New Member Introduction and Thanks

Hi all --
I can't believe I didn't stumble across this forum until 2-1/2 months of intense searching and reading on the web had passed!

I've been doing about 4 hours per day of reading here for the last three days and joined today.

I am engaged in my second attempt to start a web site design business. The first attempt was in 1995 and died short of starvation with only two clients - one in California and one in Georgia. The long and the short was that in seeking clients I found myself in endless discussions with people who thought the internet was a load of hype and wasn't going to amount to anything! Groan.

My expertise lies in the area of design (especially typographical design) and in content. I absolutely believe that content is 99% of a good web site. I have 2-2/3 degrees in English, with extensive experience in writing and editing. For 25 years I was a graphic designer in the PC (Pre-Computer) age.

My interest is in designing clean, fast sites which are free of grammatical infelicities, typos, and spellos. Since starting this second attempt, I have been fast-absorbing CSS and am now researching SEO material. (This means my own site is constantly under construction. lol)

As a matter of curiosity: I have had the same email address since
1997.

I look forward to becoming a supporting member of this site very soon and even more do I look forward to someday being able to offer others the kind of help I know I will find here.

Right now, about all I can offer is a quick reading of a member's site to let them know if they need to assign one of their people to thoroughly proof-read the content. I may also be able to offer help with some design issues about which folks may have questions.

Thanks again to all for this comfortable home on the web!

Clair