For my wordpress shop project, I was inspired to create a site that focuses on ending the stigma of mental health problems. As someone who has struggled with mental health, I have always found that there isn't just a 'nook' on the internet for me to buy products regarding self-care or support for ending the stigma of mental health. For this project, I decided to change that and compile everything that I felt would make someone feel more comfortable in their own skin. This turned out to be a collection of t-shirts, art and pins that I found and thought were really thoughtful.
This was not my first time using wordpress, as in JOUR 3190, we had to use wordpress to make a portfolio. However, I always found it very confusing and not easy to use. This changed with this project. I found that wordpress really isn't that complicated after all, and that it really can generate beautiful websites. However, that's not to say that I still didn't face challenges when it came to this project. I still found it difficult on wordpress to navigate adding additional CSS, as I relied on inspect to find the classes to edit. I also struggled with displaying the products on one page. While I eventually figured it out, if I were to go back it would probably take me a long time to recreate.
Some things that I am proud of when it comes to this project, is the my use of the color theme. Before starting on my project, I spent a lot of time looking at different color themes and picking the best one for this shop. I decided to go with a variety of pinks and blues, as I thought it was the colors that fit the theme I was creating the best. I am also proud of how I integrated my own CSS to make the theme my own. This was the first time that I had ever used @import links for CSS, and it was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be!
Overall, I think that I would like to continue working with wordpress, and hope one day to be a 'power-user'!