pixelspread: It's Brand New

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posted on 03/06/08

I launched the new look today. I thought it might take a little longer, but I figured I might as well put it up now, and then spend the next few days fiddling with the code. So far the blog is completely functional, the XHTML is valid, and the portfolio is almost finished. Contact needs to be styled, and About is on it’s way.

I’ve tried a few new things as well. I’ve added a section called aside. It’s basically just a spot for me to post interesting links I find around the net. I’ve also tried playing with the new text-shadow property. Right now you’ll only be able to see it in Safari. I’m sure Firefox 3 will be supporting it too. Either way though, the site isn’t disabled in any way if you’re using Firefox 2 or Camino, and in case you were wondering about websites looking the same in every browser….

If you see any bugs, let me know. Feel free to leave a comment. Hope you like the new look.

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David Kaneda

posted on Mar 6, 10:50 AM

Nice stuff — is the wood overlay in the portfolio staying? It’s pretty interesting.

Matt

posted on Mar 6, 12:15 PM

@David That is still left over from the last design. I haven’t decided if I’m going to keep it or not yet.

Nick

posted on Mar 6, 01:11 PM

Wow. I love the new theme. Looks great!

Matt

posted on Mar 6, 01:30 PM

@Nick thanks a lot!

Luca

posted on Mar 6, 03:56 PM

Hey Matt nice design, but why did you set your body bground property transparent? (i think also form validation tips should look more…red :) )

Mirza

posted on Mar 6, 04:10 PM

I like the new theme except i feel like your footer should completely touch the bottom. But that’s just the newb web designer inside me

Matt

posted on Mar 6, 06:48 PM

@Mirza I agree. You just caught a margin i missed. Thanks for noticing, i just fixed it.

Matt

posted on Mar 6, 06:49 PM

@Luca Just changed it, that was just an oversight.

Jaime

posted on Mar 6, 09:22 PM

Love the new design…OH! And the live comment preview is pretty sweet too!

Jonathan

posted on Mar 6, 09:44 PM

I’m looking at it on IE6, so I really can’t say much. One thing though, the sideblog looks kinda like AdSense ads… is it just me?

Matt

posted on Mar 6, 10:15 PM

Thanks Jaime and @Jonathan that’s actually not a bad point. I added a few little touches to hopefully change that.

Dave

posted on Mar 6, 11:47 PM

I like the bold design. The comments look especially unique. Hate to nit-pick (I realize all the nit-picking you’ve already endured turning this design over) but the line-spacing is a bit tight, considering the small font-size. I just want to squeeze in a bit of a margin in between the link list, the footer text.

But that’s nit picking. This is a great TXP site.

Viking KARWUR

posted on Mar 7, 09:02 AM

Hi that’s cool… Success…

David

posted on Mar 8, 07:32 PM

Hey Matt, this looks great! I’ve got several sites up on media temple now and each have a different cms (txp, symphony, wordpress, drupal). I’m trying to play around with each one, but it seems txp is coolest… at least for me. If you have any sample code or other tips on getting up to speed with txp, let me know. I really like thebignoob.com and they use symphony, but I really like your new look here. Great work, man!