Blog Makeover


Just to give you guys a heads up, I’m giving Blag Hag a bit of a makeover. It was getting a bit too hodge podge and cramped for me, and I wanted room for larger photos and videos. Hopefully this will look a lot more slick and organized.

If anything looks glitchy, it’s because I’m tweaking it throughout the day, so please be patient. And if you have any suggestions, feel free to post them here. If you think it’s fugly but have no advice on how to improve it, feel free to keep that to yourself ;P

EDIT: Whoops, Disqus commenting has been reinstalled. Sorry ’bout that. Seems to be working now, though I lost a couple of comments that you posted in this thread (I saw them at least!). It’s not working on the About page anymore for some reason, but I’ll see what I can do.

Comments

  1. says

    O Disqus, where art thou?

    Small little critique would be the header banner; specifically the border and cornering (or lack thereof). Convert the image to a GIF or PNG file to allow transparency, soften/round the corners in Photoshop or some such, and leave the empty space clear so it will just melt into your blog’s bluish-grey background.

    Or, if you need, just ask Veritas about the job I did for his own blog redesign, if you may be interested in my “services”. ;-)

  2. fullphaser says

    Copying me D: I am not impressed :P (Just changed the theme for my blog about 24 hours ago

  3. Sadpanda says

    Looks great! Since you asked for suggestions:1. A slightly wider center column would make posts easier to read.2. Less padding between text and the borders in all the columns. 3. Make the Recommended Reading section a bit shorter and put it at the top and Labels below it.

  4. LS says

    Was it Euler who wasi that even the most modest proof yields a great satisfaction when it is completed successfully? Or am I completely mixing up my mathematicians?Regardless, the same principal applies to Math’s kid brother, computers.

  5. says

    Looks fantastic. One tiny comment, everything else here has nice rounded corners, what would it look like if the top header and your photo did too???

  6. Introbulus says

    ….D: AAAUUGH! It’s like…it’s like my whole world has turned slightly to the right and shifted its contents over into the empty space on the left side of the screen! …I rather like it. =) Was it easy to do?

  7. says

    Clean,modern design, understated well-contrasted colour scheme… definitely good for a non-disabled user with a modern browser. I’m almost tempted to assess it for other stuff, but that’s non-trivial… if you actively *want* an accessibility assessment, ask and I’ll do it… otherwise not really worth the time ;)

  8. NotThatGreg says

    Looks great – can I suggest .. the article titles could ‘pop’ a bit more – same size & font, but darker, and maybe not blue… try the brown or the blue from the ‘jen’ drawing for instance.

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