About the Author
I'm presently employed as a web application developer at Renewable Choice Energy where I'm working to develop an emissions accounting platform and work on tools for the web site and sales team.
My interests include web development, open source software projects, photography, swimming, and the outdoors in general.
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About the Site
Stanback.net was officially launched in 1998 when I (Brian Stanback) became more curious about web design and the potential for the web. I started learning on Microsoft Frontpage Express, which was one of the few decent web publishing software applications at the time. Since then, my techniques have evolved and I now use hand-coded XHTML and CSS with an emphasis on accessibility.
Previous Iterations
My current design is the fourth complete re-design since the launch of this blog, below are some images and descriptions of my past creations.
Fancypants Gray (November 2002) - This is one of my favorite designs. I decided to switch from the light gray to something darker (and more depressing). The opaque-transparent backgrounds and images turned out pretty good.
Standards Overdose (July 2002) - This design was my attempt at 100% standards compliance (that doesn't really say much as this site complies as well). The site was pretty good looking but the bright gray got old quickly.
New Olde (June 2001) - This was basically a take from my older design, but I switched the menu to the left side and created an image swap for the "bs ball". This was also one of my first designs to incorporate heavy styling via CSS.