Tuesday

Web Design

Baby Sites to Make You Smile

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The www.mori.us Web site, shown in Figure, features photos and tales from everyone in the Mori family, but here’s no question that the children are the stars of the show. In addendum to a photo gallery and guest book, the Moris have included a part called Jared’s Anecdotes filled with fun tales about their son. Visit the site to see a fantastic example of a clean, simple design, with lots of fantastic photos and clever tales about the kids.

Martin and Emiko made a Web site (www.martin-emiko.net) to help keep their unsociable families informed about their lives and growing family. He’s from Switzerland and she’s from Japan, so they are always far away from someone in the family. In addendum to a fantastic collection of tales and photos, the use of a long image across the top of each page, shown in Figure, is a simple but dramatic design trick and an ideal way to showcase the many landscapes they’ve photographed in their travels.

Here are a few other family Web sites you may want to visit for thoughts:

• The Demar Family Web site at members.cox.net/botiff features an animation on the front page that includes a recording of the voices of some family members. The combination of the mother’s voice welcoming you to the site and the kids making snide comments in the background as she talks provides a humorous introduction that draws you into the site and gives you a excellent thought about what to guess when you get here
• The Miller Family Web site at www.millfam.org boasts several sophisticated features, place collectively by using a combination of services. Check out the bulletin board for neighborhood and family actions, and visit their content-managed site, as they call it, to see a family blog linked to a custom family Web site.
• The Bratz family Web site, at webpages.charter.net/bratz, features a fall sports schedule with a full calendar of games and other generous actions of interest to family and friends.
• Vicki and Tony’s Web site at www.geocities.com/vickips/ is an example of how much you can do with a excellent sense of humor, even on a free Web site like Geocities.

Travel sites around the world

The Mansz and McKerral family Web site at www.mansz.com, shown in Figure, is more than just a place to share photos of friends and family. They’ve made a site that’s a showcase of bird photos from their travels and a fantastic resource for other birders. Whatever your leisure activity or passion, a family Web site can grant a fantastic place so share your expertise and even make new friends.

Tribute sites to make you proud

Making a Web site for friends or family members is a gorgeous way to preserve their memory and pay tribute to their life. Figure features a simple Web page that my Uncle Tom made for my grandmother, Carol McCain. We all have fond memories of grandma’s house on the lake, everywhere I learned to water ski and loved sitting on the long deck staring out at the water and waiting for a chance to wave at the Dixie boat.