New and Improved, in Beige
At long last, it’s ALIVE. The Fall 2006 redesign. Beta (wink).
I had intended to take the site down for a few days while serving up that wonderfully descriptive 403 page, but a few days turned into a few weeks. If you’re one of the people who checked in every day hoping I had written something new, I apologize for the long delay. I appreciate your interest and thank you for your continued patronage of this website. Give me a hug.
The current site is a complete rebuild from the ground up. There are certain elements that are similar to the old design (which you can still view from the About page), but I rewrote, re-edited, and basically cleaned up everything that had come before. I wrote a bunch of conditional PHP to make certain parts of this site as dynamic as I’d always wanted them to be. And I attempted to simplify and streamline the CSS, which had become somewhat of a functional mess. Rest assured, it is still far from perfect, but I’m satisfied enough to launch this rebuild.
If your monitor is calibrated correctly and we have somewhat similar color vision, you should see a beige/tan content area and a brown sidebar. If the brown is indistinguishable from the background, your monitor may not be bright enough. I had that problem myself until a few months ago. I’d constantly read about some mystery guy in the background of photos that I could never see. A new monitor fixed the problem and changed my life. Yes it’s true. I can see people in photos now. And I’ve come to realize that there are SHADES of black. Gasp!
This color scheme was partially inspired by our wedding colors. Hopefully I’ll get around to posting one of our invitations in the next few days, and you’ll see what I mean. Nicole can’t spot the difference between #333 and #666 (smirk) but she has a great eye for color.
I removed the old logo and tried to improve the site in ways that focused on greater access to content. It is simpler in some ways, and more complex in others. I hope you enjoy the new look. It will undoubtedly change over the new few weeks as I tweak compulsively. As always, thanks for reading.
