RIP crusty old dark background
The 15 minute redesign, in emacs, on live css. Not good practices for production work, but for my own site it’s ok. So for posterity here’s the old one, which was cramped and dark and gross:
And here is the new one, which is not perfect, but is lighter, wider, more legible, and importantly, doesn’t have any more crappy green:
It’s amazing how you can just so badly want to make a change, but it seems so involved and like such a huge project, and it just never happens. Months ago I had a full on freaking rails project for my new blog and portfolio. It had pink and yellow, and was absolute overkill. Now I realize how nice it is just to keep making incremental changes. There’s enough epic stuff to deal with already, and web design doesn’t always need to be one of them.
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August 27th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Clear skies! I like that images are larger now. I am also in the process of redesigning my website, everything will be managed by wordpress with a custom theme.
August 27th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
thanks burak! yeah, i think making changes on the live site really helped me figure it out fast. :)
August 27th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
better ! simpler !
August 27th, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Oh, and just one more thing, on my browser : Firefox 2006 with a PowerbookG4 12′, everything is “sticking” to the left with 0px marging … It’s probably because I have a very small screen … mini-mac no good. As soon as I enkarge I get more air, mmmm better. Cheers !