playing around with a website

[Russianwolf]

I bought the site name www.russianwolfstudios.com last year and hadn't done anything with it. So I used it as a test for the Site builder that Steve (tool crazy) is now offering on his service.

It's much more simple than the builder that I've been using (Nvu), so it will work much faster for those with no knowledge beforehand (as I was when I started).

The canned templates, are rather silly for the most part. No wood image background, or pen types, or anything REALLY cool. Some have very corny images of people in them that I find a big turn off. Some are okay and I went with one of the Artsy ones. Hopefully Steve will be able to add more templates later.

My next step will be that I'll be taking with it will be to see how the DIY template works.

The only thing that I really DON'T like about it is that it's web based so I can't work on my website on my 2 hour commute home.

Anyways, Have a look at the new site above and tell me what you think. For now, it's just a materials library.

 

[jyreene]

That looks pretty nice. It seems pretty user friendly. Good work Mike.

 

[ESwindell]

Mike,
Looks very nice, I really like the examples that you have of the turned stock rather than blocks of wood. This will help the non woodworker envision what the pen will look like (if you plan on taking custom orders). I think that on the bottom of the page you should have the ability to go to the next page with out having to go back to the top. I like how you give background info about where the material comes from.
God Bless,
Eric

 

[bitshird]

Geez Mike, nice looking site for just playing around, I wish either of my sites looked that good.