New Blog Network Layout: Zephyr

Posted in Interface, My Blog, UI by Elliott Back on July 22nd, 2006.

You might have noticed that the main page of this domain just got a facelift. If not, I heartily suggest you go check it out. I spent the last 2 days whipping it up, and while it’s not 100% awesome, and has too much ad filler in the left column, it’s way better than the old theme. Allow me to present, Zephyr:

It features asides randomly pulled from across the network and pasted into the top bar, making sure, of course, not to let them clip off the edges, a blue color scheme, a large header logo, a number of informative pages, advertising space, a featured blog area, and a list of all our blog properties! I’m not by any means a web designer, so if you can leave suggestions in the comments, go for it!

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Tiffany Wu 2 years ago 1 point
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You know, I was thinking blog icons might be a good idea, or at least different layouts for each of the sites. That way, not all of the sites have the same green lay out on the home page (it's kinda monotonous).

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Permawords 2 years ago 1 point
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I like the new design a lot. The use of gradients and shadows is good. How does "Today's Featured Blog" work-- do you update it manually? I wouldn't be able to keep up that kind of discipline.

The first time I visited the new front page, it said "visits!" at the bottom, with no number before it. That seemed awkward-- might want to change that.

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http://www.permawords.com/

Nuno Oliveira 2 years ago 1 point
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I think the design is nice and simple, and complete at the same time. Of course each time we update our design, it looks even better, so for now I can only give you my congratulations :)

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http://www.nuno7.com

Elliott Back 2 years ago 1 point
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Actually, "today's featured blog" is currently random and refreshes with each reload of the page. I was figuring I'd just throw in some caching code later with a timeout of 24 hours!

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http://elliottback.com