(Finally) A New Site Design
It's here. No, not Santa. No, not summer in upstate NY (it's 48 here this morning). No, not even the much anticipated announcement of Miss Congeniality 3.
The site has finally been updated.
I finally reached a point where I was happy with the design, and found it different enough from anything I'd seen out there to call it my own. It's a little different from the 'sneak preview' I posted a few days ago, mainly in that the colors went from bright yellow and orange to a much more eye pleasing blue. I had the sneaking suspicion that if people were going to spend more than a few seconds reading the material on the site, it would be in their best interest not to have their retinas burned out by that violently phosphorescent hue. It was not unlike looking into the sun.
It's tough searching for the right color combination. I must've gone through dozens that for some reason didn't look quite right. And you constantly find yourself asking the question, "Does this shade make my links look fat?"
OK, sorry, had to slip that joke in there someplace.
As for the rest of the page, I did all the images by hand. I must have gone through 30 ideas for the top border of the content before coming up with the Daffy headline prototype (and, in all unfairness, the Daffy design took about 10 minutes where the rest of them took hours. How painfully ironic). The 'pensive Superman' on the right side wasn't too tricky, although I had to take a digital photo of myself to get the arms right (it's tough searching for the perfect crossed arms pose on the web). And as for the profile, that's a big ol' glass of Guinness. Reasons obvious.
Also, I'd like to draw your attention to two other blogs I've been reading recently (and who were nice enough to visit and comment on this site): Outside Looking In by Alison Bradshaw and the Workman Chronicles by Morris Workman. Excellent stuff over there in both cases. (and to the both of you, congrats on making my esteemed blog link list-- usually there's a much more rigorous test involving an obstacle course, 90-minute written exam and a polygraph, but I've been tied up with the site design so you got a flyer on that one).
So I hope you like the new design. Feel free to leave me a comment and let me know what you think. Your feedback is always appreciated.
posted by BJC @ 9:09 AM
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Thank you so much for the kind words and the kinder link.
I mentioned in a previous post...I really like the new format. As I said, I like the Superman guarding the right column, but I love the Daffy Duck header. ("Alcohol Cures Virginity" is my favorite. The most honest headline I've seen in a year!)
I'm glad you clarified the Guiness section. I knew Guiness was an important facet of your life, based on the top header (along with Star Wars and video games), but being a beer neophyte, I mistakenly thought the head and color looked more like Becks. I hope that doesn't show up on a quiz.
Something I've wondered about polygraph tests...
When they ask one of the tough questions, if you answer "I lied about that," does the needle move to indicate a lie? How about if you answer "I lied about that" on a question in which you actually had previously told the truth? Would it catch your lie about lying?
I've often thought how much fun a lie detector test would be at parties and just hanging around the house. Somebody needs to invent a cheap version for "Lie Detector: The Home Game."
Thanks again for the link!
*Morris Workman
www.morrisworkman.com
workmanchronicles.blogspot.com
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