Web portfolio will act as a container for you to manage your
content. Management of your Web portfolio and ultimately your assets and full
spectrum of publishable content will be available to you at all times through the
Internet.
After the content is captured and created, it must be described in the Web
portfolio. This requires you to write consistent, thoughtful project descriptions
that give the essence of your role and accomplishments during the project
process.
This chapter presents the optimization process needed for Web content
development. We will examine how approach and prepare various asset types
including MS Office files, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator images, Quark
documents, photographs, and paper-based documents. Also provided are
suggestions on photographing and preparing three-dimensional artwork for
Web presentation. Web resumes and CVs are discussed, and finally, develop-
ment of project captions is examined and examples are provided on effective
formats for describing projects developed all disciplines.
Revisiting the Content Outline
Previously, you made a content outline that contained your text, images, and
project items that you plan to include in the Web portfolio. Now, it is time to
accumulate your content and get it ready to be put on the Internet. To get your
work into Web pages and up on the Internet it has to be converted to a few
select file formats. Without proper file formatting, page elements will show up
as missing.
Gather up all your digital and paper documents, your artwork, programs you
created, design work you have done, case studies you have written, and all the
supporting images and text. Once gathered, you can begin to prepare the
content for the Web page design process. Next, we will set up our folder
structure and look at the image types and the methods needed to optimize each
for the Web.
