I have just finished rebuilding a friend’s new website (http://jasonbrownrigg.com). There is still some work to do which I will resolve in the next few weeks (agonizing little hacks and some design touches that we are still working on) but the project went better than I had hoped and for this I am so very happy. The process of putting the vision that Jason has online has been one of the more satisfying things that I have ever built and is powered by a fantastic little content management system called Indexhibit. If anyone is looking for a web portfolio solution, then I cannot recommend it enough.
I have been hacking together little sites for myself for going on ten years now but never committed myself to doing it right; settling for the good enough by finding the information that I need to do what I want then reworking it with no plan. This has been fine in the past as I did it for fun and not profit. But this is changing. In my recent projects I have worked towards cleaner markup and a better sense of function and purpose. In Jason’s case I ballparked the basic design of the site (including or maybe especially in finding the right content management system) based on what he needed then honed the idea with his participation until it felt done. This is the best possible way that I know how to put this kind of thing together.
I have spent some time following the interweb and have toyed with the tools that can make this possible. I am getting to a place where I can confidently piece together the needs that any individual, artist or craftsperson, might need to present themselves online. If anyone is interested in developing their site then by all means get into contact and we can work through some solutions.