Ok, I’m going to start telling people the design is done… but not everything is going to work right away.
Essentially I’m looking for some feedback on how the site looks.
Some things aren’t going to work. But here’s what does.
- The Blogging Software: WordPress
- I’ve jumped head-first into the WordPress blogging software. Interesting.
- A few sample picture albums
- Relax: I’ll post the albums all you guys want in the next few days. Just enjoy the fireworks for now.
- Show and Hide ‘Introduction’
- You can show or hide the introductory paragraph on the main page, and my site will remember your choice. Pretty cool, eh?
- Zero Browser Hacks
- My CSS design is not using a single CSS ‘hack’ for browser compatibility. Unfortunately, however, I am not sure how this looks in IE 5.5 Mac. I’ve managed to test it in IE6, Firefox and Opera.
- Flexible Boundary Layout
- This is a bit technical, but… basically I designed the CSS layout to flex between 800 and 1200 pixel widths. This means I can absolutely guarantee that my site will “look right” for 95% of browsers!
- Microformats
- This is even more technical. I’ve implemented MicroFormats for my identity and blog entries. Essentially, microformats allow browsers to identify blocks of content as being something, such as a person, address, calendar entry or blog entry. My site is now using the vCard and hAtom 0.1 spec, and I’ll be implementing others later.
I know, I know. It’s awesome… but keep in mind some links won’t work. Also, I haven’t really tweaked the sidebar or written the footer yet. It’s taking me some time to learn PHP and the WordPress API.
I’ll be posting more later. Right now, I’m exhausted. Let me know what you think of the new design!
