I'm "rebooting" this site this week - implementing a new design, condensing my stylesheets and reworking some of the code - so some things might be a little wonky (yes that's a technical term). It's been a while since my last redesign -- and this one is definitely the darkest I've ever gone. I've been having fun with Photoshop CS2. If you haven't upgraded ... it is SO worth it. GREAT upgrade. :thumbsup: (And the Illustrator upgrade is worth it's weight in gold. It's FANTASTIC. Just go for the whole suite. Great investment.)
So back to the reboot - it's dark and grungy - but I like it. It's my first departure from an 800x600 friendly design. I am so tired of the huge expanse of wasted space. If you have your screen set at that resolution, you're going to horizontal scroll. While I would never design a site for a client that isn't 800x600 friendly (because the average computer user uses the resolution their computers came out of the box set at, and until recently everything shipped with 800x600 native) - my stats for THIS site show that 99.9% of my traffic views this site on at least 1024x768 (and then there are people like me - my screen resolution is 1280x960!) If you're still at 800x600 ... what is wrong with you? Don't you know how many pixels you're missing??? :tongue:
So - it's Silverberry Rebooted, Bigger and Darker (with a little more cowbell).
Me like. Very cool.
Now all you need is a personal logo.
Oh, and thanks for rubbing it in about CS2. I'm still proud of my recently-acquired CS.:crazy:
Very nice, I like it a lot! At first I thought I'd clicked the wrong name in my bookmarks, but nope! And I love how you did the 1024 spread. I was thinking of doing that too... I can't imagine too many people use 800, and if they do, well, they need to switch, scroll, or not visit. :wink: Colors are lovely too - great job. :biggrin:
It looks gorgeous - but then, everything you do does. =P
V xx
Very nice design, as always. It's a long way from your red-headed girl on the swing, isn't it? But I like it.
As for 800x600, there's one thing that you have to keep in mind - newsreaders. Some of us rarely use a browser to view the site anymore. When you're visiting in a newsreader, you lose horizontal space to the left-hand pane (kind of like email). Though the problem is mitigated because you use full-text previews in your XML file. In fact, had you not posted that you had redesigned the site, I would never have known, reading all your content in plain black and white! :D So it's really only a problem when newsreader visitors come to the site to comment. But then again, they're not just "browsing" when they're coming to comment, so a little scrolling isn't too bad.
Ramble ramble. :moped:
Katherine ... you always make me laugh. And my CS2 can kick your CS's butt. Mwuah ha haha. Seriously ... it's worth the $149 upgrade just for the photoshop. It makes me want to :sing:!
Addie ... Thanks ;) I am just SOOOO tired of 800 designs. It's everywhere -- and I'm tired of having like 4-5 inches of wasted space on either side of every single page I visit. I say screw the 800x600'ers out there -- they need to get with it anyway. :whip:
Vix ... awww thanks .... I still LOVE your furious angel pot!! Everytime I see it I laugh. :laugh:
Jeff ... I wish everyone would do full-text previews in their RSS feeds. It would make life so much easier.
:thumbsup: Excellent I am loving your re-design. Nice red layout.
Looks very nice!