April 29, 2009 So, as sudden and unfortunate this recent turn of events has been, this blog will not be disappearing, just re-imagined slightly. Here's what's coming:
- No more affiliation with Smack Jeeves.
- The Smack Jeeves tutorials will be completed and remain available.
- More templates free for download.
- Design competitions on this blog.
- Free hosting of gold standard/winning template graphics, style sheets, etc.
- In depth review of templates with recommendations, fixes and an emphasis on learning and improving.
I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas in comments.
February 24, 2009
I think I really got into designing sites when I started my blog years and years ago. I saw some absolutely jaw dropping designs – gorgeous things done with color, borders, typography and composition. I didn't have an image host at the time, and the idea of being able to create a beautiful, unique design with just styles was incredible to me. Of course, that didn't last long – I bought web hosting a year later – but the interest and admiration for that sort of creativity has stuck with me.
I taught myself HTML when I was twelve and tried not to get in the way when it came to CSS. Three or four years later, I realized that there were some amazing things out there and I really dove into it. I got photoshop around the same time, and I guess the rest is history.
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