Site info
Basics
This is a personal site of a 20-something girl. Previously known as elsi (and/or e·l·s·i), this site's been online
since August 1999. At first I used free servers, such as Envy.nu. Then I was invited to the late Its-Happening.org by
Priscilla. When that domain came to an end, I was lucky enough to be able to move my site to the new #1 classic rock
domain in the net, WheelInTheSky.org.
WITS.org was closed in March 2006. I kept building my site, even though I never got it online. I bought
my first ever domain on December 29, 2006, from EasyLineHost.fi.
Rock-A-Bye.net was mine for an entire year.
The domain expired in December 29, 2007. I decided not to purchase it again.
I might someday, but right now I'm really so busy with everything else, that I don't have time to update my site
regularly. So, the site's gone from Rock-A-Bye.net to just Rock-A-Bye.
Rock-A-Bye
The name Rock-A-Bye came to me in the summer of 2004. It's actually the title of one Tommy Bolin song. And since
I'm more or less obsessed with the word rock and I'd been wanting to change the title of my site, Rock-A-Bye
was the perfect name.
Software
When I started webdesigning on my first computer back in 1999, I used FrontPage Editor to build my site(s). But since there usually was
something wrong with the coding, I had to fix it "manually". That's how I really learned how to make things happen without
FrontPage. Nowadays I use only Notepad Gedit (a text editor for Gnome).
For my graphics (which aren't that marvelous, I know) I've previously used four different programs: iPhoto Plus 4 (came with my
previous scanner), Paint Shop Pro 4.12, Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and even Paint. Nowadays I mainly use Adobe Photoshop 5.0 and GIMP for things the old Photoshop can't do. :)
For animated graphics I've used Babarosa Gif Animator 3.6, found at Download.com. However I have not made animated graphics in a
long time, and I'm not even sure if Babarosa works on Linux.
Current lay-out
Made: 2/2009
Version title: Sunporch Cha-Cha-Cha
Version published: 3/2009
Version inspiration: Sun shining
Featured: Drawn picture of three girls in summer dresses
Text font: Georgia (headers) and sans-serif
Graphics font: Candy and Futura Lt BT
Credits: Brushes by ~Project-GimpBC [link]
Comments: Even though it's just the end of February, the sun has been shining like crazy. So, I'm waiting for summer and that was the inspiration for this lay-out. I found that drawn picture of three girls on my hard drive, and decided to use that. The colours match the way I've been feeling lately. :)
© Rock-A-Bye 2003-2009