Monday, December 29th, 2008
New Site Design!
It’s here! The new site design. I’m going for easier to read, simpler, and more fun to navigate. Like the ol’ acronym says, “KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid.” There’s also “KISS – Destroyer” and “KISS – Greatest Hits (1998).” I LOVE YOU, KISS!!
If you’re loving the new layout, holla! If there are bugs, lemme know about them. Thanks for reading!
7 Comments
December 30th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Well sir, I certainly welcome the new design. I like the lighter tone. It’s a tad easier on the eyes.
Can I offer one thing I noticed? While I like the thing that has the weeks posts and wish I had something like it, I miss seeing several posts on the main page. That gives the place a bit of a more lived in feeling, if you catch my drift.
Please don’t hate me forever for my comment. I obviously am horrible at blog design so take it with a grain of salt.
Your most humble servant,
Lord Paul of Crappy Blogs
December 30th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
I’m glad to help your eyes in anyway I can.
Thanks for the suggestion! First of all, your blogs are great, and you know it, sir.
I’ve been getting tugs in different directions on the multiple posts per page thing. A lot of folks said there was too much text on the page, and it was intimidating. I’m trying to make the site more visual. Still, I do want the site to feel lived-in. Hmm…
Anyone else have an opinion?
December 30th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I agree with the first guy!
Seriously, I guess do what feels right. I’m not sure about the intimidating thing, because that’s how 99% of blogs look like on the internet these days. Maybe there’s some sort of opinion on it somewhere where they talk about blogging. I know I’m being vague here, but I got a lot of tips from reading about blogging on the interwebs.
Okay, I’ll shut up now, but not before I say I’m glad you kept the picture of you and the trophy.
December 30th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Yeah, that picture of me with the trophy is going nowhere! I’ll seriously consider putting more blogs on the home page, or something like the same.
More thoughts?
January 9th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I just had a thought: You should have links to other awesome blogs.
Spread the link love, I say!
Also, a recent comments list would be cool so I could see what posts have new comments… I’d love to have one on Robots PJs, but I can’t figure out how to do it with my crappy theme. Bah!
January 9th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Both good suggestions, very implementable.
Do you have WordPress? Recent Comments should just be a plug-in away.
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:46 am
Still working on a good way to display posts on the front page, but I’ve got Recent Comments and a link list up now. Hooray!
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