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Post 3: How the classroom has prepared me

Post #3 Date(s): 8/13 - 8/21 Activities: Website design, Creating and distributing information Technical Information: Website design(Wordpress), e-marketing (Mail Chimp) The website design skills that I have learned from classes like e-commerce have not helped me at all because I am using a different program to create the sites. I have been using Wordpress which makes it a thousand times easier to create and edit web pages. The knowledge of HTML could've been helpful if I was using a program like notepad ++ but Wordpress is nothing like that, there is no coding at all, it's a bit more like dreamweaver. I have had a very chaotic week this past week. I finally finished the hall of fame site, but I didn't finish it without my fareshare of problems. Wordpress was down for a while and I was unable to get on the site for hours. After much trouble shooting I was able to login and finish the site. The site took a long time to finish and it required a lot of communication with...

Blog 2: Work Atmosphere

Post #2 Date(s): 7/21 - 8/4 Activities: Website design, Creating and distributing information Technical Information: Website design(Wordpress), e-marketing (Mail Chimp) The workplace atmosphere overall at Apex Cougar Club is pretty laid back. All decisions are made cooperatively through the board, and there is no competitive environment whatsoever. The dress code is nonexistent because there is no work place for the internship because I work at home.  Everyone I have met has a very strong work ethic and has a passion for volunteering for cougar club. I am about to start sending out newsletters on a weekly basis as currently I am only sending them out on  a monthly basis because of it being the summer. The hall of fame site is coming along greatly and I should be able to finish it in the coming weeks. I just recently uploaded hundreds of pictures to the site ein order to honor the inductees properly with photo galleries.