Architecture

I am building a website right now and I am still relatively new at the process. Building a site takes time, patience and planning. Everything must be organized so with each click the viewer gets closer and closer to their destination. The site also has to be clear and understandable. It is difficult because too much information can put off the visitor, but sometimes the amount of information is unavoidably massive and the designer just has to work with it. While I am building I am thinking of Lessig and how he wrote about the "building" and "architecture" elements of the web in Code. In a way building a site can be like a puzzle, where the pieces have a correct placement and the designer must find it. Every choice the designer makes must have a reason, there should not be any decision made without a basis. There can be a lot of maintenance as well, even redundancy. Although, the final product is well worth all the hard work. When the site is up and running on the web, it is cared for like a lit candle on a cake making its way to the birthday boy. The carrier must pay careful attention to their footing as to not blow out the candle. Little adjustments and steps here and there, but after all the trial and error to get the site to work, the designer must be careful not make a mistake since everything is linked together. It is also interesting how even once the site is complete, there is still another challenge to undergo. Every browser system displays and reads code differently. On top of that every server is unique, so a website changes it's skin with every set of eyes. The designer must also make herself mobile and look at the site from every angle possible to make sure everyone can view the site correctly. One last thought about websites, which I love, is that even when all is said and done I still can't help but want to take the site to the next level. Sites were meant to constantly change, spiders on the web ignore stagnant sites. The process is never really finished, and thank God for it.