25/11/10 : The first video I added

Some of the steps in the Bharatanatyam can be very confusing. I've went onto youtube and searched up some video/tutorial for the steps. I chose to do this because I think this would better display to the viewer how each step should be danced seen as they would have a clearer idea on how to dance the Bharatanatyam. Furthermore, it will be less boring as it's more interactive than just reading off the website.

But I'vealso added some text to explain simply what that step is in case the viewer gets confused with the video tutorial.

25/11/10 : Adding Videos

To add a video, I've clicked on "multimedia" along the bar on top. Then, it showed up with tabs saying: photo gallery, slideshow, file etc. I wanted to add a youtube video into my website therefore I clicked on the youtube tab and dragged it into my website. Then, I wenton youtube to get the link and pasted the link when it showed the edit option.

Now, I have a video that my viewers can watch. You can also position the video to the left, right or centre of the web page. I decided to position it to the left.

20/11/10 : Using CSS to change the background

For the template that I've used, there's a bar at the bottom of the page which says "Create a free website with Weebly" and it was in a brown box. In order to remove that, I would have to pay to upgrade to Weebly pro but I chose not to.

As the brown box doesn't fit with my background, I've decided to make it transparent. I went to CSS again and typed in the transparent colour code to change the background to transparent. Now, even though the words are still there, it wasn't as visible as before.

14/11/10 : Interview with client 4

So far, I've finished these pages: home page, history of the dance, costume and hand gesture. I've decided to show my client to see what she thinks of it so far. We had another interview to discuss the website.

Me: So what do you think of the website so far?
Yvonne: I think the background really suit the style of the dance and also the colour of the text is good as well, because even though it's white, it's still visible to the reader. Also, I think that it's very consistent how the images are nearly all the same size therefore it looks very neat and organised.
Me: What else would you like to add into the website? Videos?Comment box?
Yvonne: I think you should introduce to the reader some basic steps to learn the Bharatanatyam, however there are many so just briefly describe what each does. You should make another tab in the menu bar for the videos and get videos from youtube on professional dancers.
Me: Would you like to include a comment box?
Yvonne: I think it would be a good idea because you can have suggestions not only from me but other viewers as well and this can further improve the quality of the website. You can make another tab perhaps which says "others" or "comments", something along those lines.

After taking in what my client said, I've made a tab under the menu bar which says "others". I've sent out a few links to people who are interested.

10/11/10 : Using two column layout

I've decided to use the two column layout on the costume page and hand gesture page because I think this would layout clearly and simply the information I wanted to include. Also, I could drag the paragraph tab or picture tab into either column and I find this to be very useful. The images or text won't go all over the place even if I add a new object to it.

6/11/10 : Progress of my website

I've created the "about the dance" webpage and filled it with information.

1/11/10: Online Bharatanatyam

I found a website called the Online Bharatanatyam. It shows the history of the bharatanatyam dance, hand gesture and all the basics you'll need for the dance. I've decided to use the images from her website as they all show clear demonstration of what I intended to do.

I sent an email to Anjali Nandan, the website owner to ask if I could use her photos in my website, I now have her permission to use her photos and videos but I will have to include credits and links that will direct it to her site.