David - Hey, I checked out the new sample pages - I like the way the links are laid-out, looks like it will be much easier to find things. I really like the monochromatic theme you've got going on. Nice shades of blue, too. On the front page, I'm a little lost spatially between the depth given by the oval, monochromatic photo and the flatness implied by the guitar case. But that's probably just me. On the whole I think it's great!  J Bethan  

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From: lowerdryad@... [mailto:lowerdryad@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 3:26 PM
To: TheDryad@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [TheDryad] Digest Number 160

Hey friends,

This list has been lying dormant for some time.  Sorry I haven't been more communicative.  I just have a bit of web site news that I wanted to let you know about, though.  It doesn't quite justify a mass-email to the whole email list, but you in the inner circle might be interested... :-)  I would also really value your feedback on some of it.

- We're about to do an overhaul of the web site graphically, and a little bit organizationally.  I've got two graphics now on the site with examples of what the front page, and one inner page, might look like.  These are non-functioning, they're just pictures of the pages, so no links will work, etc.  Could you take a look, though, and see if this looks about right to you?  Let me know if there are sections of the site you'd like to see that seem like they're missing, or if it's confusing, etc.  Also how it feels in general.  I asked John, who did the design, to make it professional but still welcoming and warm.  How did we do?  These are not linked to anything else on the site, so only people on this list will have the sneak preview.  Here are the links:

New front page:
http://www.davidlamotte.com/random/newsite.html

New sample inner page:
http://www.davidlamotte.com/random/newsiteB.html

Any feedback, positive or negative, is welcomed.  Thanks!

- The other bit is that for those of you with the bandwidth to download them, we just put up new MP3 versions of the song "What I Said," which isn't yet out on CD.  We put them up a few weeks ago originally, but the new versions have a beautiful seven-piece string section that supports the song beautifully.  Evan Brubaker had these strings recorded in Seattle.  Pretty wonderful.  That's on the site, and accessible right from the front page at www.davidlamotte.com.

Thanks for the feedback.  Just reply to this message and we can see each other's thoughts on it, OK? 

Peace,

David LaMotte




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