It's a move back into green.
Eli James: The Blog is now officially version 4.0, with a few big differences. It's not a 3 hour job like the last time ... this version's clocked in about 6-7 hours, mostly due to dicky Photoshop skills and no prior knowledge of javascript.
Look Ma ... No Sidebars!
This version is one column (as you can all so clearly see), and it's constructed so as to highlight the writing on the blog, as opposed to pictures. When I started this redesign I wanted to test how far I could push the Blogger platform; to see if I could make this look like a Wordpress blog. I think I've succeeded, though I'm still playing around with the usability aspect of this design.Peekaboo! I See You!
The peekaboo slider at the top of the blog is powered by jQuery. In simple language it's a write less code, do more fancy shwag Javascript library that condenses what might take over 50 lines to 5 lines. Learning the code for the slider took me 4 hours, and in the process I just about pissed off everyone who was chatting with me in WLM. For that I'm very sorry, and I reward you with ... a goat.
Okay not really.This redesign is hardly finished ... I've to iron out little bits and pieces like a non-existent navigation and a link list. Taking down the sidebar has forced me to put things in very weird places, and the usability of this blog will suffer for the first few weeks.
Have patience, tell me what you think, and enjoy.
16 comments:
Stumbled in and just wanted to say hi. I think you've done a great job, will you only be able to see one post at a time?
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Hrmm. Spammy comment. Not a very good start for a redesign, no?
I actually think it is pretttty awesome!Clever idea.
I looovee it :D Can't wait to see it when it's done :)
A blog reincarnation...into a goat. Whaddidcha do in your past life?
You know what me thinks. BUT...One post per pg will get a bit...troublesome/annoying/weird since theres almost LITERALLY only One post per page???
@esther: thanks! Glad you like it. ^.^
@Paul: err. I think I was a cat. I like cats. You were probably Hitler. Kekekekeke.
@Sam: I was afraid to lose the header+footer effect. I'll tinker around with it and see if I should go with more.
nice work
Thanks, Max!
A goat!! Hahahaha. Great design. Can't wait to see what you'll make for me =) Love the peekaboo!!! And btw... I HATE green! ;)
Oh... umm are the links n tagboard n archive supposed to be offcenter? If it is... that's what I dont like about it. If it isnt...obviously something's wrong lol.
@Audrey: thanks for the compliment! =) Green rocks. I don't care what you say otherwise. It rocks it rocks it rocks.
*sticks tongue out and runs in circles*
Urm, what do you mean off-center? You mean the headings for the footer elements? Hrmm ... Puzzling, this is.
Hey fellow designer! Loving the minimalism of your redesign. I totally dig that elegant header of yours. Now serif fonts ain't that bad either eh? =P
I have your site bookmarked. Whether you like it or not. Bwahaha. =D
@Ember: thanks, man! Your site is amazing.
@Audrey: Well I've fixed it. Turned out to be a positioning error that only effected IE. Stupid, but no matter.
Heh. My bad for not returning to check the comments for this post.
Haha yeah I was using IE at the time...
Until now... I still love the slider.
Greeat designs.
learning php?
wow.
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