A Lupus Story

Alright, so I was told to document my progress with this. Although I really don't have one, so I will basically explain what happened with this.

When I first started this website, I intended to be working with someone on it, and then due to a change of plans, and being unable to meet up with them, I had to do it on my own, and find other people to help me with information.

What I did first was think of the design. First, that I have to make it usable, and readable. The text is increasable, the logo is visible, you know where you are. I am using the symbol of lupus: the blue butterfly. There are drop-down links for the menu, and the titles of the pages are the same. I also opted for a clean and calm look (blue being the best choice).

Then came the CSS-ing. A pain as always, to get right in both firefox and IE. But it's all worth it in the end.

Now with the content, I was a bit discouraged, since I didn't have my "stories" to post. But I kept going anyway, and got my technical details done. I asked pretty much everyone I knew if they knew someone who had Lupus, I posted in message boards, I did what I could. Finally I did get one story, and I guess that's a start! But I wish I knew how to make people more comfortable with sending me information. Thats one thing that I should have thought about more.

I showed my website to the one person who submitted their story, and their relative who is attained by Lupus was in tears. I think I did my job pretty well, and hopefully everyone will be moved, and made aware by it.