Just built a simple site for showcasing my sisters art. She is attending Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland Oregon and currently on a trip to study in Parma Italy. I think she has some really amazing pieces displayed on the site, but there is even more to be scanned and uploaded later.
The site itself is just a single page using jQuery to update the content. I could have used a fully featured CMS, but for a project of this size it didn’t make sense. The biggest thing was creating a site quickly and make it simple to tweak the design. While doing updates is not lightning fast and does require some technical knowledge, it takes a lot less time than setting up a CMS with way more features than are needed. It is the second site I have designed, and while I am not a professional designer, I think I can create something that is simple but still has some stylish elements. Plus it is fun to design something from the ground up, even if I don’t create the best looking site ever.