On Making a Web Site – HTML / CSS Layout

I know, I know. The always intimidating coding part of making a web site. The biggest reason people use the WYSIWYG web editors is because they gloss over the coding. Why code if you can just slap some images in Front Page or DreamWeaver and it looks fine?
The reason is because you don’t have much [...]


On Making a Web Site – Initial Photoshop Design

So now you’ve got all your tools set up — you have a test platform for Wordpress, a graphics editor, and everything else you need to get going with web design. You’ve also come up with a basic layout and have decided what you want to present.
Next to actually deciding what you want to accomplish, [...]


On Making a Web Site – Tools

In the last article of this series I talked about coming up with concepts about (1.) what you want your web site to accomplish and (2.) what you basically want it to look like.
Just as important as those two points are the tools you use to construct your site. Most people go with some [...]


On Making a Web Site – Getting Started

This is the first part of an extended series I have planned to show you step-by-step how I made this site.  That means we’re going to talk HTML, CSS, Wordpress, PHP, Photoshop and more.  Of course this tutorial is going to be highly individualized since I’m very particular and it is, well, about my site.
Now, [...]


Preliminary Redesign

Aha! I told you so.
It may have taken me a couple months, but it’s been done. I’ve redesigned the website to bring it more in line with what represents me as a designer.
It is not, however, done yet. I still have several design elements I want to add, and I certainly have some I want [...]