Phase two of my brilliant plan to take over the world via the triple threat of web design, photography, and blogging: a brand new face for Lylium.org!
So, here it is. Lylium.org has been redesigned, or realigned, or whatever you want to call it. I actually think of it as “finishing” the site more than anything else. You may have thought Lylium.org was a finished product (besides the previously-missing content pages, of course), but the truth is I threw the original design together in a couple of days on a whim. I feel like the site has been wearing borrowed skin from the day it opened (which was almost six months ago!).
I have had this “finished” design more or less in mind from the beginning. But, like most projects I take on, I recquired a little extra motivation to actually get in and DO it. That motivation came, as you know, in the form of Webvisions, the web conference I am attending this week in Portland. Somehow, the thought of sending any web professionals I meet to the Kubrick-mashup that was my previous design turned my stomach. Because I knew I could do SO. MUCH. BETTER.
Be sure to check out the About page, the Photography page, and the Web Design page, because they all actually have content. Ironically, I ran out of time once again to incorporate the portfolio of my websites into the web design page, but at least it explains what I do now.
Keep in mind as you peruse the site that I finished the coding of this design in a daze of last-minute rushing, so if you find any bugs crawling around in the corners, please let me know.
So I hope you like the new look and feel. I have to go finish running around like a chicken with its head cut off now. Philip and I are driving up to Portland tonight, and I feel like there are still so many details to take care of! But anyhow. Welcome to Lylium.org… again. 
July 19th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Oooh, beautiful Erin!
July 19th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
Looks awesome! I especially like the black border around all the pictures; it makes them look like they’re framed and matted. Every website you’ve touched reminds me how inept I am at design…
(Then he remembered he was a programmer, not a designer, and his mind was put to rest.)
July 19th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
It’s beautiful, Erin! Vibrant, elegant and earthy all at once. Your tagline on the shoe is a great touch and your photo is beautiful! You’re so photogenic, I’m in awe… I neer have been.
Your pages are so well placed too with the photo blocks at the top… you’re really very good at what you do and your upbringing really shows.
July 20th, 2006 at 12:17 am
I love your colors. I love the design, but then I kind of figured I would =) I think I’ll just sit here and gawk with the rest of the crowd.
July 20th, 2006 at 12:33 am
Beautiful design.
July 20th, 2006 at 8:20 am
We’re here at the conference! Matt Haughey is going to be speaking about becoming a professional blogger. w00t.
Go us!
July 20th, 2006 at 11:53 am
WWAAAAAGGGHH! What happened? Well, looks good, I like the new design, though I am shocked
. I noticed you took out the Portfolio page… but it looks like it was replaced by added Web Design section. I like the whole thing a lot. 
July 20th, 2006 at 10:11 pm
Very well done Erin! Things are looking really good. I agree with Ian about the black frames working well. Your pictures selection for the “about” link is beautiful, well done!
So how much to design my blog?
July 21st, 2006 at 3:06 pm
Speaking of the pictures on the “about” page… it’d be cool if the sidebar photo was randomized, so you saw a different one of those three every time you load the page.
Just a suggestion.