Recovery from surgery is going well and without a job, I find myself with a bit of free time. There is only so much time one can spend looking for a job, but going from “OMG school and work!” to “OMG nothing at all!” has me in a place where I feel guilty if I’m not doing something. Part of the list of things I’d put on hold for awhile was my web design hobby. Now that I find myself with a bit of free time, I’ve been catching up on a lot of the things I’ve wanted to do.
- Derecola Archives – I redesigned away from that awful white on black scheme. It’s a simple webpage, so I embraced the simple design I’ve been a fan of lately. It now matches derecola.com and the gallery pages much better.
- The Lloyd Sisters – I created this for my sister and my nieces, in hopes of getting more about them in a place where we can read it. I’ve been bugging her to do it for years; now it seems like an interest in other Mommy Blogs may make it happen.
- 44 Cup Racing Series – I created the original site seven years ago and it really bugged me. It’s a complete redesign that incorporates all the chapters in one place and I also installed a hosted forum to save the Series $30/month.
I have since realized that I really like designing websites. I don’t have the super-skills to do it for a living, but I’m all about making personal/business sites with a dozen or so pages. Interestingly, all three pages above are created using a content management system (CMS) and each with a different one (WordPress, Blogger, Drupal, respectively). I wouldn’t mind turning it into a business, but gotta pay the bills first.