I've been having a ton of fun since I opened my account here. The site is so fresh... it feels like it just came out of the oven yesterday. How can that not be an attractive quality? On the other hand, it does mean some of the ingredients to our new bread might well not be mixed exactly right.

That comes with the territory, though. I'm expecting the few bugs that will definitely come along as the site progresses. However, I'm also looking forward to maintaining a strong bond with the community here. Mostly because I think the look of the site better encompasses what I would like a potential client to see when they follow a link to my portfolio. I want them to see my work here at Artician first... and then go see my work elsewhere.

Touching on that other site for a minute: the chances are high that I'll never truly leave the place, it began too many things for me and bears sentimental value. I expect to be in both places regularly. But it's really pivotal for an artist / writer /designer, I think, to have your work in as many safe places as you possibly can. Your work needs to be seen, and limiting yourself to one particular place is not of benefit to you, or your work.

A couple of helpful things for you guys who are new here, regarding the CSS page structure:

I know coming from just coding a journal to doing a whole page seems just a bit overwhelming. So i've found a few things for you guys to use and/or mod until you get comfy with making your own page as you see fit.

1. artician offers brilliant default skins:
Simply click the "customization" link at the top of your page to quickly apply the divine work.


2. There are a handful of cutomized skins available in the Skin gallery already:
Just click browse, and then Skins / Theme > Artician Skins.

3. A helpful little link to ease the migration of your CSS in .XML format.
It's actually a really easy and quick way to import the custom skins, or to build and apply your own. Check it out: How do I import the skin?
(thanks to chaoskaizer for the link! )

Hope that helps you guys!

I'll be working steadily on getting some templates of my own in the gallery, but it's going to take me a bit to get used to the coding. Please be patient!!!

I'm really glad you guys are all here, and I'm looking forward to getting caught up with those of you I've been missing for so long. ;)
Catch you soon.

-AHiL

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