Browser Awareness

The template I had been working on is now green lit to be used as my new website. I figured that if I’m going to invest this amount of time to develop a working website, I may as well give it a foothold and opportunity to be seen and appreciated by others; especially potential clients.

Hours into the design I was forced to fix a significant number of issues with the layout. These issues were discovered when I moved away from designing the site using the laptop. I turned on my desktop computer (that I normally use for painting) and saw that almost everything was hugging the left side of the browser window. I missed a crucial step in the prototyping stage and am now had to solve it. This is why, all web designers, check their previews in multiple browsers and at least more than one computer. I am glad I ran into this sooner rather than later.

At this point, the project weighed in at about 30+ hours so far. I have run into a series of issues that have forced me to think critically to find solutions. This project will be a prime candidate to write a Case Study about. These posts will effectively produce the research material I will use for the Case Study.

Regarding the contact page; I embedded a functioning Google map. Although I do not intend to have clients come to me physically, I figured it is good practice as some businesses I may contract for might need this feature.