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Site Improvements Alterations
R. Alex Whitlock
As you (hopefully) can see, I've made some changes to the template. The mugshot on the upper left will now rotate on each siteload. It's a collection of thirty-or-so pictures I took for posts, past mugshots, and out of the pure excitement that comes with having a digital camera. I've been working on getting some kiddy pictures of myself into the mix, but that'll have to wait until another time.
I've also tightened up the look a bit. It should look better for those of you on 1024x768 resolutions if you have things off to the side. Some fonts have been changed, so you should either be seeing Palatino Linotype or Times New Roman. I was thinking about Raleigh DmBd BT, one of my favorite fonts, but I can only seem to get that in Bold or Bolder. Besides, does anyone else have Raleigh DmBd BT or even know it exists? If you have Office, you should have the Palatino font.
Lastly, I'm majorly beefed up my FURL/Headlines section. If you're not keeping an eye out over there, you're missing out. It's probably one of the more interesting parts of the site.
This is a stepping stone to some bigger changes on the way. I was hoping to get RSS-out set up since a number of you have complained justly raised the issue. It's also a necessary ingredient for the next phase of changes but I could barely get RSS-in working for FURL.
If any of you notice any problems, please let me know. One can only check one's own work for so long.
Observations
Mmmm. TP loves Palatino.
Which plugin are you using for the newsfeed?
Or are you using some other external script?
The rotating picture trick is very nice. Keeps things from becoming static.
TP, it's a great font, isn't it? And unlike a lot of great fonts, it's nice and widely spread!
Kevin,
RSSAtom. I originally tried the NewsFeed one, but it came up with some sort of error. For my next two tricks I'm going to try to get outbound RSSing working and set it up so that I can have text on top of titles (though I might not use RSS for this part). Baby steps, though.
LeeAnn,
It's something I've been meaning to do for a while and am now quite pleased. I'm actually gonna go find/take some more pictures. Also am going to make the header quote rotate, too. I think.
I like some of the changes. I wonder which font my system is currently using for your site. Not even sure how one tells.
Kavey,
Thanks. Sometimes you can take a look at the source code (start with the first, see if you have it, and then move down until you see one you have). That's how I found the font to begin with. Doesn't seem to work on my site, though. If I recall, the order is:
Palatino
Palatino Linotype
Times
Times New Roman
Serif
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