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The Starius Project #4

Closed zuperninja closed 6 years ago

zuperninja commented 6 years ago

@ElectroGuyMika needed help to design and add some content to his website before the Maker Faire Lille event. (Where he wanted to introduce his new prototype.)

The website had to be simple: one landing page with a contact form. The goals were to boost his online presence, and to simplify the contact process for people interested in knowing more. My job was to put the website together, in a short period of time and without much content. And of course, to create the documentation for him to be able to manage the website on his own. Another challenge was to find the aesthetic he was looking for: VaporWave! A led-based, retro and colourful light painting can-thingy. The design of the website had to match the product. The challenge was to provide a smooth and efficient yet 60-70s inspired, nostalgic and neon-friendly website.

Process:

I sent him about a dozen questions. Like these:

What is your pitch? What do you expect from your website? How are you?

I started to work on the design before having any content. Not ideal, because you can easily get lost, and end up doing things you don’t need. But with the short deadline it was a good choice. This way, when he sent me the content, I only had to delete what I didn’t need. I took quite some time to research the right aesthetic. A journey through neon lights banners and flashing images.

With the little bit of time I had left, I worked on the SEO and the graphics.

Making it:

One of his friends had already bought the domain name and installed Wordpress and the theme. I spent 1.5 hours to discover and explore the theme (https://www.kadencethemes.com/product/pinnacle-free-theme/) and the visual builder (SiteOrigin). I highly recommend using them together. I noticed the builder might be slowing down the website, but I will research this issue during the second part of the mission. I then added the plugin we needed, and uninstalled the useless ones. This way, it will be easier for @ElectroGuyMika to focus on updating his online content, without having to worry about the technical stuff. I worked on a graphic chart to harmonize all of the future content, based on the artwork he gave me. And yes, I really dig the pink neon colour!

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Resources:

For the social media icons I used FontAwesome For creating the graphic content I used Inkscape

Next steps:

WIP:

Phase 1: approx. 14 hours Phase 2: coming soon URL: http://thestariusproject.com/ Time report : Toggl_time_entries.pdf

zuperninja commented 6 years ago

Toggl_time_entries_2018-01-01_to_2018-12-31.pdf

nicolasdb commented 6 years ago

trop classe, j'aime bien la touche du rapport toggl. +1 transparance, +1 éthique :+1: Et ton label hireling, c'est les jobs?

zuperninja commented 6 years ago

Sur mon site je vais mettre une section hireling (mercenaire) et du coup ce projet est un job. Mais est-ce que c'est aussi une quête ? ou bien ca va dans portfolio ? est-ce que hireling et portfolio c'est la même chose ? who know ?! :D

zuperninja commented 6 years ago

Et pour toggl, j'aimerai que mon activité soit en freeprix. (du moins je vais tester d'abord). Donc d'avoir un détail de heures pour donner une meilleure idée de ce que j'ai fait pendant ce x nombre d'heure. Certains peuvent trouver que la documentation fait partie entière du job, et donc aussi financer ça. Ou bien d'autre vont penser que la prospection c'est du bullshit et que ça mérite pas d'etre payé. Ou bien que la tache que j'ai faite n'était pas dans le cahier des charges. Bref c'est pour donner une meilleure vision de où va l'argent et combien coûte mon travail

nicolasdb commented 6 years ago

Nice. cool d'essayer oui. :)

post, quest, tout ça.... Comme je vois les choses, un post c'est un sujet précis, une issue. Qui peut être soit autonome soit lié à une quest. Je gère ça dans mes tags, et la liste des posts est ajoutée suivant ces tags dans les quêtes correspondantes.

Hireling, j'aime bien :+1: ça peut être une quest en soi, qui réunit tes différentes missions.

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zuperninja commented 6 years ago

Capture fait avec fireshot

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zuperninja commented 6 years ago

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