Fiddling with the theme
I just changed the theme for a modified version of White As Milk. I started working on this new look a while ago, but then lack of time (or, someone could say, inability to focus on thing at a time) made me abandon it. We’ll see if this time around I can take it to some state that I am satisfied with.
Let me know what you think. More stuff on the sidebar? Less stuff? One of my ideas was to leave only one post on the front page, and then just list the previous posts below. Is that a good idea? Don’t know. Will continue thinking.
And yes, I will write about at least on of the gazillion things on my list soon. I promise.
March 12, 2006 Filed under: blogs, navel-gazing
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I think the word is “clean”. Very, very, clean. Have you ever visited Google home page?
Well, a clean look is exactly what I am going for. I will probably add some more links to the sidebar, and perhaps change the header for a small graphic.
Para el menú de la izquierda a mí me gusta que se vean directamente las categorías de post (en los blogs que visito). Me resulta más sencillo y me hace darle a los enlaces de vez en cuando para ver post viejos
De todas maneras está muy claro también así como ahora XD
A mí me gustaba mucho el otro. Este es demasiado frío, pero bueno, la jefa eres tú…
I also liked the other one a lot. I think the idea of making it simple is good, but it could be nice to combine the old model’s “welcome picture” and background. Don’t you think a more colourful welcome looks nicer?
Well, I am still working on this new theme. Part of what I want to achieve is to give priority to the ‘main’ content (i.e. the posts themselves), and get rid of all the sidebar clutter (which used to contain Flickr pictures, blogroll, buttons…). And I also want the site to have a cleaner look (and, hopefully, load faster).
I will shortly add some small graphic to the header, and probably also change the colors in the stylesheet, to make it a bit warmer, as people have suggested.
Oh, and I have added a dropdown menu with the archives, to ease navigation through older posts. I will also try to add categories or tags to the sidebar.
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