My apologies! I have no problem spouting off about random stuff for hours on end given the opportunity, but I am actually trying to limit the blather on what is supposed to be a "professional" blog. I doubt very much anyone wants to hear me go on about constructing a web site from scratch (it's tough but I actually enjoy it), or spending a day learning how to make computer graphics and shiny buttons, then do it all over again four more times for each button to cover various phases (hover, down, disabled, etc). Let's not even get into coding for captcha (because I really don't like the one that comes with the software and because I'm a glutton for punishment and insist on having things my way on my own website) or mobile website functions. Okay, maybe some people out there might be interested, but frankly there are resources on the web for it and reinventing the website wheel is not what I'm here for.
Anywho. . .
So the New & Improved! website is coming along--last week I was so close to being done I could taste it! Then I decided I wanted to switch from a portrait layout to a landscape layout, so here I am reconfiguring. It goes a little faster now that I've done all the hard work, but sheesh, I'm ready to have this behind me and actually work on something fun (that I can sell).
Be on the lookout for some updates to the blog, namely an events and location calendar--got some benefit shows coming up I'm participating in--and generally paying attention to my sites again. It's become an imperative . . . it's sooooo embarrassing to tell folks I'm an artist (still getting used to that, by the way) and then be all "um, yeah, but my website doth suck and hasn't been updated with anything since last July, so don't look at it?"
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| What WAS the final draft of the website's landing page (green lines indicate hotspots)... |
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| ...but clearly I felt the need to sabotage my own success for a little while longer. Back to draft! |
