Raeleigh Jane's Textually Active

A site I built was launch today for Matthew Good's wife Raeleigh.    Matt designed the site which is a total copy of a popular Squarespace template, but with certain customized elements that were extremely difficult to implement with the actual template.  When something is difficult to tweak....Matt and I build it from scratch using the Squarespace developer platform, which basically is a blank white page with no custom font, sizes, or colours.  We did the same thing with his current site.  There are only a few subtle design tweaks compared to the original template, like taking away the rounded corners on elements, changing the share button and blogging meta-data.  The biggest addition is a header that sits only above the content that has Rae's twitter widget.  Little things like that are next to impossible to implement without building it yourself. 

I seriously love building with the developer platform.

I learned quickly that when you use the developer platform there is no "mobile" navigation menu, but recently I've gotten quite good at implementing them with minimal code.  Simple things that this excite me.  I am truly a dork.

If you want a custom Squarespace site built visit Sites Made Simple and I'll build you one.

Update: Totally just realized I'm using the template mentioned above.  This site is not done with the developer platform, it is just a tweak of the template (limited to built in Squarepace options).   I don't get enough traffic to design this site in a unique way ;-)

New Matthew Good Site is live

I've been working with Matt on his new site for at least 2 months I believe, and it went live today.  It was the first site I've launched using the Squarespace developer platform.  The developer platform lets me create a site from a bare-bones template, which means full control over all html and css design elements.  

When working with Matt he typically designs the site, and I make it happen.  However, with the previous sites designs we were held back by what could be "tweaked" with the available Squarespace templates.....but not anymore.

Busy with designing

I've been really busy the past couple of months doing a re-design for the Matthew Good site.  I've recently been taking online courses on a variety of web design topics, and that led me to begin using the Squarespace developer platform.  This gives me the complete control over the site html and CSS, and allows me to design a template from scratch, rather than find interesting ways to tweak an existing one.  

This has worked great for doing Matt's site as he normally comes up with the design, sends me the photoshop file, and I had to try and make it work with a Squarespace template.  Now I just create something identical to what he sends me.

The site should launch in the next couple of weeks, I'll be sure to post it here as well.

It's Been a While

It has been a little while since I've posted something here, so here's an update.

Respiratory:
It's been a nice start to 2013, a few speaking engagements are booked, we're also getting new ventilators at work soon.

Web Design:
I've been very busy at home with my website stuff, I have three design projects on the go at the moment, plus my ongoing work with Respiratory Resource.  I actually redid my design site since I've been getting busier.  Check it out: Sites Made Simple