Comments on: Wha? Where’d This Come From?!

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:59:05 +0000

Ohhhh! Thanks! I will take a look at that when I have a minute to fiddle with it some more!

I *really* appreciate the tips!

By: Luke Hall

Luke Hall — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:41:51 +0000

Hi I just stumbled across your blog through the wordpress global tags. Making your theme 1280 pixels wide can cause issues as about a fifth of web users still view at 1024 by 768 pixel screen resolution and will see horizontal scrollbars which makes your content less accessible. It should be fairly easy to add a divider, take a peek at the code below and see if it gives you any ideas. If you do make your pages narrower you’ll have to shrink your header image too! Otherwise it looks really good, well done!

body.fixed-width #wrap, body.fixed-width #footer {width:1000px;}
body.fixed-width #content {width:670px;}
#content {border-left:3px solid #97C000; padding-left:30px;}
#wrap #nav {margin-bottom:0;}

By: mmalsed

mmalsed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:42:48 +0000

New reader here – it’s very good! Site is very very good and your first attempt at CSS is quite nice. A little scrolling, but your color choices are very relaxing, and easy to read.

Nice job! Wish I was on your server!

By: Tam

Tam — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:27:44 +0000

Looks gorgeous, I love it.

(but I do have a widescreen monitor so scrolling isn’t an issue).

By: Angelya

Angelya — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:13:27 +0000

Looking good! My non-widescreen work monitor has a tiny bit of scrolling still…

By: valkyrierisen

valkyrierisen — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:59:49 +0000

I love it, and especially love that header. Gorgeous!

Maybe you can find a similar layout that is liquid (or fluid). Then just copy&paste your changes/color choices to take advantage of the floaty/liquid width

I love webdesign and find CSS fascinating but too much work for me. More power to you for sticking with it!

As an idea, instead of trying to make a bar to separate menu from content, maybe try a slight background color change in that menu section.

http://sixrevisions.com/web_design/a-guide-on-layout-types-in-web-design/

I am sneaky and use http://www.colorspire.com/ to look at colors

By: zelmaru

zelmaru — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:27:24 +0000

Ooh I like it. It’s “new” but still has the druidy feel and mostly same colors of the old version.

By: Jasyla

Jasyla — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:34:59 +0000

Looks very nice

By: Keeva

Keeva — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:44:03 +0000

Looks great!

Just needs more rhinestones.

By: Anea

Anea — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:01:50 +0000

I have about a half inch of scrolling to do on this lame non-widescreen monitor – just a bit!

But it looks great!