Pissed Off
If you have been watching this blog today (when it wanted to work that is). You probably noticed the way that the blog looked changed about a gazillion fucking times. Well, the usual thing happened. I got itchy ass and wanted to make it better, but then didnt like what I changed it to and so changed it all together.
This process of constantly changing my layout is begining to frustrate the hell out of me. How the hell am I supposed to try and get readers in when I keep changing the fucking look every damn day.
I WANT to MAKE a layout from scratch that I like. I do. But I dont know how and that frustrates the living hell out of me so much it hurts. I want to blog well and get readers in and make this site big, but it aint gonna happen if I cant freaking make the layout work the way I want it to.
Fuck.
Comments
Don't be frustrated. It's part of the learning curve. Here are some tips for you from years of experience:
1. The first thing I do to help me with a design is to open an image editing program like photoshop and layout the site that I want.
2. Then I'll look for the colours I want based on mood. This could be purely emotional - I'll see a photo that I like and then use the colours in that.
3. What is your goal? When you know that the goal is then you can start focusing on a look that helps you achieve your goal.
4. Learn CSS - you can change just about anything with CSS - and you can keep your old looks and eventually allow users to "skin your site."
I hope this helps you out. If you ever need advice or a helping hand feel free to send an email. I'm always willing to help bloggers - and I design for a living.
Posted by: sharbean | January 27, 2004 7:37 PM