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December 30, 2007

[Web Design2] Petrina’s Blog

Unlike what I normally do- when I help people to design their websites; blogs, I will charge them. But I did this design FOC. Who does not want to be pay back after contributing something? I think I’m overly-generous. =)

The second project given for me was Petrina’s Blog. This blogskin was designed by me from scratch. Unlike the previous blogskin I did, this time round, I created a new blogskin instead of modifying. The theme was about Jesus, and I named the design as “I’m walking with Jesus“.

I was thinking of a suitable background for the banner. What can Jesus be related to? Then, I thought of heaven, sky. So, i took the background picture from ashlee7307.

I added maple leaves, the cross, drew a pathway to the cross. Then the footsteps. At first, I didnt know what to do after adding the maple leaves and the cross. It will be very plain just that. Then, I thought of the story I saw before. I thought it was quite touching.

Footprints..
The Lord replied, my son, my precious child. I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering, when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.

So, this is how i got the pathway and the footsteps.

At the bottom of the banner, you can see this word: I want to have a relationship with you. I got this inspiration from yesterday’s sermon.

So I started to write the html code, and tried published it in blogger.com When I view the blogskin in blogger, Everything is so different from the way I designed. Browsing back the html codes, I realised that I didnt “fix” the tables at the respective location and give them a fixed width. So after editing the codes, I’m finally done with the design.

I spent less than 3 hours to finish the whole blogskins including the designing of the banner.