CHANELWOOD.COM - The internet domain of Chanel. Quirky commentary on life, book reviews, movie reviews, articles on fashion, photography portfolio and more.

CHNL by Chanel

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I purchased the domain name chanelwood.com in January of 2007. I am both lazy and fussy when it comes to web design, a fact beautifully demonstrated by the fact that this domain name remained virtually unoccupied until the end of May—nearly five months after its registration.

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The purpose of the site

The purpose of the site is to be a collective database of my life, experiences, knowledge, and skills. For these very reasons you will notice that it has a rather broad range of content—from recipes to web design articles—and is not specialized to any single topic or category. I think of CHNL not as a website, but as online representation of me.

The aim of this site is to inform, entertain and help others through my experiences and knowledge gained. After all, what’s a life lived, knowledge gained and skills aquired really worth if it isn’t shared? I don’t claim to know it all, but with what I know, I plan to share—and this website happens to be the perfect outlet for that.

Reviews & Recogitions

This site’s design has been featured at the following CSS galleries and showcases:

Credits & Documentation

It always disappoints me to see well designed sites with poor documentation. As a result, I make an effort to document all information regarding the operation and creation of this site - everything from the CMS to the plugins used, you’ll find below.

CMS used:

  • Wordpress version 2.2

Software used:

  • Photoshop CS3 for graphics and photo processing
  • Notepad for XHTML coding and CSS design

    • Icons used:

    Fonts used:

    • Georgia (header image)
    • Helvetica (content, headers)
    • Century Gothic (”CHNL” on logo)
    • OCR A Extended (”By Chanel” on logo)

    Plugins used:

    Access Keys

    Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the Website. On Windows, press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, press Control + an access key. For Firefox users, press Shift + ALT + Access Key. For more information on access keys in relation to your browser, check with your browser’s user guide.

    All pages in this site define the following access keys:

    Access Key 0
    Home page (Blog home)
    Access Key 1
    Author information
    Access Key 2
    Website information
    Access Key 3
    Features (articles home)
    Access Key 4
    Photography portfolio
    Access Key 5
    External links
    Access Key 6
    Archives Page

    Standards Compliance

    • All pages on this site validate XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS.
    • All pages on this site are Section 508 approved, complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines.
    • All pages on this site use ACRONYM tags to define and identify acronyms and ABBR tags to define and identify lesser-known abbreviations.
    • All external links on this site are set to open in a new window (target="_blank") and are denoted with the following icon for your convenience:.

    Terms of copyright:

    • Chanelwood.com (’CHNL’) and all its contents, including but not limited to: design (’layout’), images, and content (’blog entries’, ‘articles’, ‘features’) are © Copyright 2001-2007 Chanel Wood unless otherwise noted (’credits’ - found in credits & documentation section of site information).
    • All contents on this website may not be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the author. Non-commercial sites may quote up to 2 paragraphs of content, but author notification and a link back to http://www.chanelwood.com/ as clarification of the original source is required.
    • Author holds rights to revoke copyright permissions at any given time without due reason. All copyright terms are subject to change.