Another redesign! I know. This one takes a different approach, it’s supposed to look like a futuristic computer panel. Click here to have a gander. This design also includes my first foray into Javascript – although I have used it in the past, I’ve never really developed with it. This is me creating my own code now, learning it all for myself. So far so good, I’d say. Notice the ‘more’ and ‘less’ buttons in the most recent update (all the text is shown if the user does not have Javascript on), and the mouse-following popup panel when you hover over the button on the right of the frame (unfortunately, no non-Javascript workaround here, but it’s just aesthetic).
All in all, I’m really pleased with the style. it looks best on a browser that supports CSS3 (Firefox or Chrome for example), but should still look dapper on other browsers. You just won’t get rounded corners and glows 
But yeah, I’m not gonna say how “this is the style”, because… well, I’ve said that about them all. Maybe I’ll just get building the website itself now…
Incidentally, that page is part of a test area I’ve set up for mucking about with styles and Javascript. Frames are bad, I know. It’s a quick and dirty showcase setup, nothing fancy. Just a nice place to collect all my efforts!
I’ve just done a little experimenting with CSS3, and I’ve come up with a design that I’m extremely pleased with. It wouldn’t work the same without rounded corners and shadows, and I think I’ve come up with the style I’ve been looking for.
At the moment it’s just on a test HTML page, but it’ll be easy enough to port to the main website. You can find it by clicking here here!
As it’s just a test HTML page, it’ll be changing a bit as I experiment s’more, but I’m really, really pleased with this design and want to start using it immediately!
I have this nasty habit of redesigning my site on a regular basis. I’ll come up with a great idea, implement it, and then have another, better idea. So this time I’m going to do it properly.
I’ve been raking around the net for inspiration, finding pictures of things with styles I like – everything from the Atari ST GEM desktop environment, to Wipeout’s ship logos. I know that sounds like a horrible mashup, but I think I can pull something together.
This layout is a big inspiration
The layout’s going to be a good deal different, too. Pictures and interactive things will take centre stage, with descriptions and updates at the side. We’ll see if that reduces clutter, makes the pages more aesthetically pleasing.
Then again, I may just find myself extending WordPress with custom plugins, since it provides a hefty amount of functionality already, and use this as the main site. What is a guy to do…?
