Actually - all done in WP with Brian Gardner's Revolution News theme.
Euan Semple
· 2 years ago
Being subtle might have been funny but explaining will seem harsh. Just looked a little shiny corporate.
Dennis Howlett
· 2 years ago
Be harsh - no worries.
Yeah - it does a bit but it's the cleanest design I've found that does what I want and in any event I am an ex-corporate type so...
Euan
· 2 years ago
Hard to believe ...
Jeff Nolan
· 2 years ago
Nice redesign Dennis. Good layout and I like the color palette. I think the simplified sidebar is a welcome trend btw.
Susan Scrupski
· 2 years ago
i liked the old one better, dennis! not sure exactly why... this one gives me too many options and not a clear focal point for my reader's eye.
Dennis Howlett
· 2 years ago
@Susan: Does adding in a graphic to the 'Latest Story' plus making it a full story read help? Seems so to me but then what do I know?
alastair
· 2 years ago
actually I quite like this. I tend to follow your missives through google reader, but perhaps this will alter my behaviour!
Richard Murphy
· 2 years ago
Dennis
I think it's great
I'm suffering template envy right now :-)
Richard
Dennis Howlett
· 2 years ago
@Richard: you must be due for a change. It wasn't that difficult once I understood how the templates fit together - just a bit of judicious code changing here and there plus a bit of fiddling with headings, categories and post numbers. All-in-all - an interesting experience.
Adding in graphics to the posts definitely helps to draw the eye methinks.
Frank Koehntopp
· 2 years ago
Nice design, Dennis. Like it.
Ali Choudhury
· 2 years ago
Colour scheme looks great.
I'd move the Latest Story, Asides and Recent Stories stuff on the left elsewhere since the eye naturally looks at that side for relevant new content. The middle column should be there instead since the short description below each headline is pretty useful in deciding whether you want to click through or not. Presently it looks a bit squished.
There should also be an indicator next to each headline denoting the number of reader comments since that tends to tally well with the usefulness of the news piece. The Recent Conversations entries could also do with time-stamping.
Don't know if it's possible but it would be nice to have a toggle to display headlines date-wise or subject-wise.
Luis Suarez
· 2 years ago
Hi Dennis! Pretty slick the new interface to the Web site. I like it. I find it easier to navigate and find the stuff you have been sharing. A keeper, imo! Plus it doesn't make me feel as old as the former one used to ... Know why?
Oh, by the way, it would be nice if, at some point in time, you would bring back the comment preview, so that we would be able to check out what it looks like before posting. For the rest, way to go! And quite an inspiration!
Duane Jackson
· 2 years ago
I like it, Dennis.
I still get a javascript error about the 'quicktags10n' function though. This was present on the old design, so not something you've broken.
This is on IE6.
Simon Griffiths
· 2 years ago
Like the new layout - looks clean and organised. The left-hand column is a bit wide though - a wider centre column would be better.
Mark Lee
· 2 years ago
First saw ref to your new layout through my bloglines rss reader so clicked the link to have a look. Got to this page: http://www.accmanpro.com/2007/09/30/new-design/ which meant I was confused by the ref to a l'h margin. Worked it out though. Nice one Dennis. Your blogging goes from strength to strength.
Susan Scrupski
· 2 years ago
Much better! I clicked over to reach the Cubic Telecom story, and easily found my way around. Much improved. I like it! Hey-- user-generated design- not bad for an enerprisey old guy...!
All Comments
;-)
Actually - all done in WP with Brian Gardner's Revolution News theme.
Yeah - it does a bit but it's the cleanest design I've found that does what I want and in any event I am an ex-corporate type so...
I think it's great
I'm suffering template envy right now :-)
Richard
Adding in graphics to the posts definitely helps to draw the eye methinks.
I'd move the Latest Story, Asides and Recent Stories stuff on the left elsewhere since the eye naturally looks at that side for relevant new content. The middle column should be there instead since the short description below each headline is pretty useful in deciding whether you want to click through or not. Presently it looks a bit squished.
There should also be an indicator next to each headline denoting the number of reader comments since that tends to tally well with the usefulness of the news piece. The Recent Conversations entries could also do with time-stamping.
Don't know if it's possible but it would be nice to have a toggle to display headlines date-wise or subject-wise.
Oh, by the way, it would be nice if, at some point in time, you would bring back the comment preview, so that we would be able to check out what it looks like before posting. For the rest, way to go! And quite an inspiration!
I still get a javascript error about the 'quicktags10n' function though. This was present on the old design, so not something you've broken.
This is on IE6.
The left-hand column is a bit wide though - a wider centre column would be better.