I’m starting to marvel at the sheer amount of work I’ve been producing in the past week. It’s affected my posting at Cycleboredom, but that’s going to start seeing more changes since I’m migrating. I’m not going to be hasty w/ this one; I want the design to be spot on the first […]
I’m starting to marvel at the sheer amount of work I’ve been producing in the past week. It’s affected my posting at Cycleboredom, but that’s going to start seeing more changes since I’m migrating. I’m not going to be hasty w/ this one; I want the design to be spot on the first time anyone sees it on MT.
I’ve uploaded the raw pages for my portfolio redesign. Normally one wouldn’t do this but I desperately wanted to take off my previous edition. All the links on the navigation work, but you really can’t go anywhere after that. I haven’t really changed the pages too much and you’l notice that I’ve used one page to create another, so there’s overlapping content. Not too pretty, but I’m getting there.
The impetus behind this was getting this blog up and running in the shortest possible time. It’s nearly a seamless integration into my existing pages, w/ a few glitches I need to iron out (their code, not mine; but it is my lack of knowledge…).
This is what I was envisioning for Artboredom 6 years ago. I wanted a platform to show both my personal and professional work. I also wanted for it to be a place where a dialogue could be started on anything art related. I’m not all code and stylesheets; I have a longer background in Fine Art and it’s only a matter of time until I can get that online (me painting again!).
Whether or not I can get this to click w/ others I’ll have to wait and see. Actually since I’m working on that everyday, I’d have to say there isn’t any waiting. It’s not just going to happen by itself!
Technorati Tags: portfolio, blog, blogging, Movable Type
Coding before bed.
What I’ve learned so far is that one, my stylesheet code isn’t the leanest, and I’m really starting to hate bunch rules for headers and body text. I know that it’s one of the major benefits of CSS and the parent/child relationship to have less rules that can style everything, but is there […]
Coding before bed.
What I’ve learned so far is that one, my stylesheet code isn’t the leanest, and I’m really starting to hate bunch rules for headers and body text. I know that it’s one of the major benefits of CSS and the parent/child relationship to have less rules that can style everything, but is there a reason that everything has to look the same?
I’ve been reading a lot lately about how hemogenous the web is becoming (I’ll have PLENTY to say about that forthcoming) and I feel that following the guidelines too strictly is partly the reason. LIke I said, more later.
I’m new to a lot of this, and I’ve definitely come into web/graphic design from left field, but I don’t want all my links and all my header/body text to look the same. If I use a [p] tag in the left column, I don’t want it to look the same as my post text. I think that’s ridiculous and extremely limiting. There has to be more dynamicism than that. Everyone talks about how CSS is the genesis for dynamic and rich web design, but more often than not it seems that we box ourselves in. This doesn’t apply to everyone, and I understand this is a broad generalization, but it is something that I’ve been experiencing lately.
And I had to bitch.
Technorati Tags: web design, CSS, altering code, Movable Type
It’s mine now bitches!
Oh look, I’m destroying another existing stylesheet for my own purposes! So I’ve made the jump to the big dogs, Movable Type. What you see here should be (soon) seemless as a transition from my hand-built portfolio site. I’m still wary of this process, since I don’t know all the […]
It’s mine now bitches!
Oh look, I’m destroying another existing stylesheet for my own purposes! So I’ve made the jump to the big dogs, Movable Type. What you see here should be (soon) seemless as a transition from my hand-built portfolio site. I’m still wary of this process, since I don’t know all the hacks out there yet. I also have to say that I really wanted to build this completely on my own. Technically I will be able to, but I don’t know enough about XML, Perl, and PHP to be able to start comepletely from scratch. Then again, if I did, I wouldn’t be using a CMS in the first place!
For anyone that doesn’t know about Movable Type, the coolest thing about their system are the modules. They are interchangable little plug-ins that can be moved around and used when needed. On the outside you see Archves, Previous Posts, etc. but in the HTML they are self-contained and can be moved wherever you need them. Although they’re just code, it feels like you’re controlling something physical. Very cool. I hope that I can figure out how to implement the modules in the portfolio section so I can use their feature there as well.
This is a very powerful program, and I have a TON to learn, and I’m enjoying every second of it. I don’t think that I’m going to attempt a batch import of my previous Blogger entries, but I can post them now, and post-date them; how cool is that?
