Creating the Website…
Since this blog is more of a companion to the main business than the actual business itself, I couldn’t use it as the main home page for mcnicholl.com. Instead I had to create one myself. For the average web designer out there, throwing together a mock up of a website is a relatively easy task. Programmers tend to make the worst GUI’s possible, caring more for the functionality of the product than how it looks. Instead of gracefully glancing the brush across the canvas, I would hold the side of the easel and feverishly scribble.
The design of the website is, though, my own work. I couldn’t justify spending money unnecessarily at this stage of the project and I feel that the site is perfectly adequeate until money is available for a more professional twist.
As of the time of writing, it is still not completely finished. I have to complete the following pages :
- Portfolio
- Advertise
- About Us
- Contact
- Index (just a touch up here and there. I dont feel like its quite finshed yet.)
Reading that list actually hits it home that the site is currently only 45% complete.
I created the website with my favourite text editor Notepad++ . Using CSS and HTML and my trusty sidekick – photoshop. Obviously I made frequent reference to W3schools.com.
I tried using the Gimp (alternative to photoshop) – but I just felt it was inadequate. If they hired a professional GUI designer – I’d bet it would be 100 times as popular.
With the other 55% still to go, I’ll call it a work in progress and let you know when it is finally complete.
