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 Tips
The multimedia combine is broken, and the visionaries are working on
careers. A million chumps and amatauers will scream advice at you until
they go hoarse. Cover your ears and say, "La-la-la-la-la." One page
actually calls grabpic-making a necessary skill. Forget them and forget
that. Learn what conforms to your own ideas. Craft your own style.
Remember: REAL craftmanship, REAL originality, REAL dedication. |
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1. Educate yourself.
You are your own most capable teacher. If you sit through a class on web
design - even do well - you will learn only what they tell you. Dig
through old articles and buy a book and dissect what other sites have
done and ask questions and discuss. Approach webmastering with a machete
prepared to pillage for knowledge. You will truly learn, and the
information will be yours to wield and change.
2. Practice.
Type code for fun. Draw patterns at 2000% magnification and see what
results. Trace pictures. Draw layout ideas in a notebook. Anything you
think might help you probably will. Hone your skills.
3. Take a cue.
Seek out the auteurs of the community. What are they doing? What is
their vision? Pick apart their designs; what really excites you? Do not
churn out the same old BTL-inspired pages. BTL's rainbow design was a
webdesign masterpiece; its countless spawn are not. The only way to find
influences is to search out those which speak to you.
4. Innovate.
Perfect what others have done, and then you can create something new.
See to the base of a technique: what makes it special? Work off that.
What has not been done? What needs to be done? What can be done better?
You can find something new out of something old or create a completely
fresh idea.
5. Follow through.
Laziness will destroy your site much faster than any virus or hacker.
Nobody can force you to work on your site. Pride yourself in it and do
what needs to be done. Forget the idea of sloth. Do not fall into it.
The two causes of failure are fear of labor and lack of goal; avoid
both.
6. Find lifts.
To serve any sort of purpose you will need something special - anything
to set your site apart from the rest. It can be a whole new concept or
an altered approach. Do - something - original.
7. Pride on up-time and updates.
Around the Y2K Crisis the Archive was the unchallenged world champion of
Simpsons websites. Today if you ask someone their favorite they will say
either Simpsons Folder or No Homers Club. It is one-hundred-percent
because they deliver new tricks on a regular basis.
8. Build a toolbox.
Picking up all the necessary programs and skills is an important part of
your career, but putting together a personalized toolbox is much more
complicated. Think of techniques and mannerisms that fit what you wish
to do in the community. Cubist? Stay away from bubbles. Flash-master?
Plain text headers will be out-of-place.
9. Shop your site around.
When you first start out you will need to post your link around: create
threads at forums, e-mail webmasters of new and established sites,
request link exchanges. Shout your obscure-reference domain until your
ears ring.
10. Buddy-buddy with the mahi-mahi.
No Homers Club, Simpsons-L, Jouni. These words should sound familiar to
you. Join the party today, Mac.
"I lost him once through friends' advice / But it's not gonna happen
twice / Cause all advice's ever gotten me / Was many long and sleepless
nights." |
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