Website Update
Posted by CM under Romancery on Sat 25 Aug 2007
made a brief place-holder webpage after FanLit. It’s been sitting there for a while, not doing anything, and basically disconnected from this blog. And as the months have passed–and I’ve clarified my voice, and the style of story that I like to tell, that webpage has seemed increasingly divorced from what I write. It was . . . too pink, and too paisley, and far too easy for me (and you) to forget.
So I’ve spent a little time trying to fix the site. I’ve updated the website. I’ve tried to make the graphics a better “fit” with what I’m writing–a little more complex, Victorian era, with an overlying dash of grunge-modernity. And the blog has now been integrated into the website itself. There was really no reason to do this except–hey, why not procrastinate?
I haven’t been able to test the site on Internet Explorer yet–oiks!–so if someone who uses it could please tell me how it looks? There will probably be a few more tweaks as time goes on.









August 25th, 2007 at 9:09 am
Gorgeous!
August 25th, 2007 at 10:16 am
I don’t know about Explorer, but it looks good in AOL!
August 25th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Looks beautiful in Firefox!
August 26th, 2007 at 10:00 am
It looks very nice through internet exploder!
August 26th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
It looks beautiful in Firefox and IE. Great job! I wish I could have something so beautiful myself, but my web designer nephew, who offered me a website as my Christmas gift, has yet to deliver.
August 27th, 2007 at 10:10 am
Love the new look, Courtney!
And congrats again on the Golden Gateway final.
August 27th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Courtney, the site looks gorgeous on IE! I love the new graphics and the layout … where did you find all the new stuff?
August 27th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Thanks for the compliments everyone!
Cindy, get that whip cracking!
Elyssa, the site design is almost entirely mine. Two exceptions: the graphics with the flowers (originally one file, but now split), I bought off of istockphoto. Various other graphics–or modifications to the one I had–were done in the Gimp using a set of free grunge brushes available on deviantart.
And the blog template itself is a modified version of Connections Reloaded by Ajay D’Souza, which is itself a modified version of another template!
Most of this is explained here: http://www.courtneymilan.com/copyright.html
August 27th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
I LOVE it!!
And congrats on your final! Well-deserved, my dear.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Wow! I love it! You’re a wonder, CM - is there anything you can’t do?
Congrats on finaling! I’m so excited for you & you fellow CPs.
August 29th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Your blog and site look gorgeous. And congrats on the contest final, I’m not surprised!
August 30th, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Very Victorian! Love the new look. And best wishes to the three of you on your contest final.