[thelist] Redoing a site's design from the grounds up

[s t e f]

> > I've noticed that the more a site looks professional, the
> less people
> > tend to write to its owner to congratulate/comment/criticize.
>
> interesting observation...

I'm sure I'm not the only one to experience this, aren't I?

> you talking personal site?  or company site?
>
> company site is one thing, and i'll leave that out of this...

Exactly what I wished/expected. The question was personal.

>  personal site,
> however, needs to be somewhat carefully considered in my case... as a
> business owner, i have to expect people will come to my
> personal site to see
> what i have to offer, see if i'm for real, or a neo-nazi, or
> whatever...

That's a different POV. In my case my site is er... a webzine, with articles
and stuff, and if people want to see my resume it's another page entirely.

> it also means that a blog would be inappropriate, since i
> don't think i want
> clients reading all that stuff about me, or anyone else for
> that matter (not that
> anyone would want to)...

LOL!
I'm afraid that if I made a blog talking about the works, I'd be fired ;-)

> i also rely on my corporate portfolio to show my work, so
> showing it on my
> site, or even trying to outdo myself, seems kinda pointless...

Exactly the same.

> instead, i show some of my other capabilities -- [...]

That's what I was kind of thinking. Your reply plus Heather's especially
give me a better general direction for the redesign.

> i've actually put more design time into photo galleries of
> day trips with
> friends...  i wonder if that means anything...

Yup. That you love people more than code ;-))))

A big thank you to all who took time to reply to my somewhat ill-expressed
question :-)

s t e f