An Excited Publisher

Around 10 pm (New York) (10:15 am Philippines) and the team are about to go for a lunch out celebration when my iMac rings. GAV is on Skype and probably had already checked the site. We're right, he's so excited and he really appreciated our effort to put Filipiniana.net up. He was so happy with the result specially with how the database works.

Well, finally, we got something to show to the world of what we are working lately. Sleepless night is part of it and this is just the beginning. What we need now is to tweak more on the design part of the pages. Yes, I admit that it was not really so cool. It just so happen that we are concentrated more on the database part and additional features we can integrate to the site. The last minute retouching of the main page makes it unbalance in the sense that some of its contents are really just a filler for vacant space.


GAV suggested a better solution. Make it as simple as "Apple's site". Yes, It was like a magic spell to me. I really want that type of design co'z I'm also an avid Apple fan. I have this idea ever since we come up with the initial page last January. But since my editor wants a main page to be more textual in content we have revised the design. So for now, he wants to retain the design until we come up with the new one. We have still a month to work before for another soft launch and for sure, we can give a new feel of the site.

And for now, as the international typhoon code name: Xangsane hammered Luzon with gale force winds and torrential rain. We still have a reason to celebrate.

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