Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Today,a lot of my doubts got cleared as I explored more of this software. In the previous entry,  I mentioned that I was unable to find the place where you write the information/text. However, with some assistance from my brother, I realized that there is a separate block which is named 'information'. I added that block today for the introduction and wrote an introduction paragraph. I aimed to make that paragraph fun and attention catching. I also wrote in a very informal language so that the reader develops a more connected bond and gains interest in the app. It was not very difficult writing the text because I already knew the message I was supposed to convey in this sections. 

Basically, in this section, I wanted to tell the reader the whole purpose of this app and why it is very important to recycle waste and as a result, save the environment. Firstly, I welcome them to this app which will help them get a positive feeling about this app and might make them continue exploring this app. I made the first impression, the best! I wrote the opening text within 15 minutes and started to look at how I can upload this onto the app. I finished this process in 20 minutes and had the text uploaded onto the app. 

When I was seeing it in the preview area, I realized that the color and font of the text was not that appropriate. So I wanted to make the desired changes. When I started editing the text, the screen would freeze and thus not save. I faced a lot of challenge with this and could not solve this problem for about 15 minutes. I was tired and was on the verge of giving up. However, I tried it for the last time and I was successful. I overcame this challenge by reloading the whole page. However, I did not forget to copy the text too because I was suspecting that all the text will be deleted too. But fortunately, the text was not deleted. Once I reloaded the page, I was able to fix the font and the color of the text and made it the way I wanted.

 I also added a top image which makes it look much better. The top image that I added was a garbage dump so that it looks related to the topic and the thoughts of the reader does get diverted. Below are some screenshots that show the work that I did today: 

This screenshot shows the information block that I had been looking for since the last entry

This screenshot shows the process of writing the introduction paragraph. As you can see, the language used is very informal so that the reader can engage better.

This was the final look of my app for today.