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My Website

I thought creating my website on Wittgenstein using Expression Web was going to be much harder than it actually was.  And before I knew we were going to be using this progam I envisioned long lines of code, so I was very relieved in the end.  I'm probably most proud of my default page because it is simple and to the point, and most of the design features I wanted to incorporate fell into place fairly well.  I found a good background picture that matched the overall theme, which helped.  I think that this was the biggest design problem that I encountered, because I knew that a plain-colored background with a simple scheme would look redundant, but I also did not want the picture to overshadow the content.  I ended up searching for pictures of Wittgenstein's hometown, Vienna, and one of the first things that popped up was a detail from a glass and iron building there.  It matched my color scheme well and was subtle enough to put in the backgound.  If I could change one thing it would probably be to add more people that Wittgenstein influenced, like Stanley Cavell, W.V.O. Quine, Hilary Putnam, etc. (practically everyone in philosophy, and a lot in other disciplines), so if I have the time to do a little more research (which is looking very unlikely leading up to finals) I might.  I also need to proofread, since I did a lot more writing than I expected to do.  One thing that was simpler to change was that I eleminated the borders on my navbar to make it more streamlined and varied the font size to make it more appealing.  I thought this was as big an improvement as anything.  I'm not really sure who I will show my site to.  I haven't really taken any philosophy classes so far, and reading stuff like Wittgenstein is kind of a hobby.  I'd encourage any fellow students who are curious about Wittgenstein's philosophy to take a look at it, because it's very relevant to many different interests: he wrote about language, aesthetics, religion- you name it.  I'm not sure if I will make another site in the future (maybe for a presentation or something), but if I do at least I now know how.