wAntAn productions: New Year, New Template :)

Monday, January 02, 2006

New Year, New Template :)

Ever since the very first day I started this blog I had been itching to change the template but I just never had the heart to go through learning up all the CSS crapamolies and Blogger specific tags. After procrastinating for one and a half years(!) I finally did it. Presenting wAntAn productions' newest template for blogger. Current version is v2.0b001 which means it's still in beta and will undergo more changes.

What's different?

New masthead placement. In the original template the blog's name and description overlapped the masthead image. The blog name and description has been moved away and now you can enjoy the random mastheads in full view.
New menu bar (in red). Currently it's a little empty. As I add more features to the blog (e.g. photo galleries) it will be linked there.
With newer entries the embedded picture sizes are going to be significantly larger. All the while I've been using 320x240 but these days I've got a lot of bandwidth to waste.
Moved the random avatar towards the bottom of the page. Originally I was planning to have a great variety to them but I lost interest in pixel art. They aren't too interesting but I couldn't bear to throw them away.

What's not so different?

The colour scheme is not that much different from the old template. The biggest change is the introduction of red to the theme.

What's to come?

There are a few font issues I need to look into. I'm not happy with the way the posts look but it'll do for now.
The sidebar blends in with the posts section. Perhaps colour diffrentiate the background... it's a fair bit of work but this one's really irritating me :) Gotta change this soon.
Make a few icons and place them in. Will see what I can iconise.
Would like to make the comments section less plain looking.

Okay, that's it... comments appreciated. But don't kutuk kau kau lah.

4 wise words from our readers:

a golden opinion from Dragon City: nice...but i prefer the old templates...mayb because of the fonts type. And this new template seems to loaded slower wo..; 12:31 PM
a golden opinion from wyejon: tung: the fonts suck ;p i think maybe i'll refer to the old template for their fonts. about the template loading slower i noticed it too but i have no idea why ;p; 12:40 PM
a golden opinion from neotrax: hahahah!! apparently, i'm not the only one whom redesign the blog layout.

comments? this is a non-pro comment but just what i thought. the maroon color just doesn't go along with the background blue. that's my satu sen worth. hehehe!!

good job jon!!!; 12:06 AM
a golden opinion from wyejon: neotrax: hmm... i like the maroon color woh... not gonna change that ;p

damn it... this template still needs a lot of work.; 12:24 AM