Well…here it is! The third version of my site is finally up. There’s still little bits I need to do, but the majority is here. I am now the lord and master of WordPress and it WILL do my bidding…I hope.
I’ve made it so that pages are now easy to update and projects are easy to add. There might be things I need to change at a later date but for now they work just how I want them to.
Being a member of the Web Designer Forum I thought I’d make the most out of this redesign and submit my site for nomination for the July Website of the Month award on their forum. Whilst it’s only a community thing, it means quite a bit if I am successful because it’s voted on by fellow web designers, so while it’s not an Oscar, it’s important within the area of web design. From previous months entries, I have to say it’ll be hard to do well, but hopefully all will go well. Voting takes place from July 19th – July 31st.
You may be disappointed at this new version of my website, which I have suitably named “Less Is More” due to its minimalistic nature. The idea was not in any way to impress or astound, but instead to make the site a little but more organised. The name also relates to content. On past versions of my website, I’ve included pages that just weren’t necessary such as hobbies and interests which I could just as easily have made a subdomain for.
The simple and blocky colour scheme, bold text, and overall design was actually inspired by Persona 3’s Interface designs. At the time, I was thinking of ideas for my new site design, and I had already known that I wanted it to be simple and easy to organise. I started getting into some Playstation 2 RPG’s and came across Persona 3. Little did I know, that this game would also become a source of inspiration for the design of my personal website.
There’s still a lot of work that needs doing, like adding the portfolio page, but it will get there. Personally I think the design this time is a bit risky, but hopefully people will appreciate that I’m not being lazy, but actually trying to make a minimalistic design work well.
The first semester of university this year is over, so I’ll have more of a chance to add to my website and hopefully get it closer to completion. I won’t be updating it daily as I have other stuff to get done over the holiday, but I will instead be updating on a weekly basis. If I fall behind, I’ll have to read this post as a reminder and give myself a kick up the arse for getting behind.
Anyway, I’m glad to have the semesters work off of my shoulders now and look forward to a well earnt rest.
