Bold new look. Same damn things.

by | Mar 22, 2005 | Everything Else | 11 comments

Before:
old design

After:
new design

Complaints and suggestions welcome.

11 Comments

  1. Sean
    Sean on 23 Mar 2005 at 00:05

    Looks nice – very slick. *sigh* Sometimes I wish I still had my own blog. Oh well, hopefully movement on that front soon.

  2. Derek Andrews
    Derek Andrews on 23 Mar 2005 at 05:49

    Nice overall look, much more sophisticated than the gawdy one.

    Some inconsistencies. Like this page has put scroll bars around the content area and this form is way too wide. Nice favicon, which doesn’t show in the address bar for all pages, though it does appear in the browser tabs (I’m running Firefox, 800 pixel wide screen)

  3. Rob
    Rob on 23 Mar 2005 at 07:35

    Hi, Derek – Thanks for the comments. I’m still trying to suss out the favicon issue, but was able to resolve the form width problem with a little CSS tweak.

    And Sean, BC wishes with you!

  4. shannon
    shannon on 23 Mar 2005 at 11:34

    I like the old one. I fear change.

    –Shannon from Alberta

  5. Rob
    Rob on 23 Mar 2005 at 11:59

    Boy, are you in the right province! :-)

  6. RossK
    RossK on 23 Mar 2005 at 17:48

    Did Mr. Holman just suggest that a ressurection is close at hand?

  7. Keith
    Keith on 23 Mar 2005 at 18:53

    Its cleaner and brighter and easier to read and makes more sense than the Globe and Mail’s op-ed page! (OK, that’s not too terribly hard). Seriously, I think its a major improvement.

  8. Rob
    Rob on 23 Mar 2005 at 21:23

    That’s my read, Ross. (Great. Now people will expect ODTAA to break this kind of news every day.)

    And thanks, Keith. The old look was my reaction to the sea of goth dreariness that seemed to be overwhelming so much of the blogimatrix back in 2001. It’s kind of a mess, and I should probably have ditched it around the same time I jumped to WorPress, but it still has a kind of warmth to it that made me reluctant to give it up.

  9. Ian King
    Ian King on 24 Mar 2005 at 00:37

    The scroll bars in the content areas are irksome, but it may have been a byproduct of the older browser I was using when I looked at the site earlier today. Thankfully, they’re not showing up on my home box (Firefox 1.0.1, Linux, 1024*768 for those who care about that sort of stuff.) The basic layout, though, suits me nicely even if using Rotis Semi-Serif in the header sets off my gag reflex.

  10. Sean
    Sean on 24 Mar 2005 at 07:43

    Oops…there I go starting rumours again. Old habits die hard ;)

  11. Rick Barnes
    Rick Barnes on 24 Mar 2005 at 16:15

    I like the change, good work. I tooo will be looking for a less cluttered look soon as well. Content is still the good stuff.

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