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#1 2007-05-06 02:38:30
- Logoleptic
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- From: Kansas, USA
- Registered: 2004-02-29
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Zenscope.com "Don't Call it a Reboot" Redesign (with 100% more blog!)
Over the last month, I’ve been making incremental improvements to my business site. With the latest revisions, launched a few days ago, I’m calling this version “done” for now. A true reboot may be in the works down the road, but this is much more of a realignment. I’d love to get some honest feedback on the look and content. Your suggestions will help improve future iterations of the site. Thanks in advance!
Here’s a quick run-down of what’s changed and what’s new:
New Stuff
Improved Stuff
- Subtler gradients. (part of the ongoing purge of cliched Web 2.0isms)
- All drop shadows were taken out back and shot. (ditto)
- Vastly better typography.
- Color scheme improvements.
- Layout tweaks.
- Expanded “About” section (main page still needs work, content-wise).
- Generally cleaner code, with the exception of some work-arounds for Microsoft’s “special needs” browsers.
Broken Stuff
There are a few known issues:
- A couple of CSS problems (see forum post here). If you have any ideas on how to fix these, please share.
- Due to one of those CSS issues (the first one), a single layout table is used for the older / newer links in the portfolio. The shame, it burns!
Major server-side problem: site occasionally refuses to render at all in IE6 or IE7. Seems to be related to some HTTP issues.
Update (5-9-2007): The server-side issue was solved thanks to help in the TextDrive forum. I’ll be taking another look at the remaining CSS issues sometime in the next couple of days.
Last edited by Logoleptic (2007-05-09 18:00:17)
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#3 2007-05-31 21:23:04
- Logoleptic
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- From: Kansas, USA
- Registered: 2004-02-29
- Posts: 482
Re: Zenscope.com "Don't Call it a Reboot" Redesign (with 100% more blog!)
Hey, thanks. :-)
I think I’ve finally figured out the solution to my CSS woes as well. I haven’t had time to look at it for myself, but instead uncovered the answer while working on a client project. It turns out that the best way to make a flexible-width layout with a fixed-width sidebar is to use negative margins. I’d actually tried this, but had left out a crucial part of the CSS balancing act that makes it work.
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