Sorry its taken so long but life has a tendency to get in the way. You can see my progress with the Godalming Joigny site below. Internet Explorer users - these may not work properly for you so please get a proper browser.
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I've now, after a few frustating hours, fixed the Internet Explorer issues in the final version. I've pretty much finished the site but it won't be online for a few days. I'll post a link when that happens.
Saturday, 11 September 2010
Saturday, 24 July 2010
Godalming Joigny Twinning Association Website
I mentioned at the end of my previous post that I was going to make a website for the Godalming Joigny Twinning Association. Godalming is a medium-sized town in Surrey famed for being the first town to have electric street lighting among other things. Joigny is a similar-sized town in Burgundy, France with lots of vineyards and whatnot.
Currently there is no site and the only web presence the Twinning Association has is a small listing on the Town Council website.
Now then, I started with looking at a few other random twinning websites but they all struck me as a bit rubbish for various different reasons (apologies to the people who made them). See a few examples at http://www.alresford-twinning.org.uk/, http://petersfieldtwinningassociation.org.uk and http://www.bognortwinning.co.uk/. Some are boring, some have text over busy images and others have things overlapping. All in all I hope I can do better but we'll see.
I've had some different design ideas and mocked them up and here they are:
I've done the panorama for Joigny:
I'll come back when I've done more.
Currently there is no site and the only web presence the Twinning Association has is a small listing on the Town Council website.
Now then, I started with looking at a few other random twinning websites but they all struck me as a bit rubbish for various different reasons (apologies to the people who made them). See a few examples at http://www.alresford-twinning.org.uk/, http://petersfieldtwinningassociation.org.uk and http://www.bognortwinning.co.uk/. Some are boring, some have text over busy images and others have things overlapping. All in all I hope I can do better but we'll see.
I've had some different design ideas and mocked them up and here they are:
I've done the panorama for Joigny:
I'll come back when I've done more.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
My New Website
I've just finished my new website at www.chamberlaindesign.co.uk. It's much better than the previous one because its cleaner, simpler and generally more professional.
The main difficulty I had was with the JavaScript to show and hide the different page content based on which button is pressed. I had some help with this from my friend Tez Grant (www.teztez.co.uk).
Please leave any comments you have about the site, good or bad, on this blog post.
Anyway, one more thing - I've been asked by the Chairman of the Godalming Joigny Twinning Association (who happens to be my dad) to design and build their website. I'll do blog posts with any developments so you can watch my progress, if any.
The main difficulty I had was with the JavaScript to show and hide the different page content based on which button is pressed. I had some help with this from my friend Tez Grant (www.teztez.co.uk).
Please leave any comments you have about the site, good or bad, on this blog post.
Anyway, one more thing - I've been asked by the Chairman of the Godalming Joigny Twinning Association (who happens to be my dad) to design and build their website. I'll do blog posts with any developments so you can watch my progress, if any.
Friday, 11 June 2010
The World Cup
You know I never thought I'd write about the World Cup with anything other than disdain. This is down to one thing and one thing only - repeated exposure to football. This was provided by one Edward Barker, Esq. and was achieved through a mixture of PES, boredom and general abuse.
Now I'm not saying I actually enjoy football. In fact I have always described it as 23 men running after an inflated pig's bladder watched by millions of idiots. This opinion has now been tempered somewhat and, for the first time ever, I actually slightly care who wins. I am even going to watch as many England games as I can due to a stupid promise I made and I'm going to cheer for England.
So without further ado...
COME ON ENGLAND!!!
There, I hope you're happy Ed!
Now I'm not saying I actually enjoy football. In fact I have always described it as 23 men running after an inflated pig's bladder watched by millions of idiots. This opinion has now been tempered somewhat and, for the first time ever, I actually slightly care who wins. I am even going to watch as many England games as I can due to a stupid promise I made and I'm going to cheer for England.
So without further ado...
COME ON ENGLAND!!!
There, I hope you're happy Ed!
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
Music Matters
Whilst aimlessly wondering the inter-tubes, I stumbled across a site called Music Matters. The videos on this site are incredible in terms of both the music they contain and the quality of the animations. I strongly suggest you take a look and I especially recommend the Louis Armstrong and Blind Willie Johnson videos. It makes you realise what amazing people they must have been and somehow makes their music mean more because of it.
Anyway these videos set me thinking: what makes a great musician? I don't have an answer to this question but it's interesting to think about.
Is it that they live on through their music in a similar way to the way that actors survive through their films? I don't know whether that's important or not or if all artists have that whether they're good or not.
Is it that they make us feel good and lift us out of day-to-day life? I for one would find life intolerable without music and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Or is it just that inexplicable shiver that runs down your spine when you listen to a truly great song?
Or have I missed something out? Please comment, I'd like to know what you think.
Sorry it's taken so long for a new post but thinking of ideas is harder than you'd expect. Ah now I'm just making excuses. See you next time, whenever that might be.
Anyway these videos set me thinking: what makes a great musician? I don't have an answer to this question but it's interesting to think about.
Is it that they live on through their music in a similar way to the way that actors survive through their films? I don't know whether that's important or not or if all artists have that whether they're good or not.
Is it that they make us feel good and lift us out of day-to-day life? I for one would find life intolerable without music and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Or is it just that inexplicable shiver that runs down your spine when you listen to a truly great song?
Or have I missed something out? Please comment, I'd like to know what you think.
Sorry it's taken so long for a new post but thinking of ideas is harder than you'd expect. Ah now I'm just making excuses. See you next time, whenever that might be.
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