Redesign
I haven’t been happy with the readability of my blog for a really long time. It’s been a complaint amongst readers for a long time as well.
Starting today, you don’t have to read it in a feed reader to get rid of the god-awful contrast problems I had before.
I looked at a LOT of wordpress themes and even the ones that I liked were so poorly built that I couldn’t stand to work in their code to modify them.
Brian Gardner created Dropshadow, the theme that I’m using now. It was a clean theme, and the code was very nice to work with while tuning things up and adding features and content areas. Thanks, Brian.
The next redesign is the one I’m really excited about…it will be the first time I’ve ever created a custom design for my blog. I don’t have any ETA on that, but it is coming.
Thanks for enduring through that last theme’s unreadability. This change is for the better.
Looks good. But I’d drop the monthly archives. They make your sidebar super long, and it’s an unnatural navigation device. I’ve never gone “hm, I wonder what X was blogging about in October of 2006 — oh look, there’s a link to it!” Tags, categories, search and paging take care of most navigation needs, in my experience.
Good call. Archive axed. My categories need a desperate cleanup, but once I get around to that I’ll add that to the sidebar. Thanks Mark!
See you in Miami?
Thank You! I like it..
Yeah, I know that feeling. I’ve got a ton of redesigns to do…
The new design looks great – I agree about the monthlly archives though.
Much better. Hooray!
I’m flying in (yeah, I know, but it’s a long-ass drive) for WordCamp Miami, but not staying for FOWA. Maybe next year. But going to SXSW, of course.