Little color change

Literally, I changed the color scheme of the site a little. So little, you might even be wondering what the hell I changed.

I dropped the traces of blue (headers, etc.) in favor of green just so it would gel with the rest of site. No, this has nothing to do with the school I’m partial to (come to think of it, i wonder if it was a subliminal action that I started with blue and green as the color combination – which doesn’t make sense design-wise)

Anyways, I had to drop one or the other, and I already had too many green hues in my stylesheet (gradients, the calendar, the alternating table colors), so it made more sense to change the little blues here and there, rather than convert a ton of greens.

I kept the old images though, I could put it back if people say the old style looked better.

Blog redesign finished!

Version 7.0 is practically done. I just have to put some minor tweaks and apply the template to the rest of the site (music section, etc.) But as far as the blog goes, it’s a done deal.

Although I know RSS is basically a more efficient way of reading blogs, and that those people who are actually savvy enough to be reading multiple CMS(ish) type systems probably just aggregate their content via RSS readers (hence rendering any design of an updated site useless); I still went on ahead with changing the look.

I guess deep down, I still want people to visit the actual pages once in a while and see the layout of the posts in all their glory. After all, RSS readers have their own stylesheets applied to the content, so you get a very uniform look for all the sites you read from – which pretty much strips the sites from their personalities. I designed the new look to be easy on the eyes and (hopefully) a pleasurable experience for visitors and readers alike. Not to mention the fact that there are a bunch of features in the site that can never be replicated on an RSS reader. Read More