Step 1A Notes:
Purpose: The purpose of this website will be to create an online portfolio of my sister who is an artist. She will be using this website as an extension of her resume to showcase her capabilities and past work. The website will serve as a way to bring a face to the resume, show the person behind it, their personality and why they are a good fit to any organization.
Goal: The goal is to attract future employers or clients to hire the artist for work by showcasing the previous work projects.
Audience: Employers looking to hire a designer or photographer, and/or clients looking for a freelance artist for their projects.
Description of the website: The website will include an “About me” section of the artist and their plethora of work in the following fields: Fashion Designing, Photography, Graphic Designing, Digital Art, and Product Designing.
Web Hosting Provider: Orange Host
Step 1B Notes:
I am going to host my website on Orange Host. My rationale for choosing this was as follows:
1. My Usage: I am making a website only for the duration of the course and do not intend to keep using it in the future. Therefore, my usage is short term and will include plans that are on monthly basis without yearly terms.
2. Budget: Since I am not looking to have a hosting service for a long duration and personal use, I chose Orange Host since it has a cheaper per month fee of only $1.95 for the 'Micro' plan.
3. WordPress installation: All Orange host plans come with a 1-click WordPress installer that helps me with the connection without much hassle.
4. Unlimited SSL: One of the project requirements is SSL certification which is provided by the host.
5. Backup services: All the plans of the website host provider give daily automatic offsite backup, which is another project task for the WordPress assignment.
6. Other features: The plan also provides other features like:
a. 10 hosted domains
b. 5 GB NVMe SSD storage
c. Unmetered bandwidth
d. Unlimited email accounts
e. Unmetered DDoS protection
f. Live malware protection
g. LiteSpeed web server
h. Softaculous
i. Instant setup & activation.
7. Reviews: It has 2,200+ reviews on Trustpilot with an average 4.5 TrustScore. This gives me assurance that it is a good web hosting service provider.
8. Resources: The "Orange Host" YouTube channel has more than 50 videos to help me navigate the platform and find solutions to my problems.