JenSchumann / playd

Playd is a type of portfolio site to display Bootstrap 4 skills, share some insight about who I am & what makes me tick, & share some simple frontend javscript games as I continue to build my skills.

Playd

Live site:

https://playdd.herokuapp.com/

About:

Playd is a type of portfolio site to display Bootstrap 4 skills, share some insight about who I am & what makes me tick, & share some simple frontend javscript games as I continue to build my skills.

Technology Used:

• HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, Express, NodeJS, Bootstrap 4, Trello

Web Site Design:

The design of this site is inspired by learning acquired in a Udemy Class taught by Laurence Svekis which I took because I wanted to gain a deeper understanding of how to work with the Bootstrap 4 framework.

Resources:

• Font Awesome: https://fontawesome.com/v4.7.0/icons/
• PEXELS: https://www.pexels.com/
• Color palette: https://coolors.co/export/pdf/052f5f-005377-06a77d-d5c67a-f1a208
• personal photo archive from teaching experience
• personal research archive from grad studies
• Email router: https://formspree.io/
• Email receiver: https://www.mailinator.com/faq.jsp

Task List:

• add links to the Github repo & Heroku site for projects on the "In Progress" page
• typography updates
• Kingly content in all modals
• update readme
• add list-group-item-action class to accordion buttons on about page
• photoshop edit pics below "our story" on about page to be the same size
• set footer to collapsed state when page loads
• add a badge pill to the congrats message for HiLo winners
• pinterest link to my game board
• link to my youtube account on the footer
• incorporate BGG API for content in about page: https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/BGG_XML_API
• optimize code to make it DRY
• update HiLo game logic to include option for same card guess (or whether if the same card comes up it would not count as a lost life)
• update privacy, terms of service, and legal links in footer to include active links w/authentic content
• add caption to large photo on about page

BGG API Notes:

BGG API Info: https://boardgamegeek.com/wiki/page/BGG_XML_API to get an exact result: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/search?search=Crossbows%20and%20Catapults&exact=1 to get list of results w/search terms: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/search?search=The%20Resistance

/xmlapi/collection/

could tie my BGG user info on about page: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/collection/JenSchumann 41114 http://www.boardgamegeek.com/xmlapi/boardgame/165056 224037