Welcome to Clean n' Simple v1.0
Do you ever look at your
website and
just think that it feels old? I
don't keep track, but, I am sure I look at my website on a daily basis,
whether it's to answer comments or to just look at how well it is
designed. About
a month and a half ago I began pondering about a new redesign for
samuelwat.com...I wanted something more 'blogger' friendly so it would
entice me
to post more bulletins. I started out by ditching the dark colors and
only keeping the light green. I soon realized that I wasn't very happy
with the absence of my dark colors so I began a color scheme
restructure until I came up with Clean n' Simple v1.0.
I was very happy with the outcome and completed the XHTML/CSS coding,
however right before integrating my PHP, I started to miss my big icon
boxes of my recent work. So, back to the drawing board again, well sort
of. After several mind numbing cold beverages of Kool Aid, Tropical
Punch to be exact, eureka! As you can see the new design is a mix and
match of different concepts of my design. And, of
course the big icon boxes had to be included, so it was. In all
honesty, samuelwat.com's previous Red n' Gray template could probably
still hold
up today (If it followed my needs), but, it's just that designs get old
and people, including yourself, like change.
A few minor changes...
One of the first things I wanted to do was get my Fileden pictures on my web site since I am a picture maniac with my new LG Voyager. Secondly, I wanted to do something with the navigation; the absolute positioned navigation was getting on my nerves...at an extreme height. Third, and, probably the least important was the objective to remove any ads not creating revenue.
Finally, Search has arrived. This time it works! HOOAH!
Search was a feature I ended up adding at last minute. It's funny though, because it's my favorite addition even though it was last minute. The search functionality I added in is very impressive...to me at least. You may search a keyword and from there you can switch back and forth based on articles or comment results. Wowsers! So, that's about it, feel free to leave me comments, thanks.