Site Cleanup
- Posted by Shaun on November 3rd, 2007 filed in Xiaoniu
- 3 Comments »
After reading an article on cleaning up clutter on a blog I knuckled down and gave mine a once over. I prefer a minimalist look, but never took the time to make changes to the theme. Then I went and did it only to find out that IE didn’t like the changes. This past week I gave it another shot and made sure my changes were IE sensitive so as not to alienate both of my readers. (Hi Jess! Hi Mom!)
Basically, I got rid of the three column format. Condensed three into two. Made the columns a bit wider to accommodate more information. Moved the blogroll to its own page. Trimmed the rarely used categories. Removed the “meta” links and re-styled the rss links. Lastly, I dropped the ClustrMap and the image from my CC license.
I think the final result is pretty nice. A little simpler and a bit more functional. Pages also load faster. The only thing I haven’t figured out just yet is why my 中文化 page link in the header renders oddly in IE. If you know why let me know and I’ll fix it. Otherwise ignore it or switch over a any non-IE browser.
Updated:
I decided the merge the 中文化 page with my new blogs & links page since it was only a place for links. One less page. I also took the time to update my plugins. I’m happy to see that most have active developers and some annoyances have been addressed.
November 5th, 2007 at 8:29 am
I only view in IE when I’m on my laptop. I normally read your site in the morning while I eat bfast and I’m on my pc with mozilla. Thanks though
November 6th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Damn. That makes three. IE seems to only be a problem for those who surf at work. I’ve been lucky enough to get FF installed on my work pc, but not everybody can do that at work. IE is a necessary evil…for now.
November 7th, 2007 at 8:32 am
yeah, I actually went so far as to remove it from my work laptop before realizing that all of our apps are written to it. once I started browsing to them in firefox I couldn’t access some of them so I had to switch back.