Haiku by Two – a beautiful WordPress blog

I wanted to proudly introduce one of the latest web sites that I’ve had the privilege to help design. Haiku By Two is a daily blog about two friends, Kelly and Alison, who not only have challenged themselves to connect over long distance (one in Minneapolis, the other in New York), but to write a daily Haiku.

The site is built with WordPress, an open source blogging and content management environment. There were a few tricks that I had to come up with to make the custom banners for each of the sidebar items. But, thanks to some CSS magic and a plugin called Daiko’s Text Widget, I was able to pass php commands through each text widget. I made the title of each text widget a single blank space, changed the text of the sidebar header to a measly 1pixel, and deleted the sidebar header background. After that it was simply inserting Alison’s very beautifully styled banners.

If you like Haiku By Two, give it a read! It’s more than just poetry. It’s art and connection. I’m very proud to have been a part of such a beautiful project!