Brimworld Back!
Brimworld is back online after a long disappearance (of course, you all knew that since you read the Links Section, right?). It’s done by a close friend of mine who I grew up with in the UK. His site was actually deployed before Eshin Direct came about and in it’s original incarnation was a nicely designed site but it was limited to just a Book Review, fan worship of Caterham 7’s and a Gastro Guide. However, as blogging scripts seem to have hit the marketplace and brought the world of websites to the masses, Brimworld did start to look a bit dated. I guess my friend realised this and up went the “Under Construction” signs. For a couple of years.
Anyway, now it’s back online. This time the menu of features has somewhat increased although I’m finding that all lot of the old information hasn’t made the migration to the new design. What you’ll find there (or more like promise to find there, since some parts are still under construction!) are a Gastro Guide (Dining Guide), Brim’s Kitchen (the author’s own recipes - he’s a cooking fanatic), Shops & Supplies (for food. As I said, he’s a cooking fanatic), oh and a blog too.
For some reason, he thinks I’m the expert in blogging which I find amusing. He even goes so far as to ask for me advice. Well…being no expert, all I can say is keep consistent about updating your content. If you feel like writing about something just get it up in your blog. It’s your site and you can spew whatever crap you like. It helps if the crap is marginally interesting though if you plan to get people coming back. Allow also for interactivity beyond the simple guestbook idea. People will like to add comments and respond to what you post up…like asking questions about the recipes you’ve got on your site. The Internet’s an interactive medium, just make sure you use it that way.
Apart from that, not much else. A lot of it is trial and error. I mean, I went nuts and divided my site into various different sections, but the truth is that most people will just read the main page. I’m quite attached to the work I did on creating the different section so I’m likely to keep them for a while but just look at the number of comments and view people leave in the other parts of my website should give an indication of how much time people really do spend looking at your site. Okay, I shouldn’t blame my audience of a handful of people of being lazy!
And just remember KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). Clean graphics, clean layout, readable text…and wahey! Good luck with the website Dave!
