This took me longer than expected and I was getting quite impatient already. I started working on this since Thursday night and I wanted to roll this out on Friday night but it’s just so hard. I think I got rusty somehow too.
This release, I mainly want to improve the readability of the blog. I want to try a darker background color too, almost all my previous layouts have been white. I want it really simple too. Nobody’s interested in my archives anyway, no one wants to know how many categories I have. So I rid them.
In order to make it look less boring, I try to change the colors of the posts to play around. You probably can guess how are the colors generated after a while.
Quite a bit of thought went into search engine optimization and advertisement placement too. No choice, I couldn’t throw them away as they pay for my bills you know.
However, this design is far from completed. After I applied the theme throughout the whole blog, I start seeing a couple of problems here and there that I overlook during my test.
Hope you guys like it.
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Tags: design, site related
I like the way you blended Google ads (side bar) with your theme. Nice.
paddy
by Paddy Tan (Dec 22, 2007 at 11 PM)Merry Chiristmas still!
Sorry, but what is wrong with you? The category and the archives is what I used the most in your bloog and you got a rid of all of them!!!! ARGHHHHHH! holy crap! Let them go back
Readability is nice, but has it to be…pink?
by Nafcom (Dec 26, 2007 at 1 PM)How did you derive this color scheme. It’s very readable and the pink/purple shades is very fresh. The only problems I have is it is a little hard to visually differentiate comments from one another and the ads are especially glaring against the dark background, but that’s needed to keep the blog running so that’s ok.
Luckily Widgeous Blog no need to run ads.
by Aen (Dec 26, 2007 at 9 PM)Which year indicator are you referring to? Anyway, the tags and monthly achives are still around. And the links are still around too.
Unfortunately things are a little messy there a couple of days back so I didn’t link up those pages. Check your email for more details.
The site’s primary color is not pink, the pink color comes and goes. You’ll know what I mean soon.
by Mr. Dew (Dec 26, 2007 at 9 PM)Aen: The color scheme is actually based on the day of the month. You can dig the older archives, you should be able to see all the shades of colors.
That’s the problem with image ads, hmmmp… I noticed one particular ASUS ad that has this really bright blue and spoils my mood greatly each time I see it, hahaa…
by Mr. Dew (Dec 26, 2007 at 10 PM)Mr Dew: The one on the right next to the date on the title. The year is not shown if multiple posts are shown.
What is the URL to the ASUS ad?
by Nafcom (Dec 27, 2007 at 5 AM)Nafcom: You’re right. The only way to know the year is to look at your status bar where the link has a portion that tells you the year.
I can’t locate the ASUS ad already. It just disappeared and now I see local targeted ads.
by Mr. Dew (Dec 27, 2007 at 8 AM)Mr Dew: Would be much nicer if you were adding the year back to where it belongs.
ASUS: A pity, but they aren’t nice anyway.
by Nafcom (Dec 27, 2007 at 8 PM)Nafcom: I’ll hide it somewhere soon. It seems to be quite unfitting for the current theme unfortunately. Not so soon though, busy with other work at the moment.
by Mr. Dew (Dec 28, 2007 at 12 AM)