Wednesday 24 November 2010

Layout Update

From the Mind of Unknown

So, another layout update. This time I corrected some spelling mistakes on the custom navigation bar and fixed some issues with the alignment of the images.The problem is that when you are chopping up the larger image in order to assign a link to each smaller image, even if you are one pixel off it can have a major impact on the final design. I would like to thank my wife Leah for spending all this time making the graphs for me.

I also added a little mouse-over effect. It makes things a bit more clear and also adds a bit of  an eye candy through minimal animation. Now people can find my most important articles using my custom navigation bar. If you want to search further then you can either use the Label finder, Blog Archive or even the Google search bar on the right of your screen. I hope it is easy enough to navigate and find stuff now in my blog.

Give me some feedback please and notify me if you find any issues. If anyone is interested in my template I can give them my code provided they have their own graphs. Keep in mind there is still a lot of work even with the code ready (mainly chopping up the images and uploading them on the net) but I could explain it step by step to anyone who asks.

10 comments:

  1. Loquacious24 November 2010 at 01:54

    Antipope,

    I keep getting directed to a JPEG when I hit any of your little "tabs", rather than the area they are intended to go.

    I do like the "light up" effect, but I'm sorry to report the links are not effective yet.

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  2. GDMNW24 November 2010 at 02:02

    Good news!

    Everything appears to work as it was intended to. Congratulations on the new layout.

    I love tinkering with the layout and features of my blog, it's one of life's little pleasures eh?

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  3. Unknown24 November 2010 at 09:13

    @ Loquacious: This is very strange. I've tested it in IE, FF and Chrome and the links work fine for me. What browser are you using? Thanks for the feedback.

    @ GDMNW: Cheers. DIY coding has become a sort of hobby of mine. When I realised I had to pay a web designer 200 euros to "beautify" my bands Myspace profile I thought I could try and do it on my own. I mean, if a code monkey could do it then I should be able to do so as well :P Glad you like the new layout.

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  4. Home Of Cadaver24 November 2010 at 10:17

    Everything is fine and I must say that I really like how you fixed the mismatching graphic of the lasgun flare. One thing I noticed although not a problem but something strange. It seems to be a tiny 122nd Cadian logo on the left side of the banner that links to the homepage. Was this intended to be there?

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  5. Loquacious24 November 2010 at 11:03

    I found the problem... it was a silly user error... I was clicking inside the post on your template JPEG rather than the actual tabs & banner at the top. D'OH! Sorry for the confusion.

    Looks great now that I'm doing it right =p

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  6. Unknown24 November 2010 at 12:39

    @ Mihalis: Danke. It was down to Leah making a very precise job cutting down all the images correctly. Hard work indeed!
    Also you have a keen eye. Yes the small 122nd Cadian letters is the Blog Title. Since I am not substituting if for an image like most people (the custom tab is a separate div) it has to stay there. I could hide it behind the div but it is considered a black hat practise by search engines so I'd rather not. Can you suggest a solution?

    @ Loquacious: Haha, phew! And I thought I might have some issues with certain browsers. Glad you like it now, tell me if it is easy enough to navigate. Thanks.

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  7. Home Of Cadaver25 November 2010 at 02:35

    I thought that it would be there for this reason.In that case you can't do many things other than leaving it as it is, in many cases you can blend the colour of the text with the color of the background but here its a little bit difficult since the background is a pic. Maybe you could use a darker color only for this, a black or a dark grey just to make it dissapear a little more.

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  8. Gotthammer25 November 2010 at 18:52

    All the buttons work fine for me, though speaking of the colours the text at the bottom is a bit hard to read with the white of the background image.
    Maybe give it a black outline around the text or something?

    Either way, not a huge issue and it looks very nice :)

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  9. Unknown25 November 2010 at 18:58

    Hey, cheers. For which text are you refering to? The one on the custom nav bar?

    I always say that a little eyeball bleeding never hurt anyone :P

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  10. Gotthammer25 November 2010 at 19:34

    The one that seems to bug me the most is 'Fluff', with the white blob under it.

    Not the end of the world though.

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