I Suck At Building Websites

last night, karen attended the support group meeting to help her during this time of need. as i am still somewhat hesitant to attend a meeting (because denial is the first stage and i'm still in denial), i decided to stay at home. i actually had a legitimate reason. i was working on building a website. it's too bad i suck at building websites.

the site that i am building is for my favorite sister-in-law (janine). janine has recently decided to try her hand at running a business. that business... gift baskets... and wrapping. janine does an amazing job of wrapping presents and stuff like that. in fact, people have paid her to wrap presents in the past.

normally, the process to build a website takes a good amount of time. in addition to reviewing the source code, things like a database sometimes need to be created. as well, possible administrative tools to interact with the database have to be flushed out and programmed for. unfortunately, i only have a little over a week to complete the website.

janine is attending a craft fair saturday october 25th at the south shore vocational school in hanover. i'm not sure, but i think it's her first craft fair. she plans on having business cards available to hand out to any interested parties. on those business cards is the url for her website. hence, that is why i have a little over a week to build her website. in my opinion, it wouldn't be too professional to have a "coming soon" page on a website that is to be viewed by customers. like the saying goes... you never get a second chance to make a first impression. it may be a harsh saying, but it is unfortunately true... especially when it comes to business.

after a quick brainstorming session on what to call the business (i threw out the name "take the wrap"), janine eventually decided upon "my pretty present". so, for anyone who wants to follow the rapid development of janine's site, the url is www.myprettypresent.com. right now, there is not a whole lot there on her site. rather than have the usual "hello world" message, i have something saying "janine rocks" or something like that.

anyway, i hope to complete the main portions of her site well before the craft fair deadline. that way, there will be one less thing for her to worry about and she can focus on making baskets for the fair. i just hope that she enjoys the site when all is said and done.

good luck janine! keep making baskets! i hope you do well at the craft fair and with the business.