Client website re-vamp: RichardKMorgan.com
The new version of British author Richard Morgan's official site is now live at www.richardkmorgan.com and it looks a lot like this:
For the visual elements of the new version I adapted the look and feel of the cover design for the paperback release of Richard's latest novel, Black Man (which I can heartily recommend) and the general colour scheme is pretty minimalist throughout, in keeping with the noir feel of Richard's fiction.
Content-wise, the new site includes an expanded bibliography and a new news & views section; a simple Blogger-based page that Richard can use to update his fans with all the latest developments.
All good stuff, and both Richard and his publishers at Gollancz are very pleased with the outcome, which I'm very happy about.
New client website goes live: TheWorksofTimPowers.com
I can but claim to have played a behind-the-scenes, supporting role in the re-launch of the definitive online guide to the complete works of American author Tim Powers at www.theworksoftimpowers.com. I set up the Wordpress installation and added the relevant plugins, 'tis true, but the vast amount of rich and varied content on the site is all the work of John Berlyne (of North Star Deli fame).
John has been working for the last few years on a stupendously comprehensive tome called Secret Histories, which will combine even more Powersanalia into a huge print volume that's due to be published by PS Publishing to coincide with the 2009 Eastercon in Bradford, at which the aforementioned Mr Powers will be the Guest of Honour. I've seen the proof pages of the book and trust me, it's just incredible. Filled to the brim with original Powers marginalia, doodles, manuscript alterations and more international cover images than you thought possible.
Here's the new version of the site and if, as I am, you're a dedicated Powers-fan already, or if you've ever read anything by Tim Powers at all, then you really need to treat yourself to some quality browsing-time:
Client website re-launch - re-vamped PS Publishing website goes live
I'm delighted to be able to announce that the brand new, e-commerce enabled version of the PS Publishing website went live today and is accessible now at store.pspublishing.co.uk.
The site build is based on the Actinic e-commerce system, which I have to admit is a tad quirky in places, but pretty easy to work with once you get your head around the management interface and design elements. But it does benefit from a superb user community that includes a number of extremely knowledgeable and helpful Actinic experts who will usually step in and point you in the right direction if you're having issues. Kudos to them.
The news link in the main menu takes you through to the aforementioned PS Publishing News Room, which is running on a completely separate sub-domain and the Wordpress blogging platform; a decision I took in order to enable notifications to be put out on the Newsroom in the event of server problems that affect the Webstore, and also to allow clearer tracking of traffic patterns on the two separate sub-domains.
Anyhow, if you're a fan of high-quality science fiction, fantasy, horror and crime then you should definitely check out the PS sale that's running until the end of November - a full 50% has been knocked off the cover price of all pre-2007 book titles, but only while stocks last. Grab a bargain while you can!