I’m happy to be working on the website for my friend, David Jones. He has a powerful voice and so many worthwhile things to say. I’ve believed for quite awhile that he needs his own channel, his own modern soapbox. And now it’s coming true.
After a few conversations with him to gather info and ideas about his work, I distilled my notes into 3×5 scraps of paper, spread them out on my worktable, and started organizing the thoughts.
After awhile, a site map came to me. This is still a rough draft, but I think it’s close.
I am building the site in WordPress. I’ve always loved WordPress, and it keeps getting more robust and flexible. But I have so much to learn, still. Like, how to make two navigation menus, one for the overarching aspects of the site, and one for the kinds of writing and such that David does.
For the site banner I am dinking around with a photo I shot of some graffiti under the First Avenue Bridge. So as not to spoil the surprise of the site when it’s published, I’m not adding my mock-up here, but this is a photo from the same location and shoot. I might add this somewhere on the site; it would be a nice favicon.
It’s so wonderful to use my talents for evil good.
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i have always been an admirer of leila…before her site, back when she was doing performance art with the studio…we had talked about this sort of thing before but i’m hard headed and wanted to try other stuff like FB and tribe…those venues were way too small for what i was trying to accomplish…so now, a bit older and wiser, i want to thank leila for her efforts in putting together a site for me…leila, you warrant all the accolades you receive and more…
david
Ich bin gespannt darauf! It will, undoubtedly, be functional and beautiful & still, true, to Davids’ spirit!!!
very cool! a poet needs a soap box …
I am so excited to see what you put out there.
~S
you rock in ways that i’m not sure you even know woman!! you are a joy to know and i value every second that we have spent, do spend and will spend in the future…and as a writer, (yes i’ve read some of your work), you are not just off the hook, honey you are hookless!!…
xoxo
david