Blog Design Renewal

by Robert Koehler on July 1, 2007

~~Yes, I know the blog lacks a banner. I’m working on it~~. Banner up. Rotating banner to be added eventually. If you spot design flaws, please let me know.

{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }

1 hoju_saram July 1, 2007 at 8:47 pm: another random banner? I put one on my own site yesterday, was kind of tricky because my header script was in my stylesheet, but i think it’s worth it just to add that little bit of interest.
2 Robert Koehler July 2, 2007 at 12:59 am: I’ll try to add a random banner, but in the meantime, I’m content simply to pretend I’m not trying to ~~copy~~ benchmark Andrew Sullivan:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/
3 globalvillageidiot July 2, 2007 at 8:28 am: Looks great!
4 Ut videam July 2, 2007 at 9:31 am: Robert, looks nice… though if you want to do something to differentiate yourself from Sullivan, my first suggestion is to incorporate a serif font somewhere. ‘Twould be nice, in my ever-so-humble opinion.
5 sewing July 2, 2007 at 10:22 am: The new theme looks superb. Very nice, clean, cool.
6 R. Elgin July 2, 2007 at 12:02 pm: Robert, the photo from Kyongju (anapji) looks as if it has contrast problems now. Are you using Photoshop to adjust your pictures? If you need a hand with such, let me know; I am a Photoshop dosa.
7 hoju_saram July 2, 2007 at 12:31 pm: Theme looks good, minimalist but not severe.

Looks like you’re going to have issues with your title when you use your rotator, since it’s built into your header image. I had the same problem – if you’re savvy you could get a text title to sit over the top of it, but the php/html might be complicated and then you have the matter of not being able to get a shadow under it to set it apart from the image. In any case, this rotator i think is the best – written by the man who made wordpress no less:

http://photomatt.net/scripts/randomimage/
8 Robert Koehler July 2, 2007 at 1:02 pm: Ut videam: I’ve incorporated a serif font — ever-pleasing Georgia — for the main text.

hoju_saram: Thanks for the link — more stuff to play around with.
9 Ut videam July 2, 2007 at 4:04 pm: I like it—especially the contrast: sans serif for headlines, serif for body text.
10 Ut videam July 2, 2007 at 4:09 pm: D’oh! IE 6 width issue redux: on post pages with long article text and/or comments threads, the sidebar doesn’t start until the bottom of the comments.
11 Robert Koehler July 2, 2007 at 4:35 pm: Actually, the issue isn’t the length of the comment text or comment thread; it’s commenters posting long links. Anyway, I just installed a plugin that resolves that issue, and now it looks fine in IE 6.