website

Hello all,

So I've been looking to make somewhat of a portfolio website for a while now. I took a new media course in my second year of university that gave me a decent grasp of html, xhtml, and css... but not enough to feel comfortable coding an entire site or having someone else code it for me. I wanted to be able to update it easily whenever I wanted. I ended up coming across this one called 4ormat that's pretty nicely set up. It's still in beta, so it's a bit buggy in the user interface, but from what I can tell, the website is fine.

http://lauracrowell.4ormat.com/

I don't have my own domain name yet, but once I figure out how to do that, I think I can drop the 4ormat from my url. I've got 9 more invites to the site, if you happen to be interested in trying it out just let me know and I'll send you over an invite code.

Anyways, please let me know what you think. There's still a lot more content I'd like to put on it eventually, but I have to wait until they up the image caps. Everyone's on the basic plan until the beta is finished I think.

That's all for now. :)

tumblr

I started a tumblr account: http://avalilly.tumblr.com/

Not terribly sure why... actually, it was mostly to participate in a photojojo pic of the day contest. It sort of required Tumblr usage, but then I decided it's kinda fun to use too since a lot of my flickr contacts use it quite regularly. I'll still use this blog, ofcourse, but I'll have other stuff on there too if you're interested or have an account of your own.

I'd love to add a nice black and white vintage pattern like that to the background of it, but at the moment my CSS knowledge is failing me. I guess I'll have to break out the ol' HTML/CSS book from my new media class years ago.

Also, I am finally on the way to having a nice portfolio website made up. I don't want to link to it just yet because I want to sort out the content a bit more first. It's partially live, so if you're a clever web stalker you may be able to sneak a peak at it, but for now it's secrettt! It's shaping up nicely though, so I'm quite excited for it!

deviantart

I revived my deviantArt account a couple days ago. Not entirely sure why, but I figured it might be nice to have another venue in which to display my art. It's sort of a weird community, bountiful in 'cutesy' art, but there are a lot of really good artists and photographers that continue to post there, so I figured no harm in indulging for now.

http://avalilly.deviantart.com/

Feel free to add me or say hi if you're also a member!

Perhaps I should start focusing more upon making an official website instead of posting on a variety of web communities. I really don't know where to begin with something like that though. I have several different ways I'd like to go in terms of the design, I just don't know which is manageable enough for me to try coding myself or what represents me the most... I suppose I'll start looking into that sort of stuff more in depth over the christmas break when I have some time.

If anyone has any tips they'd like to throw my way, I'd greatly appreciate it~