Trick or Treat by John Gatehouse and Dave Windett is now available, so visit the Little Lemming Books site to help Neela stop those rampaging monsters!
The ebook is currently available from Amazon and Lulu. The Amazon version can be viewed on the Kindle or the Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC. The Lulu EPUB version can be viewed on a range of devices and apps such as the iPhone, iPad, Nook, Adobe Digital Editions and more.
I’m often asked about support options for websites, and while each contract is different, I don’t just upload a site then forget about it. The new Chris Moore Art site went online a couple of weeks ago but I haven’t stopped working on it. This was a small project for a single client, but the post-launch work will give you an idea of what’s involved in supporting a website.
Design editing based on user reports
During development the site was tested on as many browsers, devices and operating systems as possible, but testing is not the same as day-to-day use. Real users will always turn up things the developers miss. Nothing terrible was reported, but I tweaked the page layout to help viewers with Internet Explorer version 8 or earlier on small displays. The same changes also helped netbook users running Firefox on Ubuntu:
I also disabled the homepage slideshow. I’d hidden it from older versions of Internet Explorer because of known issues with this browser, but it was still causing a delay when loading the page. We always had a fallback image for display if the slideshow was unavailable, so we’re using that for now. It’s better to temporarily lose the slideshow than cause problems for site users.
CMS updates
The content management system (CMS) used to run the site was updated a day after launch. Just to add to the fun, the CMS plug-in we’re using for the image gallery functions also had a major update. I had to test everything, re-write some of the custom code we’re using for the image gallery, then re-publish the site. This took a couple of days.
New site functions
As soon as the site went online I started work on the print ordering functions. Anything involving payment processing can be tricky so we deliberately split site development into two phases. This meant the main site was online as quickly as possible, rather than waiting for me to finish everything. After a week’s work the print ordering functions were ready.
Ongoing work
Still to come are updates to the art gallery section when this is opened to the public, more mobile device work and anything else that pops up.
The new website for commercial illustrator Chris Moore went online a couple of weeks ago, and we’ve added the print ordering service. Limited runs of selected images are now available. Prints are approximately A2 size (420mm x 594mm) and each one is signed, numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity. Images are printed with light-fast pigment based inks on 315 gsm archive quality paper.
“Monsters from the closet, monsters from the back of beyond, and monsters from the fridge!”
I’m working on an ebook of Trick or Treat by John Gatehouse and Dave Windett. Strictly speaking, I’m not in the target age range but the pictures of rampaging monsters make me laugh every time.
The new website for world famous commercial illustrator Chris Moore is now online. The site provides samples of his work and information on the gallery which will be opening soon.
Not quite a BDO but it’ll do until one turns up. This image for Jupiter Magazine will appear in single page black & white, but someone might like to see the full colour version:
A couple of weeks ago I made a flippant comment about the latest Nook being a Kindle 3 without the annoying keyboard, but now Marco Arment has done a proper comparison.
“Plague Birds” by Jason Sanford has been announced as co-winner of this year’s Interzone Readers’ Poll. The other winning story was “Flying in the Face of God” by Nina Allen.
