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Greetings everyone,

I’m wrapping up the final images on our latest commission, a tropical reef sofa table, and will have pictures of it available soon.  This project has faced several delays, from my ferret’s run-in with our resident pit bull, to a record 3 colds in 6 weeks ( I never normally get sick).  To top things off, I’ve been suffering from some nasty back and neck pain this past week, remnants from my accident back in ‘02 .  I haven’t been able to stand upright for 4 days now, and it’s starting to wear a bit on my patience.  Needless to say, this has slowed the progress of the site conversion, and the grass around my house is starting to resemble a forest from the Jurassic period, but I have managed to get some art done, and that is always a good thing.  Pictures are coming soon, so stay tuned!

Also, be sure to check out the art gallery section for our personal works and photography!

Till next time,

~Namaste

Well, I’m still tearing my hair out over reworking the site.  Apparently, to qualify for most web awards, the pages have to fit an 800×600 resolution without horizontal scrolling.  So, I have to rewrite another 150 web pages just to trim about 10-20 pixels from one edge.

Pardon me for thinking that’s insane, but I just do.

Does anyone even use 800×600 resolution anymore?  Apart from playing games, that is?  If so, maybe a new monitor is called for, maybe one built say, in the last DECADE, or isn’t powered by dinosaur.

I find it amazing that for all the rules and regulations, most of the award sites suffer from poor grammar, poorer proofreading, and sloppy content.  In fact, I’ve yet to find an ‘award site’ that is actually qualified to give awards.  Still, it’s free publicity, so I’ll continue to wade through the tedium, and try to finally get the site to a finished state.  I cannot begin to describe the frustration felt when dealing with style sheets, where one addition to the site can break hundreds of pages at once.   This has happened countless times in trying to get the site compliant to W3C standards (something that could be easier if we didn’t have to deal with idiot software vendors, such as Microsoft, and others who create conflicting standards), and will likely continue to happen as I rewrite the site.  Please be patient if you come across pages that do not render correctly; I’m working as fast as I can, but there are only so many hours in a day.

Till next time,

~Namaste

Well, as you know, I’ve been working to make our entire site W3C compliant, a task that has taught me much more about html and web design in general. I’m quite pleased with the results so far, and may even learn enough from the CSS restructure to make sense of the coppermine and wordpress skins.

This past week saw me finish tweaking the links section, and I’ve started reworking the Gifts section. It’s slow going, as I’m currently working on a sea reef table commission and only work on the webpages when I can no longer paint. I’m hoping that this year will see a number of new additions to the site, including actual items to place in the aforementioned section. We can’t give away too much right now, but with luck, we may see some prints and calendars and stuff, so STAY TUNED.

Have a wonderful week everyone!

~Namaste

We have added a new category to our artist links section. click here to see the links that have been added to this section, entitled ‘Artistic Gifts’. We created this section for artist sites that are geared toward unique and/or personalized artistic gift items. These sites usually offer a shopping cart, and are structured to sell items based on artist’s original work.
In overhauling our links section, it became necessary to move a few of the links. This section has gained more interest as time goes on, and will continue to expand and change in the future. Read the submission requirements on the links home page to find out more about our links.

Well, that’s all for this week. In the meantime, we’re working on recoding the links section to be fully W3C compliant. Till then. . .

~Namaste

You may be noticing a few quirks in our website as late.  Somewhere along the line, I was challenged by another web designer to make our site W3C compliant.   No more cheats or browser-proprietary tags or easy work arounds.   This challenge went from curiosity to obsession in the space of about 8 hours or so, and after that, I began a quest to make the entire website compliant for both HTML and CSS.

After finally solving a few coding challenges that had eluded me earlier, I finished the home page, only to find the display properties on some of the navigation menus had now changed.  This does not appear to harm the funcionality of the site in any way, but until the change is complete, you may notice some unexpected changes from time.  These will be temporary, and I will be working to correct these and any possible  future irregularities.  At the end, we will have a fully compliant website.  Yaaaay!   So bear with us, please, I’m working as fast as I can.   Just keep coding. . .just keep coding. . .just keep coding.  

~Namaste

A Very Merry Christmas, memorable Hannukah, unforgettable Kwaanza, and a Happy New Year to everyone from Reincarnations!

~Namaste

Greetings, everyone!

Not too much time for writing this week.  Lots to do with the armoire and customer orders to paint.  New photos of the armoire, plus a tropical reef sofa table coming soon!  (yes, I know I keep saying that, but it’s true. . .)   We hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season!

Meanwhile, I’m updating the site a bit at a time, adding a small ‘back to top’ link at the bottom of the pages, as well as reviewing the entire site for various bugs and glitches.   I correct these as quckly as possible, but if you encounter one, don’t hesitate to let me know.

~Namaste

We have won another website award!  The World Wide Web Awards have bestowed the Reincarnations website with their Bronze Web Award.  We are very happy to know our website can stand with professionally designed sites.  We do our best to bring the best web experience to our visitors, and this award is one reflection of the time and effort spent in that regard.  Perhaps next year we’ll take the gold!

In other news, we’re continuing on our Tropical Reef Armoire.  Pictures will be posted soon.

~Namaste

Hey everyone,

Hope you had a good holiday!  Check out our new photos in our gallery section.   Also, a reminder that time is running out for commissioned work.  We can no longer gaurentee delivery by Christmas except for local customers.

We are currenly readying several pieces for gallery sale, and will post pictures soon.

~Namaste

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!  We hope today is a day of peace and goodwill, of thought and reflection on all the good things life has to offer us, for everyone.  May families and friends from around the world come together and take the time to acknowledge their importance to each other, and share positive energy with those around them.

~Namaste