Link List Designer Needed

[MrYum]

Hey Kristian...good to meet ya

I'll pop into your other thread in a few...just decided to open my yap here first

I agree completely with doing the design yourself. You said something in the other thread about this being your 'baby'. You don't want someone else to father your child do ya

Seriously, the logo branding is a great idea. But, I really think in a year or two when you look back, you'll be much happier knowing YOU built it yourself

My link site is a very simple in design...obviously built by me...lol. My pornstar site (soon to be link site also) has a custom design and it's much prettier, but I'll never be able to look back at it and know the 'feel' of the site came from within me. Just something to ponder once those migraine pills kick in

[kristian]

Originally Posted by MrYum

Hey Kristian...good to meet ya

I'll pop into your other thread in a few...just decided to open my yap here first

I agree completely with doing the design yourself. You said something in the other thread about this being your 'baby'. You don't want someone else to father your child do ya

Seriously, the logo branding is a great idea. But, I really think in a year or two when you look back, you'll be much happier knowing YOU built it yourself

My link site is a very simple in design...obviously built by me...lol. My pornstar site (soon to be link site also) has a custom design and it's much prettier, but I'll never be able to look back at it and know the 'feel' of the site came from within me. Just something to ponder once those migraine pills kick in

Hey MrYum!

I think you're absolutely right. It takes a lot out of you designing a site (just like child birth I think!) but the feeling of satisfaction is well worth the headaches. Will definitely go ahead with it and seek out a logo.

Will look forward to having you in the other thread. Prepare to have your scalp laid back and your brain picked bare

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by kristian

Hey MrYum!

I think you're absolutely right. It takes a lot out of you designing a site (just like child birth I think!) but the feeling of satisfaction is well worth the headaches. Will definitely go ahead with it and seek out a logo.

Will look forward to having you in the other thread. Prepare to have your scalp laid back and your brain picked bare

Yea, I think that sense of satisfaction will be well worth the process

Watch it there! My girlfriend has been threatening to harvest some of the hair from my head for years. If you get there first, she's likely as not to kick yer butt

[amareck]

Quick word of advice if you're going to design your own sites: take the couple of days to learn CSS and use it instead of html to format your site (if you haven't made that decision already)

I worked with megapornlinks.com to turn murray's site from pure html formatting to CSS formatting: 35-65% reduction on page size, which of course translates into quicker build times, lower bandwidth costs and quicker load times for the surfer.

Ditto feversfavourites. Sadly, I haven't gotten around to a full rework of my site yet Do as I say and not as I do haha...go hypocrisy!

Most blog softwares you use will work with a php generated CSS, so you probably wont get too much in the way of choice there.

I agree with GG tho - simple = good. A well set up css will give you your cool headings, hover texts, consistent color scheme and other such - GL with it

[kristian]

Originally Posted by amareck

Quick word of advice if you're going to design your own sites: take the couple of days to learn CSS and use it instead of html to format your site (if you haven't made that decision already)

I worked with megapornlinks.com to turn murray's site from pure html formatting to CSS formatting: 35-65% reduction on page size, which of course translates into quicker build times, lower bandwidth costs and quicker load times for the surfer.

Ditto feversfavourites. Sadly, I haven't gotten around to a full rework of my site yet Do as I say and not as I do haha...go hypocrisy!

Most blog softwares you use will work with a php generated CSS, so you probably wont get too much in the way of choice there.

I agree with GG tho - simple = good. A well set up css will give you your cool headings, hover texts, consistent color scheme and other such - GL with it

That's some excellent advice there, amareck. I use CSS but don't imagine I could build a site from the ground up with it. If you hadn't posted that I would never have thought about it, so I'm glad you did. Just going to pm you a couple of related and unrelated questions.