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[spuuky]

For reasons which I find difficult to articulate, I am going to resurrect my website in the next several months. I have several issues which pertain to this (and some which don't), which you may answer any or all of

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[kenicky]

Your website should be a shrine to your hot and awesome girlfriend, and it should be hosted by Stephen Colbert! I was a school librarian, so I can write you a reference. "Dear Sir/Madam, please hire this person as a librarian, and watch your issues statistics go through the roof as hordes of girls get out irrelevant items as an excuse to gaze as aforesaid guybrarian".

[spuuky]

REALISTIC

[kenicky]

DATE SOMEONE ELSE THEN ^___________^

[kenicky]

BOOKS AREN'T THE ONLY THING BEING CHECKED OUT AROUND HERE

[friendless1]

I don't remember your old Web site, but I'll try to think of a theme for the new one. As for aesthetics, I long for the old Web days when it was all about the information and the links. No pictures, no sound, no javascript, no stylesheets. But that's probably too austere for you.

Hey, I'm a librarian, and I vaguely recall that you even worked for me once. I'd be happy to be a reference.

[spuuky]

Hah! Little do you know, austerity is my "thing." I know everyone but me hates my LJ layout (and LJ only has very limited layout options) but it's pretty simple. There will definitely not be much javascript if any, and certainly no sound. There may be some pictures as they are relevant, but not an abundance, and they'd more likely be in a special section since they'd be relevant to my topic.

I am generally a minimalist, and that probably applies here, also. Style sheets stay (or rather, a single style sheet) because it's simply much better coding to do the same things visually.

And yes, the reference part was really just for you. I think I'm going to apply at Western's music library. Even if I don't get that, I'll be applying for other jobs there this fall until I get one (or see something in Bellingham that looks better, which is unlikely).

[friendless1]

Ah, but in the Good Old Days you didn't specify styles at all. You just said H1, BODY, etc., and let the browser decide how to display it.

So if any potential employers really want the opinion of a Luddite librarian, feel free to give them my contact info: januarye at g mail, 97 06 909 in 360 (take that, you evil robots [I'm sure they will]).

Naomi used to work at the UW music library until she became a non-degreed and uninsured barista.

[spuuky]

I don't know what my employers really want, I just know that I don't have enough work experience or references to satisfy anyone in any field.

I can still let the browser decide how to displaying things like that, but style sheets can change the background color and text color and things without having to insert gratuitously large numbers of and tags and things like that.

[delmurder]

Don't make it blue on blue please.

Also, keep pi, and the weird searches that brings up your webpage.

[spuuky]

Blue on blue it is!

[emeraldaeris]

a) What am I going to put on it? If you remember my old website, what should return and what should not? I need realistic content ideas.

Abstract images of cephalopods.

b) Who should host it?

Uhm, you.

c) If you have ever worked as a librarian, can you give me a "professional reference" when I apply at a library soon?

>:E

d) Do you have any opinions on the aesthetics of the website? I will probably ignore these unless there's an interesting idea which I simply hadn't thought of.

Simple designs are where it's at. Don't make an ugly colour scheme, if you are capable.

e) All of the above

>:E >:E