Most Web designers, myself included, tend to get into a mode of redesign, especially of our own sites. What I mean is, our sites are never right. I can tell you that two of the personal sites that I run are constantly being changed. I don't like the current design or I just find something I'd like to add or adjust, or in one case, I can't seem to get the blog to do what I want. With that blog site, I think that I've redesigned it so many times even the software that runs it is confused. :-) To help deal with this problem I recommend the article 6 Easy Ways To Cure A Nasty Case Of Redesign-itis. The 6 suggestions in that article are a great way to refocus your priorities and really decide if the design needs to be redesigned or you should move on to new things.
(Via Spyre Studios.)
I’m soooo guilty of that…
Sometimes I fire up my FTP just to tweak 2 lines of CSS..
But the article on spyrestudios is quite useful. Even though I’ve been using most of the steps until now.
You all do that, too? LOL. My own site is never good enough, and never, ever “done”. A nice article.
Great post. I used your advice and redesigned some of the style elements at my website. Thanks!
ha!
I don’t think my own sites have ever gone more than a year without me starting the template from scratch.
I have even been known to discreetly make some improvements on client sites if I know they are starting to look dated but don’t have the budget for a new site (not the best business practices I know… but I like my work to at least look semi-current)