Finally after two weeks of coding and designing, debugging and re-bugging (to get it to work in IE), I’m proud to say the new design is live! And I’m kind of proud of it, so if you’re reading this in a RSS-reader, come on over and take a look.
Changes
This was a complete overhaul, and almost everything changed. To name them all would be too much, so here are the most notable changes:
- The design went from 3 columns to 2 columns
- The header image changed completely and takes up less space above the fold
- The comments show alternating colors and have gravatars enabled
- The archives now give a good overview of all the posts by showing only the title
- The sidebar contains an ad-section for the popular 125×125 ads
- I have added a section for the most visited posts and the most active readers
- The site looks good in all major browsers
- The design is much cleaner, both in coding and layout!
Of course there’s still some work to do, so there will be minor changes over the coming days to tweak the design and coding. If you see any glitches, please let me know! Any feedback is appreciated by the way!
The old look
For those of you who don’t remember the old layout, I added a screenshot for your reference.
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Much easier to scan and a bold look too. Also, I like the logo at the top. Good work.
Very nice work! I like the new look very much. Very clear and, of course, original!
Thanks guys, I’m glad you like it.
Nice work. I especially love the new header and logo. Awesome work.
To be frank: I did not design the image in the header. I bought it as a stock photo. The logo I designed (a while back) can be found as the standard gravatar in the comments and as the favicon in the address bar. But I like this image a lot better!
Nice theme choice Lodewijk. I like the bold look.
Good work Lodewijk.
Especially as you wrote it from the ground up!
what can I say, looking good. Now develop your GIMP skills and become a professional web developer
j/k
Anyway, looking good! Your perseverance payed off.
Love the new look! The header is eye-catching and looks authoritative. Awesome job.
Thanks all!
Wordpress has great documentation on how everything works, and it has a very helpful community of developers. I never thought I would turn to the developers documentation on any application or programming language! Funny how things turn out. At some point I really enjoyed doing it, and in a way I still do. But professional developer…nah. I like it as a side dish, not as the main course