A ‘Site’ For Sore Eyes

Today saw the birth of a beautiful thing – our website, that is! We referred to our previous game plan, which had an outline of a prospective structure for TheInfinetwork. Basing our work today off that, we began to build the pages, adding in some filler text and images, just so we could map out our path. They’ll still be under construction until we are able to contact the other interns and mentors, but in the meantime, we’re having fun familiarizing ourselves with Wordpress! We've made quite some progress so far, and we’re looking forward to continuing the development of the website.

‘Bio’ Experiment

It was a gorgeous day today in the city, so we decided to take advantage of the beautiful New York weather. Central Park was bustling with runners, tourists, children, and dogs alike as we brainstormed our next steps for the website. We experimented with different intern biography styles (bullet points, paragraphs, Q&A style), and further familiarized ourselves with WordPress and our selected theme, Chariot, by watching tutorials on the website and YouTube. So far, so good! We’re looking forward to moving to the back end of the site.

We also did some team bonding today, attending Shakespeare in the Park’s production of Much Ado about Nothing! Granted, it’s only 5 P.M. and we’re still waiting for the show to start, but we’re excited and hope it’s going to be good!

Working in the David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center.

Wordpress vs. Weebly

My sister recently created a website using weebly, so we thought it might be a good idea to check it out for our own project.  We explored the benefits of using weebly by creating a sample website.  It is extremely simple to use, with an easy drag-and-drop function.  We liked that it was so intuitive.  However, the big question was whether we would prefer weebly over wordpress.

We had a conference call in which we took a tutorial of wordpress.  We took a tour of the back-end of a wordpress website, learning the ins and outs.  Now with a better idea of the differences between weebly and wordpress, we could make a more educated decision.  Ultimately, we chose to go with wordpress.  It is not terribly difficult to use and we will be able to use wordpress to create the website that we have envisioned.  The template that we initially picked out was made for wordpress, which is an added benefit.

We have also begun to compile a list of interns and mentors who will soon become part of theinfinetwork!