I Am A Web Designer
Forget what I said earlier about not being a web designer. I did not lie, but apparently I underestimated my abilities.
Ta da! A layout made by me! With a little inspiration from Lene and some colour help from the ColourLovers palette non-symphony.
There are probably some kinks here and there that I need to work on, but overall it works. It’s not entirely what I had in mind, but I like it. While I was in maintance mode I also upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress.
I Am Not A Web Designer
I am not a web designer.
Don’t get me wrong - I consider myself to be more than “okay” at HTML and CSS, and I have even gotten my head around the basics of PHP to the point where I actually understand the joke on Jem’s new geek t-shirt (I am insanely proud of that fact). I think that makes me a web developer.
But that does not change the fact I cannot design for shit.
I am not entirely a visual person. I do have an excellent memory for the way things look but that does not help me in the slightest here. My brain can recall images… it just cannot create them. I see colours and patterns on places like ColourLovers.com and think, “Wow, that would look cool on a website. Especially if I were to add that to the mix!” but then my brain cannot piece together anything. Nothing.
I did it today. I set out to finally make my own wordpress theme. I opened up Fireworks, made a new file, slapped down a rectangle with rounded corners of a suitable grey… and then stared at it for ten minutes. I had no clue what to do next - I tried something with a sidebar but I didn’t like it.
So I shut Fireworks down again, feeling very annoyed. It seems that Fireworks shall only be used for my “awesome” map-making skills, and maybe a few other things.
In short, I am not a web designer. I cannot turn a bunch of colours into a pretty picture. But I can code that pretty picture into a website. I can also tell if a design is shit.
I am a web developer. To a point, I mean. And I raise my invisible glass to all those who can design. I envy your talents.
