The Story of Our Website

  • July 15, 2024
This was the day we met in person for the first time, after weeks of discussions in our WhatsApp group, created specifically for the project. Our conversations focused on how we would design the most fitting layout for our website. With that in mind, we got to work: we watched several videos featuring page design examples, sketched various styles on paper, until we agreed on a version that satisfied all of us. Sitting together in front of the same laptop, we wrote the first lines of code for the homepage, styling it using CSS, which helped us maintain a cohesive look for the website and significantly simplified our work.

  • August 9, 2024
On August 9, we met again to create the table of contents page for our website, focusing primarily on its design. Together, we also developed a template that would be applied to each personality's page, with only the specific information being adjusted. We then divided the task of gathering and summarizing these details, which needed to be ready by our next meeting.

  • August 12, 2024

Three days later, we met at Otilia's house, where we finalized the pages for the pioneers. Each of us worked for a few hours on our personal laptops to complete the four pages, which were then sent to Alexandra, the group leader, for integration into the main folder.

However, the day wasn’t entirely focused on the website. Together with Otilia’s grandmother, we enjoyed some quality time cooking pasta.

After lunch, surrounded by Otilia’s cats, we got back to work with renewed energy, focusing on tweaking some details of the homepage. To make things easier, we projected the code onto the TV, thinking about the potential changes needed to improve the website.
  • August 27, 2024
On this day, the last time we met in person, we made some final adjustments, completing the last corrections and carefully checking the content for any grammatical errors. We also tested the functionality of all the elements within the project.

In the following period, we met online to practice presenting the website and to work on organizing the blog. After all our hard work, we finally managed to finish the project.

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