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MacKiDo
rev-0
-- up to January 27, 1997
Basically unpublished.
I was tired of explaining things over and over again to people who all had the same fallacies. So I started this site (1/19/97) as a personal page that would debunk "some" of the ignorance about Macs and have a few of my favorite Mac Advocacy arguments. (Write-Once, read-many).
I organized what I was going to do into groups, and tried to keep the access as flat as possible. Some articles weren't written yet, but I put in place holders, and knew things would grow.
I chose a site theme and built everything around that. I picked a name, the look, the layout, and so on, all with a theme and a feel in mind. I went Japanese, and Martial Arts based. That gave me the Kanji (characters) which became the logo, and let me know which font I should use for the Site's Banner -- and I knew it would let me get into Eastern Philosophy or Martial Arts, which are also interests of mine. It reflected me.
It took a few days of work to get MacKiDo up to this point.
A few hits total, mostly me and some friends. Little did I know how such things grow.
Lessons
- Pick a theme. This metaphor
will give you ideas on organization, layout, look, feel,
name and so on. This will give the site a unity (focus)
that you should try to carry throughout. More than that,
it can also give the user a metaphor and some indications
on what to expect. This helps them figure out things and
learn their way around. Stay consistant!
- Place holders are a bad idea.
They remind everyone of what is incompleted, instead of
focusing on what is available.
- Sites will grow -- a lot. Don't get started on one, unless you are prepared to stay VERY focuses (and narrow on what you are doing), or you are prepared to devote a lot of time to one.
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