January 24, 2005
First Facelift
It isn't quite as good as botox but the blog got some facelift loving. Some friends of mine are putting together a blog of their own that looks to be a sure hit and I'll be talking more about them once they go public. I've been privy to some of their preparatory dialogue and have seen their site in a pre-release stage. It looks pretty slick and it was just enough impetus to get me to dive into the CSS here to shape this place up.
I have to say that I think it looks pretty good. Big thanks to Ignatz Mouse for feedback on some of the colors. I'm hoping that it is all balanced and readable; your feedback on this is of great importance. Please let me know what you think. There is also a good chance that I missed something as well, so if you find a page with garish reds (I use red as a test color to see what effect is has. I don't actually know what I'm doing so I tweak a setting and reload the page to see what it looks like), let me know. I already caught one bit where a background color obscured the text and fixed it, but there are likely more problems.
I don't have the illustrative skills to conjure up some bunker love imagery, but I did try to aim for a color scheme that reflects the beloved Superfund Silver Valley. It's primarily a gray color scheme with hints of green, or at least that is what is should be. Again, feedback is essential here.
Another bonus: the constant reloading of the front page to see what effects my changes had have put my page views through the roof! This blog has been getting about 6 hits a day (that's one every four hours!) lately, but as you can see, I've really set a new standard.
Now that school is letting up, hopefully I can keep working here. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I would love to have someone else post alongside me here. I feel like I'm dancing in the middle of the room all by myself here.
Posted by Nutrimentia at January 24, 2005 07:10 PM | TrackBack