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Experimenting with a new layout

Filed under: Site management by Hari
Posted on Wed, Nov 29, 2006 at 13:38 IST (last updated: Wed, Sep 26, 2007 @ 15:30 IST)

I'm experimenting with a new layout and a new colour theme. Please feel free to leave your feedback here. Some of the XHTML was changed and the CSS was modified heavily. In particular I thought I'd try and see how a left-side bar would work with the blog. Although this theme looks a lot like the old "grey" theme I used a while back, this is a completely new one.

The earlier gold-brown theme still exists, so I can always revert to that, but I wanted a change. :)

11 comment(s)

  1. I have nothing really against it, but I prefer the old look. Maybe I'm just biased against left hand sidebars!

    Comment by ray (visitor) on Wed, Nov 29, 2006 @ 15:09 IST #
  2. funny- I remember when left hand menus where in vogue, now it seems really foreign! The right hand bar is kind of more friendly for right handers. Nice white, as well.

    Comment by titanium (visitor) on Wed, Nov 29, 2006 @ 15:53 IST #
  3. Having a left-hand side bar seems more like a CMS website than a blog.Hm... maybe I'll change it back, but for now, let's see how this goes. Maybe it's a matter of getting used to it? ;)

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Wed, Nov 29, 2006 @ 16:23 IST #
  4. I kind of liked the old look as well. But I'm kind of getting tired of the same old looks for blogs and websites, probably one of the reasons I went with TextPattern and opted to remove all the archives, calendar and such, with just a quick search and browse option and a few links. I definitely like the untraditional look but then again, my own personal sites I design for me, not everyone else ;)

    Comment by drew (visitor) on Thu, Nov 30, 2006 @ 00:00 IST #
  5. Thanks, drew. Yeah, many websites still use the left-hand side bar, but not necessarily blogs. By the way, my brother's blog also uses a left-hand sidebar.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Thu, Nov 30, 2006 @ 09:30 IST #
  6. Looks ok: just change the top blue image: make it a couple of shades lighter and your blog will look great!

    Comment by Sudipta Chatterjee (visitor) on Thu, Nov 30, 2006 @ 09:42 IST #
  7. Yeah, I guess I need to make it slightly brighter. Thanks for bringing that to my notice, Sudipta.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Thu, Nov 30, 2006 @ 09:50 IST #
  8. It looks a little funny to me, but that might be because it is different. Oh, a left had sidebar is a lot less ignorable, which might be bad since a blog is all about the actual content with whatever on the sidebar as sort of an afterthought.

    Comment by tuxdev (visitor) on Fri, Dec 1, 2006 @ 04:44 IST #
  9. Thanks for the input, tuxdev.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Fri, Dec 1, 2006 @ 08:13 IST #
  10. Well this will require some getting used to. But, it's a very welcome change.

    Comment by LinuxLala (visitor) on Sat, Dec 2, 2006 @ 00:19 IST #
  11. Thanks for your feedback, LinuxLala. :)

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Sat, Dec 2, 2006 @ 09:23 IST #

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