Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Find-StainedGlassPatterns.com Finally Re-Vamped

I have been chained to the computer for the past 3 weeks re-coding and re-vamping Find-StainedGlassPatterns.com - I am malnourished, pale, brain-dead and in dire need of being aired out and dusted. And my carpal-tunnel is killing from the repetitive cutting and pasting.

The improvements include:
  • thumbnails (for the patterns for which I own the copyright, or are displayed on websites under my control)
  • a new horizontal roll-down menu, new easier-to-find categories
  • a note if the pattern is a PDF file
  • a note if the pattern needs to jump through a redirecting page
  • a fresh broken link checker scan-through

What next? I do have a panel that needs glass cutting, leading, etc. Perhaps in the next post!

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Best way to find stained glass patterns on the internet!

FIND-stained glass patterns now has a new look. In the next few months, I will be adding thumbnails of my patterns next to the links in each separate topical category.



This will result in a more efficient user experience.

A few years ago, I toiled for weeks to create this listing of individual pattern links in topical categories. I was the first to do this - because it was a monumental amount of work. Now, many webmasters have taken this work and re-copied the code in their own websites. There is still one thing that cannot be stolen; that is, for me to add thumbnails of my own patterns, which only I can do, being the copyright owner. Furthermore, as I create a disproportionate amount of free stained glass patterns on the web, the majority of the links do feature thumbnails.

I am committed that FIND-stained glass patterns remain the best and most up-to-date individual pattern listing on the internet. As an online pattern publisher, FIND-stained glass patterns is always the first to be updated, as I am the first to know what pattern I just published.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Glass Fashion Show in Montreal

Espace VERRE in collaboration with the Montreal Science Center, will feature
a glass fashion show on Saturday, May 29, 20:00. Overseen by creative force
Laura Donefer, this is an event not to be missed!

Tickets are 32 $ by phone at (514) 496-4724 or 1 877 496-4724.

Door Patterns Here At Last!

Raining Rose Water, a pattern based on a slanted, repeated tiling motif, is now online and available in a number of standard door inset sizes, including sidelights.

More will be coming! There will be a realistic magnolia pattern, and a modernist leaf pattern coming up.