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Oh my goodness, Ashley FINISHED SOMETHING?

Ashley — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:03:19 +0000

Yes, world, my layout is DONE. There are some areas that could use some tweaks here and there but it’s DONE. Let me know if anything seems broken! I need to do browser tests but as of right now, it seems I’m in good shape.

For a full list of credits, visit the about page.

Now I need to go write out the rest of the content pages – this includes setting up my portfolio! This part is technically more work, but it’s going to be SO. MUCH. EASIER. I’ll post an update again when all the content’s finished, I’ll continue with your regularly scheduled blogginging.

THE MONSTER LIVES

Ashley — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:26:29 +0000

The funny thing about all of this is that when I posted back in February, saying I was opening the site as-is, I figured it would be a ~huge motivator~ to get my rear going when it came to putting the site together. This, it turns out, was entirely laughable – I pretend to place the blame on the fact that I had to re-do a major project’s design comps 3 times to finally suit my professor (although in the end I do have to thank him because I couldn’t be happier with the end result), but I don’t know how viable that is.

Despite all of this, IMPETUS IS NOW REGAINED. I’m having trouble with the actual artistic portion of the layout, so for now, you can watch as I whip everything in to shape with code and the designy bits will be added later.

ONWARD, HO.

Alright, Here We Go!

Ashley — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:41:52 +0000

Okay, yes, there’s a whole lot of nothing up in this joint. Bear with me here.

School, a bad bout with strep throat, and several other factors have all converged to keep me from relaunching this site on time twice now. I keep getting little bits at a time done, but never enough for the entire site to be complete in time for a certain date. So here’s what I’m going to do: I’m starting over from scratch and opening the site now, and leaving it wide open so you can actually watch while all of the tweaks, additions, and breakage happen over the next few days, weeks, whatever.

I figured that this was appropriate because in the end, a major part of this website’s focus is going to be the creative process. What better opening than to let you watch how my process works?

So, feel free to peek back every so often and see what the heck is going on. A lot of links lead to nowhere right now, but that will soon change. For those of you who don’t care to look at a busted-up website, I will of course post again when everything is completed to my satisfaction – and you can sign up for the RSS Feed or become a Facebook fan to get an update as soon as this happens. Hint, wink, nudge and all that. If you want to get a play-by-play of what’s going on, you’re more than welcome to follow my Twitter, but be aware of the irreverent quotes and my anger at programming that will be interspersed very heavily in between. I’ve been told it’s rather funny, though.

Most of all, this will give me more motivation to actually do something because I know people are watching. So really, we all win here. Keep your hands and arms inside the website at all times, and let’s go!

And of course, mad props to Elliot Jay Stocks and his wonderful stripped-down WordPress theme, Starkers!