Yesterday I was greeted by fantastic news! Nick La has selected this site to be featured in the Best Web Gallery! Oh and did I mention that my traffic has shot through the roof!
What is the Best Web Gallery?
If you’re familiar with sites like StyleGala or CSS Remix, then you’ve probably heard of Best Web Gallery or sites like it. I found that Nick’s site has the best frequency of updates with quality sites which is why his site is the CSS Gallery I goto almost exclusively for design inspiration. I submitted DontTrustThisGuy.com over the weekend and surprisingly made it into this weeks update!
Some Much Needed Traffic
This site is not very well known so I average only about 40-70 visits per day. Yesterday’s publicity shot my traffic out of the water! Almost 800 visits in one day! Needless to say I hope at least a few new people to the site stick around for more upcoming posts.
A Recap of the Site Design
What you can’t tell from the surface from this design is the technology under the hood. I took this site as a chance to experiment with extensive implementations of Microformats and also took advantage of some new features in CSS3. So if you’re interested in seeing just how I did it check out my article ‘A Refreshed Design for 2008.‘
Brian Says:
3:29 pmFeb 29Dude, seriously: Congrats!
Joel Helin Says:
6:31 amMar 01Nice work. Like the typography.
Joshua Goodwin Says:
6:40 amMar 01Congratulations, your design is certainly good enough to warrant inclusion.
You’re also featured in CSS Mania (how I found this site).
Armen Says:
10:41 pmMar 01Nice one Jim.
By the way, I can now view your site in its full glory, but it’s probably because I’m now on a Mac.
Jim Jeffers Says:
10:44 pmMar 01Thanks all!
@joshua - Thanks for the update.
@armen - Good to know! Glad you switched to the world of Mac
Interaction design Says:
3:18 amApr 15Hi Jim,
I was wondering, how is your traffic now? Did it stayed that hihg? I like the design so you earn it!
Jim Jeffers Says:
10:02 amApr 15It was hovering around 30-50 visits per day but after I got picked up in the design blogs and things calmed down I’m now hovering around 150-200 visits per day. So not bad, not bad at all