Ooooh, pretty!!
So, I’m pretty flippin’ excited, and not just because it’s almost Valentine’s Day (I totally kid). Not just because someone sent me a package today that made me smile and get a bit teary at once (that’s true). Not just because I actually got everything done at work I meant to do for the first time in months (whoa, how did that happen?). But because my husband and I have redesigned this here website (oh, yes, we did).
We’ve been working on this for some time off and on. We’re both into design and web stuff, plus our styles aren’t exactly alike, so let me tell you, deciding on what to do was pretty difficult. In the beginning there may have been some irritation. Maybe. But in the end, we work well together and even enjoy it.
We spent quite a number of hours at shops drinking coffee, disagreeing, discussing, working things out, getting excited, and in some cases having Jeff tell me my ideas were completely and utterly impractical. Our original thoughts were really not bad, but what eventually came out of our discussion sessions is, I think, verrry nice. I’m quite pleased. I think my husband is bad ass.
[Update: if you use Internet Explorer #1) I'm sorry, you should really download Firefox or something. It actually renders the web appropriately and isn't in league with the Dark Uberlord and also, #2) this site is temporarily IE-borked. It's just a thing. Every development is like this. First you make sure it works for everything else, then you put in the special fixes Microsoft requires you to make.] [Update 2: IE has mostly been whipped into shape by my extra bad ass husband. If you see any weirdness, leave a comment.]
It’s got widgety bits and check down at the bottom of the page, too, that’s part of the awesomeness. I hope you like it too, because although I’ll probably stare at it a lot, you guys have to as well. I hope you like! (Hey RSS reader people, you should check it out too!
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5 Comments
feel free to leave a few words of your own...Vicki — Mon Feb 11, 2008 at 11:59 pm (link)I absolutely love it! It’s got so much personality, and wonderful details. Colour me completely jealous (I’m so completely mental-blocked on my own redesign right now, so double jealous.) Web design spouses are the best, eh?
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Summer — Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 10:33 am (link)Wow, this looks really great! I love all the little extras at the bottom, and your graphics are so pretty
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Miriam — Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 11:13 am (link)Aw, thanks guys. I love iStockPhoto, because I am not (yet) a vector illustrator. And yeah, having a PHP developer as a husband is *quite* handy. He even wrote some of my widgets.
Paula Frey — Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 11:26 am (link)Wow! Great job Miriam and Jeff! It looks awesome. I love the index at the bottom. The colors are very pleasing and cheerful.
Melissa — Tue Feb 12, 2008 at 2:57 pm (link)You already saw my reaction in person.
It’s awesome.



































