Overhaul at the Automall
When this website first hit the tubes in late ’05, it was only through the modern miracle of hypertext that the site even behaved like a functional piece of Internet. It was slapped together with Frontpage (Express, no less) and foolishly designed with no thought to future expansion, and any time I wanted to add a new section I had to copy-and-paste my new image-mapped header navigation onto every single static page on the wizzy-wigged website. Anyway, February 2007 rolled around, and I was like, enough is enough, website. It’s time for Kevan Gilbert Online to meet Two Point Oh.
I’ve channeled the power of WordPress, selected a theme called Beautiful Day, and implemented an easier, better, faster, stronger way to do the web. The new system will allow me to manage and update this website with far greater regularity than before. Now, all I have to do is find a way to turn my imaginary readership into a real-life cyberspatial audience…
Yep, this archaic archive of articles and projects is a little outdated. BUT! At one point, these were cutting edge. Or least, relatively useful/funny. They were made, painstakingly, by Kevan Gilbert: you know, from Vancouver, works for a web agency, sometimes makes up songs, is a totally dorky dad and husband. More boring details on the