Reading Books II
I'm still working on my new website, Reading Books. So far, the best thing about this site is it's rather cool URL. For the rest, I seem to have struck an impasse. While I find it useful to keep track of my books and reading history, quite frankly, the site is dull, dull, dull and did I mention boring. I need inspiration! A started out with a really clear idea of what I wanted to to, but those grand schemes seem to have desserted when faced with html challenges. The result is a dull, dull, dull (did I mention boring?) site which looks like it's out of the box frontpage, which is exactly what it is.
I've got sections on wants, wish lists, reading diaries, etc, but they are just not firing.
Another sad case of needing help. I'll sleep on it.
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you might look at www.librarything.com (not associated with it)
i am using it on my blog to add images of books in my collection to the sidebar
to give it some visual interest.
Comment by jgodsey— 2006/04/22 @ 10:50 PM — (Reply)
I find artistic inspiration the greatest obstacle when I am building new sites.
As booksellers, we are also constrained by the need to keep sites plain and simple.
Book buyers react badly to anything that looks too swish or high-tec.
I am also convinced that to really succeed you need 2 or 3 people bringing separate skills to the party
Still we must keep trying.
Good luck with the new site
Regards
Rod
Comment by Rod Collins— 2006/04/29 @ 04:17 PM — (Reply)