Reassurance recipe
Sunday, July 8th, 2007So the thing with making a website is, I’m trying to recreate my voice. And when I ask people questions, we connect and there’s huge trust. I’m very reassuring. :) (OMG I just saw the smile this makes online and that is the opposite of reassuring.) And so recreating reassurance on a website is gonna take a few tries.
Anyway, the website ingredients for ya’ll technical folks is, it’s built in PHP, with a little bit of AJAX. It’s awfully satisfying to have learned several programming languages in a couple of weeks. Form really does affect content, and content affects form. The PHP setup changed what I say, and how I say it. It’s been fascinating to play with the buttons and forms, and get better integration of how people can click with what they’ll read.
I added a contact form for emails and newsletter signups last night. Today I added a tour from Demofuse.com . The version of the website that went up on July 7 turned heads (literally, in the coffeeshop), and the Demofuse tour melts hearts. Maybe that’s coupled with my in-person reassurance. So now it’s time to try it out online. Try it out! And send your advice. I’ve gotten many suggestions so far and many of them are being added.
It’s tough knowing there are so many ways to improve a website, and also wanting to get it out the door, into people’s hands. I want it to be a success as a business. So that means making enough money from it for it to sustain itself and grow. I’m using ChipIn.com for donations.
I do best in life when people get the word out about me. That’s how this is going to take off. It’s gotta be something you’ll tell your friends about.
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