Paint Job

by Aaron Brazell on April 13, 2006 · 37 comments

New day, new paint job, new potential.

Bear with me as I get the new look oriented. I hate to keep changing things but the last template was jut… limiting. And broken, apparently, for Safari users on the Mac.

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Tagged as: Design, Technosailor, themes

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1 Stacie April 13, 2006 at 8:28 am: I like it better, but your right bar is dropping below the content.
2 Aaron Brazell April 13, 2006 at 8:36 am: Thanks Stacie. What OS/Browser/Resolution?
3 Stacie April 13, 2006 at 8:48 am: IE 1024 x 678 laptop screen.
4 Aaron Brazell April 13, 2006 at 8:50 am: Alright I’ll be tweaking IE6 today. I only have IE7 at home(which renders perfectly) so I have to work with IE6 today.
5 Stacie April 13, 2006 at 8:28 am: I like it better, but your right bar is dropping below the content.
6 Aaron Brazell April 13, 2006 at 8:36 am: Thanks Stacie. What OS/Browser/Resolution?
7 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 9:44 am: I was to lazy to make my blog work perfectly with IE, so I just put this in at the top:

<!–[if IE]>Resiny.org does not support Internet Explorer. Life is simply too short. Browse Happy.<![endif]–>
8 Stacie April 13, 2006 at 8:48 am: IE 1024 x 678 laptop screen.
9 Aaron Brazell April 13, 2006 at 8:50 am: Alright I’ll be tweaking IE6 today. I only have IE7 at home(which renders perfectly) so I have to work with IE6 today.
10 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 9:44 am: I was to lazy to make my blog work perfectly with IE, so I just put this in at the top:

<!–[if IE]>Resiny.org does not support Internet Explorer. Life is simply too short. Browse Happy.<![endif]–>
11 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 2:53 pm: I’m looking at it in Safari right now, and it looks alright to me…

The “Where Aaron Can Be Found” is a little wird…. not sure what it is but the links sink together a little to much.. Maybe something like

That Damn PC
(tab/space) -> Renaming the Recycle bin

ProBlogger Blog Tips
(tab/space) -> Humanity Still Trumps
12 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 2:59 pm: Here’s a screen shot of it in safari / webkit… picture taking Paparazzi!

http://dropbox.aplosmedia.com/technosailor.com.png

Regards,
Eric
13 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 3:00 pm: Oh,

And sorry for another post, but maybe you should make the “Posting your comment… ” text stand out just a little bit more ;) maybe add some rotating image or something… it kinda blends into “Leave a comment..” and I was like, wtf, why isn’t my comment posting ;)
14 Aaron April 13, 2006 at 3:14 pm: Thanks for the feedback, Eric. I’m pretty happy about Safari now that I’m seeing a screenshot…
15 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 3:23 pm: I’m (supposedly) doing some work at the library…the computer’s using IE 6, I’m pretty sure at 800 x 600. The whole site looks great except for the fact that on the main page the sidebar is dropping below the content. Probably fixed without too much work
16 Aaron April 13, 2006 at 3:29 pm: Oh well. Not even going to cater to 800×600. That decision is official now. Up until this version, I catered to 800×600. Looking at my stats, I could care less about 800×600.
17 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 3:34 pm: ala A List Apart (no pun intended)

I did the same thing myself, because it’s too much trouble, and because it’s people’s choice/responsibility to read my blog, not my responsiblity to make a blog customized to their needs and deliver it to them. If they want to hang around, cool, but if not I’m not going to kill myself over it

(like the Ajax comments, btw)
18 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 3:36 pm: Aaron,

The screen shot I took is 800×600 (well, 1610 because of the length of your page), and it looks fine to me.
19 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 3:39 pm: Eric- you’re on Safari, correct? I think the problem is mainly an IE thing (huge surprise) and not as much a resolution thing, though it might display normally in IE at a normal resolution
20 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 3:51 pm: Yeah, Safari.

And Aaron, if you need any mac screen shots, drop me a line ;)
21 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 2:53 pm: I’m looking at it in Safari right now, and it looks alright to me…

The “Where Aaron Can Be Found” is a little wird…. not sure what it is but the links sink together a little to much.. Maybe something like

That Damn PC
(tab/space) -> Renaming the Recycle bin

ProBlogger Blog Tips
(tab/space) -> Humanity Still Trumps
22 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 2:59 pm: Here’s a screen shot of it in safari / webkit… picture taking Paparazzi!

http://dropbox.aplosmedia.com/technosailor.com.png

Regards,
Eric
23 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 3:00 pm: Oh,

And sorry for another post, but maybe you should make the “Posting your comment… ” text stand out just a little bit more ;) maybe add some rotating image or something… it kinda blends into “Leave a comment..” and I was like, wtf, why isn’t my comment posting ;)
24 Aaron April 13, 2006 at 3:14 pm: Thanks for the feedback, Eric. I’m pretty happy about Safari now that I’m seeing a screenshot…
25 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 3:23 pm: I’m (supposedly) doing some work at the library…the computer’s using IE 6, I’m pretty sure at 800 x 600. The whole site looks great except for the fact that on the main page the sidebar is dropping below the content. Probably fixed without too much work
26 Aaron April 13, 2006 at 3:29 pm: Oh well. Not even going to cater to 800×600. That decision is official now. Up until this version, I catered to 800×600. Looking at my stats, I could care less about 800×600.
27 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 3:34 pm: ala A List Apart (no pun intended)

I did the same thing myself, because it’s too much trouble, and because it’s people’s choice/responsibility to read my blog, not my responsiblity to make a blog customized to their needs and deliver it to them. If they want to hang around, cool, but if not I’m not going to kill myself over it

(like the Ajax comments, btw)
28 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 3:36 pm: Aaron,

The screen shot I took is 800×600 (well, 1610 because of the length of your page), and it looks fine to me.
29 Jesse April 13, 2006 at 3:39 pm: Eric- you’re on Safari, correct? I think the problem is mainly an IE thing (huge surprise) and not as much a resolution thing, though it might display normally in IE at a normal resolution
30 Eric Coleman April 13, 2006 at 3:51 pm: Yeah, Safari.

And Aaron, if you need any mac screen shots, drop me a line ;)
31 Travis Seitler April 13, 2006 at 4:54 pm: Ah, much prettier!

It’d be nice if you could see the tiny links in the tag cloud… at least when focused… ;)
32 Travis Seitler April 13, 2006 at 4:54 pm: Ah, much prettier!

It’d be nice if you could see the tiny links in the tag cloud… at least when focused… ;)
33 Sean McCormick April 15, 2006 at 12:56 am: I gotta tell ya – the new look is nice. IE6 1024X768, laptop LCD. The old look was kinda jumbled together on the right side (comments, posts from other blogs, survey all ran together) – all with the same settings as above. I kept meaning to do a screen cap to send to you, but then you revamped.
34 Sean McCormick April 15, 2006 at 12:56 am: I gotta tell ya – the new look is nice. IE6 1024X768, laptop LCD. The old look was kinda jumbled together on the right side (comments, posts from other blogs, survey all ran together) – all with the same settings as above. I kept meaning to do a screen cap to send to you, but then you revamped.
35 Aaron April 15, 2006 at 6:54 am: Yeah Sean…. I know. It was driving me crazy to heave to hear about it all the time. One of the leading factors in refactoring things.
36 Aaron April 15, 2006 at 6:54 am: Yeah Sean…. I know. It was driving me crazy to heave to hear about it all the time. One of the leading factors in refactoring things.