Open danielgroves opened 7 years ago
Something I've struggled with before when reviewing posts is finding where it is. What do you think about the existing set of "high level" categories?
@nickcharlton Yep, this is something I've been considering. I had loosely formed the idea of having 'Notebook', and then 4-5 main categories below that (adventure, photography, fear, etc) and allowing filtering within each by tag.
I'm also wondering about extending the 'series' functionality further, but possibly more in the long run once I've got everything into a dynamic environment to give myself some more flexibility (thinking long-term Ansel switch here).
I've also been wondering about breaking the 'development' section out into a different site entirely so my main site can become more focused. I reserved danielgroves.github.io some time ago with this thought. What's your opinion on that?
Categories sounds like a good approach to this. It'll keep everything together, but clearly delineate things.
I'd run with the series thing. It works well for a lot of what you write. It ends up similar to Digital Ocean's Series (e.g.: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/getting-started-with-freebsd).
I'd avoid splitting the site. You'll end up with two projects to maintain, not own that domain yourself and split traffic between your interests.
Cool, thanks @nickcharlton 👍
Incidentally, added the start of a series thing over the summer already: https://danielgroves.net/notebook/2016/04/eurovelo#series-information
Content is king, and all that. Before starting to work out how to lay things out properly, or how it should look, I really need to figure out exactly what it is I want to achieve with this effort.
Photography
The primary goal is orientated towards my work as a landscape, adventure and travel photographer.
Writing
I'm writing more long-form pieces which are made up of multiple pieces. I'm telling more stories which are both word and photography heavy. I really want too focus on seeing these lands fast, and display beautifully. If someone see's an image they should be able to buy it easily if it's for sale.
Focus
Photography, not development.
I will consider moving development content out into a different website.
Branding