Everyone wish a happy 4th birthday to Fischler.org! It still amazes me that I’ve kept this thing going this long, but what’s more amazing to me is that it’s been over two years since I’ve updated the look of the site.
Um, strike that last point. New design for ya!
For the time being I’ve scaled things back to just the weblog and the associated archives, and even then it’s still somewhat bare bones. I will be working to update and add other sections, starting with my “For Hire” section so I can start shopping myself out for freelance web work. To be honest, the impending need for new revenue sources is the real reason I started this redesign; it just so happened that this refresh came on the site’s anniversary. Ah, the power of capitalism!
You will notice a few content changes in particular. For one, the new “Worth reading & Seeing” list, where I’ll start keeping a more frequently updated log of things that catch my interest, but that I might not what to write up a grand dissertation on. Also there’s a new “Recent comments” list in the sidebar that shows at a quick glance of who’s been commenting on what so you can keep track of active threads more easily. I’ve also brought back the comments pop-up window on the home page (by popular demand, I might add).
While this is a big leap forward, I’m still not completely satisfied with the results here. Then again, when am I ever satisfied with it? I’d say the new look is around for at least a few months, though it will be in flux for a while (my CSS code is still has a few hiccups cross-browser and there are issues keeping things from validating properly). I have plans to change hosting providers sometime in the near future, so I may use that as an excuse to launch a new design upon the masses.
So, what do you think of my new digs? Quite a view, eh? ^_^
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thumbs up, looks great
What a beautiful site. It is nice to see a tweaked out CSS site that doesn’t use phony clip art corporate hipsters.
Gorgeous.
NO EIFFEL TOWER!!! Thank you, thank you so very much!!
But what’s that red thing to the far right of the city skyline? Could it be just another one of those newfangled skyscrapers, or perhaps somethign a bit more…French?
Think what you will, but your Eiffel phobia was spared having to view a front-and-center version of the tower only due to the perspective and a rethink of my layout. Nothing more.
^_^