A little revolution now and then is a healthy thing.

Welcome to codepoetry7

February 5, 2007 - 4:40am

After a day’s work, the new theme is now default for everyone … and I can finally go to bed.

  • Wider. This gives a larger content area. It used to be 780px for those using 800×600 screens (an iBook in lower resolution) but as times have changed since I made that decision, I’ve moved to a 900px wide layout.
  • Firefox friendly. I know FF handles fewer CSS attributes than Safari (sad, but true) so I’ve moved away from the simple rgba() command to using opacity on background elements to do the nifty fades Safari showed and FF didn’t. The drop shadows are still only in Safari.
  • Nicer graphics. The rotating title banner now uses my own photos rather than the old stock photos I found years ago. Yay.
  • Highlighted responses in comments. The theme knows me by name. When I respond in comments, it’ll highlight. Especially helpful in the forums or support requests.

Whaddya think?

February 5, 2007 - 8:04pm
George the Flea said
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Lookin’ good!

George the Flea

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February 6, 2007 - 2:11am
Adam Knight said

Thanks. Smiling

February 6, 2007 - 1:13am
jcburns said

Ah, the top image keeps changing…I was going to say that my wife would like your banner because it looks like Lake Superior rocks…but at the moment, it looks like one of those gaming doohickie die things.

Very nice, though…so’s Notae, by the way.

February 6, 2007 - 2:09am
Adam Knight said

I think you want the rocks in the concrete header. There are 24 headers, going from index 0 to 23. Feel free to use that trick to run down ‘em and share.

And thanks. Smiling

February 6, 2007 - 7:22am
AmberV said

The site looks much nicer in Firefox, especially the drop caps, which were entirely invisible! My only criticism is on the width change. Even though I have a 24” monitor, I still like to keep my browser windows at around 800x so that I can have multiple things going on at once. I understand, with a predominately Macintosh visitor ratio, adhering to the old standard is probably well nigh pointless, though. On a regular site, there is still a substantial (frightening!) number of users who are still on 800×600 screens.

But, it is a minor thing. I can see enough of the links on the left for them to be functional. I am missing one header button, but that is it.

“I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel.” — The Judgement of Dr. Johnson, Act III – G. K. Chesterton