The Marmot’s Hole

11 Comments

1. hoju_saram
   Posted July 1, 2007 at 8:47 pm | Permalink

   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
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 12:59 am | Permalink

   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
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 8:28 am | Permalink

   Looks great!

4. Ut videam
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 9:31 am | Permalink

   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
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 10:22 am | Permalink

   The new theme looks superb. Very nice, clean, cool.

6. R. Elgin
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 12:02 pm | Permalink

   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
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 12:31 pm | Permalink

   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
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 1:02 pm | Permalink

   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
   Posted July 2, 2007 at 4:04 pm | Permalink

   I like it—especially the contrast: sans serif for headlines, serif for body text.

10. Ut videam
    Posted July 2, 2007 at 4:09 pm | Permalink

    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
    Posted July 2, 2007 at 4:35 pm | Permalink

    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.