The Web Walker

At last I have been able to transform my storywalks into a more user friendly format, or nearly!

I have often struggled (and users aswell) with the process of using apps to read my walks. So the new works are all browser based, and everyone knows how to click a URL?! Well click a link anyway (same thing if you were wondering!)

From my point of view I want users to have as few hurdles between them and the experience as possible, nobody wants a headache, it must be simple, intuitive and work. The builder is made, which is the back end bit for me to populate with images and stories. The pictures here are from the first to be tested which is the Dulverton walk 'The Watching Way'.

But there is still a long way to go, the main problem is I like my walks off the beaten track, I like to take people to beautiful places and then put a tale inside that tapestry. In hidden valleys and secret locations, places where the 3G reception is zero, and is likely always remain so. That makes for some serious know how about HTML5 and super magical coding, of which I know little, but I do know a man who does! 

So this has all come about because of Somerset Art Works who have kind of put me under their wing, and then chased me a little, and pushed and prodded me (nicely) to do what I know I need to do. Works that enable my practice to go to the next level, and connect with a larger audience. This kind of web work doesn't come cheap, but with SAW putting a little application in for LARC funding we have got to this stage.

We are still a way from having a product to shout about, and at the time of posting have hardly field tested at all. So watch this space, and keep your fingers crossed that we can get the tech to jump through these wild hoops. The riches and possibilities are fabulous, and it's theoretically possible, but then . . . . . . .