thepopfactorymusicawards.com
i finally launched thepopfactorymusicawards.com last night - it's been a struggle to get it done on time, as well as deliver something which wasn't completely shite. originally, i was going to sub it out to my man over at blinksworld, as dave has a tendancy to deliver kickin' sites very quickly; however, he's pretty snowed under at work at the moment - so i've had to build it myself. it only took about half a day to draw and a day to code, but its been a few years since i last built a site from scratch and to get it done in time i've coded with html4.0: my xhtml/css is no where near par yet. and there's been so many little alterations to make over the last week, its taken ages having to alter every page indivudually.
i'd forgotten what a pain dreamweaver is as well - i prefer to handcode html, and its very frustrating when dreamweaver decides to alter table widths etc of its own accord - although i've never learned the program in much depth, so i'm probably just using it wrong.
i also got to play with text messaging domains, which is sooo cool! i'd read about these when they were launched a few years ago, and it was great to finally get to experiment with one. we bought the keyword 'tpf' from itagg.com, which means any that texts sent to 60300, with tpf as the first letters gets forwarded to our inbox. they're suprisingly accessible too, anyone can set an account up. we're even earning from it - which should pay for the aftershow drinx ;)
but its been a good experience, and reminded me how much i love developing sites. its also shown me that i need to pull my finger out and learn xhtml and css properly - i never want to build a site without proper separation of code, style and content ever again!
on that note: i've sent my xmas list to santa:
it was the 2005 awards press launch this morning, at the hard rock cafe in the centre. cherie asked me to go along to take pix, which of course i was more than happy to oblige. the automatic played a short set too - check out the whole photoset on flickr
i'd forgotten what a pain dreamweaver is as well - i prefer to handcode html, and its very frustrating when dreamweaver decides to alter table widths etc of its own accord - although i've never learned the program in much depth, so i'm probably just using it wrong.
i also got to play with text messaging domains, which is sooo cool! i'd read about these when they were launched a few years ago, and it was great to finally get to experiment with one. we bought the keyword 'tpf' from itagg.com, which means any that texts sent to 60300, with tpf as the first letters gets forwarded to our inbox. they're suprisingly accessible too, anyone can set an account up. we're even earning from it - which should pay for the aftershow drinx ;)
but its been a good experience, and reminded me how much i love developing sites. its also shown me that i need to pull my finger out and learn xhtml and css properly - i never want to build a site without proper separation of code, style and content ever again!
on that note: i've sent my xmas list to santa:
- Photoshop CS2 for Digital Photographers - Scott Kelby
- Designing with Web Standards - Jeffery Zeldman
- Eric Meyer on CSS - Eric Meyer
- The Design of Everyday Things - Donald Norman
it was the 2005 awards press launch this morning, at the hard rock cafe in the centre. cherie asked me to go along to take pix, which of course i was more than happy to oblige. the automatic played a short set too - check out the whole photoset on flickr
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