Yay, I finally finished it! AliciaPaulson.com is off my to-do list. I'm very happy.
And relieved! It feels great to have things organized finally. I've had a web site for Posie since 2001, but it's always been really confusing trying to explain what Posie is, what Ella Posie was, what rosylittlethings.com is, what Posie Gets Cozy is, etc. See, it exhausts me just typing that sentence, frankly. But now I hope this new site acts as a portal to the different kinds of things I do. It's nice to have it all collected, I must say.
I am also kind of excited about this because I did it entirely by myself! Well, sort of by myself. When my amazing friend Shelly of Toolbox Media helped me redo the Posie site in 2005, we always intended to do an Alicia Paulson site to make things less confusing, just never got around to it. But she made a template and a style sheet for the Posie site that I have, over the years, taught myself to use and to change into other sites (like the old Ella Posie site and this new one).
If you know HTML, and if you could see me working on this, I guarantee you would fall off your chair laughing. I am so clueless about HTML but I am so determined to manage these sites myself. I really do need to take a class, if only to just learn the basics. My way is to find anything that is working on-screen, and then go up into the HTML view and I try to figure out what in the hootenanny code is making it do that. Then I cut, and paste, and re-dink like CRAZY to try to make it all do what I want (because frequently it is doing something I don't want). THIS. TAKES. FOREVER. Many many tries. Strangely, I sort of enjoy it. Kind of in the way I sort-of enjoyed studying Latin for that one semester before I dropped it.
This is what I affectionately call the Needle-in-the-Haystack School of Web Design. (New Year's resolution completely blown on this one, too, sigh. But one must not be afraid to swear when doing HTML because it actually makes the computer do what you want. It does. The fact that this web site works at all has nothing to do with my very fragile grasp of HTML and everything to do with my proficiency in profanity. Shelly did not teach me that but I figured it out all by myself.) So obviously and in all seriousness, any crazy HTML in ANY of my sites has everything to do with me and nothing to do with Toolbox Media, who I think are quite nervous whenever I mention them. They actually do know HTML, and never swear. Not professionally. Okay, not even personally.
Anyway, I'm excited about this. If you see anything not working over there, just let me know. I do so love it when things are all in their places with bright, smiling faces. I think I'll turn off the computer today and go outside now.
Working with html as you do is actually the best way to learn... by practising, figuring out what the code controls, and swearing. No, really! :) The site looks beautiful - congratulations!
yeah, watching cooking shows and eating do tend to always happen simultaneously, don't they... (referring to the blurb about you on the front page of the site) kind of like watching the movie Chocolat - we always have to make sure we have chocolate in the house before we watch that, or we will inevitably have to stop the movie halfway through and go get some :)
it's so nice to finish projects like that, and get them to a point where you can (at least temporarily) feel like they're ready to just go and live on their own for a while. plus, it's just nice to have something out there that you feel represents you and what you're doing well.
happy happy yay!
It looks lovely, Alicia! Great job!
xoxo
it's so fantastic! i love the new website and can't wait to buy your book. congrats on it all!
Your website is awesome! It is put together so well and such a pleasure to visit and covers everything that is your work - well done. It is very inspiring. I can totally relate to the html learning curb cause that is how I learn to do computer stuff which drives my other half made cause he is a computer geek by profession and so has to do everything correctly. I wish you well with the new website.
You did a great job, congratulations!
Excellent job! The site is very user friendly and sooo pretty, too!
I missed reading your blog yesterday, so it was a double treat today to see the growing up pic's of Clover. What a pretty girl. She's a little princess and I think she knows it too.
Lovely! And as a certified HTML expert, we have a whole Masters degree in swearing. :)
Frankly the way you are teaching yourself, while excruciating, is probably the best way to learn how things work!
It really looks fantastic (just got back from browsing). You should feel proud & organized... I'm totally impressed. I personally really like the font you used for titles, etc., throughout. It just fits so well with the things you do.
Wowza! Beautiful job on your new site! You have inspired me to begin swearing as I teach myself html! Thanks!
it looks so pretty! and it looks so very YOU. congratulations on getting such a huge project finished.
congrats! Your new site is lovely.
that's exactly my kind of web design too. needle in a haystack. ha!
now, off to check it out!
Great job! So Posie-ish! Thank you so much for the pics of sweet Clover, she has grown so much - love those ears. I am so looking forward to your book. Have a great time in the sunshine. Cheers.
The site is soo pretty..and I'm pretty jealous of your beautiful studio..
wow, you coded everything by hand? You did a wonderful job. I like writing my own code, but I've yet to turn out something as impressive as what you did. The website is perfectly you, it looks like a posie.
it's beautiful! lovely picture of you too!!
Lovely site. I don't believe too much in IT-"knowledge". Doing something with the heart always wins over any kind of IT technology experience, I think. You just proved it by making such a nice site! Yeah!
It's really very lovely. Great job!
Oh ALicia, it looks great! One of these days I'd like to get organized, though I don't have near as much stuff to organize!!
As expected, it's amazing and a*dor*a*ble! I love every little nook and cranny and you did a wonderful job organizing it--that can be the biggest challenge.
Congratulations...so excited to have two spots where I can visit you now.
Oh the beauty! I want to come live in the world you've created on your website!
Ali, I am so happy for you and so proud of you and so grateful to be one of the old friends you love. Your site is lovely.
xo jm
Simple and beautiful! Worth the wait.
love the look of the new site! it's soooo pretty. also i recently picked up vintage crochet and definitely want to make your cardigan. one little suggestion - it would be really nice if yarn requirements were listed on the crochet patterns. before i buy a pattern, i like to know if i already have the yarn/hooks needed or if i'm going to need to make a trip to the store.