Finally got around to dicking around with some of my site’s functionality and appearance like I said I was going to two months ago. Some changes may be experimental, so I don’t know what’s going to stay and what’s going to go as I get everything finalized. Things might be fucked, off and on, for the next day or so.
Edit:
Oh, suggestions are welcome. Thanks to Shawn for saving me hours of dumbing my way around in code this morning.
To-do list:
Fix 1-pixel gap on top of page
Fix search form padding
Make masthead link to home
Get Winamp plugin going again
Add contact info to sidebar
Add code for rotating mastheads (By suggestion) (Although I only have one masthead for now…)
Do something with the blockquotes; I don’t like how they look right now
Add post count to archive section
Darken up the unordered list font (By suggestion)
Change link color to dark red (By suggestion)
Add post title to “Recent Comments” (By suggestion) (Not doing it, added too much clutter)
Install the Lightbox plugin for image viewing
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Get captions working in Lightbox
Fix size of close button in Lightbox, to prevent scroll bars from appearing
Replace all instances of old gallery tags with Lightbox (Going to be a HUGE work-in-progress)
Move comments back to bottom of posts (By suggestion)
Add clickable Pictochat smilies to comments
Fix pixel shift on footer
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November 30th, 2007 at 7:51 am
I dig it. It’s way easier to read. Easier on the eyes.
November 30th, 2007 at 11:40 am
eyes on the road
November 30th, 2007 at 3:15 pm
I know you’re sleeping now, but I found that your footer is off one pixel too. Nothing that can’t be fixed with a little code action.
#footer {
margin:0 0 0 1px;
}
If you wanted you could add border-left, border-right, border-bottom {1px solid #FFF;} to #footer as well and make it match up with the rest of the border styling like you have going on with the masthead. Just thought I would let you know. Sucka.
November 30th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Oh, and YOUR WELCOME…I guess.
November 30th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
thanks man
November 30th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Hey, no problem, that’s what I’m hear for.
November 30th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
hard cock
November 30th, 2007 at 4:41 pm
wait what never mind
November 30th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Nice, I like it. Glad to see the header actually fits the width of the site, too. I think the NES one was always a little short. If I were you, I’d get rid of the 1px white border at the top since you don’t have one at the bottom. I like the comments Recent Comments in the sidebar, and the thumbnail plugin always seems to be a good addition. I’ve still always wondered why you don’t get a Flickr account, but I can see how it could be a bit of a hassle if you only use photos for the blog. Anyways, nice work.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:30 pm
I added the white border at the top because somebody else didn’t like how the banner image just ran into the top of the browser. Made it look like it was getting cut off.
December 1st, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Better writing! Zing!
December 1st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
I knew that one was coming…
But I think animated fading/expanding image thumbnails is more important than interesting writing anyway.
December 1st, 2007 at 11:45 pm
Get the comments link back at the bottom of the articles. I’m far too busy to scroll back up to the top after reading a new post just to see if anyone else said anything about it. I mean, I’m currently working it into my schedule, but I’d like to stop. You’re making my life more complicated than it needs to be.