We’re open, but not for business…

After 24 hours of insanity, I finally got this site up. Yes, I know, it’s still not completely functional or finished, but I’m trying!

It all started Sunday afternoon. (Honestly, only 24 hours!) I knew that I wanted to completely redesign the front- and back-end of AdamPolselli.com, but I didn’t have much knowledge to go on. I feverishly jumped from site to site learning the basics of CSS positioning, and when I thought I had it, opened up Fireworks and created this design.

Next came the coding. I felt like a toddler trying to build a house – I had no idea where to start! So, I headed over to the CSS Zen Garden, opened up Dan Cederholm’s “A Garden Apart”, and walked through every tag and every style rule until I had figured out how it all worked.

Ten mintues later, I had the basic layout – I never knew it could be so easy! So, I went to bed, woke up, and spent today refining the design and installing Movable Type (oi!) The installation went fairly well, but working with the templates is killing me for some reason. I thought it would be easier.

I have yet to create the rest of the templates (so far I’ve only done index.html), template the entire site with PHP, and move all of the Portfolio, Photography, and Get the Look content to this site. Sounds like fun! (Not!)

So, wish me luck, and check back to see how close (or far) I am from completing the site.