Apr 04
teddY’s Great New Design!
It’s not too often on here that I write posts about art or design, but maybe because of my latest efforts in that field or maybe just because I secretly like this stuff (which is odd for a programmer)…
I felt compelled to shed some light on teddY-risatioN’s new design!
Before he released it today, I really didn’t think that I could like it as much as I did his old theme, but he really surprised me when it was unveiled and it absolutely floored me!
So Many Things To Love!
It’s hard trying to comment on the design because there are so many good things about it (imo) but I’m going to try my best and see what I come with…
- The Colors - He uses blues very well in this design… And all of them combine very well in the background and in the header and in the teddY-risatioN text. Furthermore, where he uses lots of other colors (in the header nav) and in the sidebar, they go very well there too. In the header the colors on the nav are blended very nicely so they don’t seem out of place, but are still different enough from the background to standout. In the sidebar the colors are a bit more grabby, but it works really well in the white area me thinks.
- The Top Nav - On most sites, (like this one currently) the top nav is usually just text. But teddY went out of the way to make his special and you see that with the cool Chemistry like symbol buttons. Very fresh and creative plus it certainly draws your attention in because of its uniqueness forcing you to check out areas of the site that would probably otherwise go overlooked.
- Sidebar - The problem with a lot of sidebars is that they always have to that delicate dance of “how much content” vs “how long” but here it is done quite well and attractively using collapseable areas.
- Footer - I’m a big fan of having footers on your blog, (even though I haven’t done it here) and putting a lot of good information in it. teddY also does this one well by adding a lot of good information down here that regular readers will love to see, but making sure not to have anything in there that’s WAY too precious (imo).
Again, well done teddY and I hope next redesign on here I can come up with something half as good as what you have!
April 4th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
OMG Bush you’re such an angel :D I didn’t really expect such a huge response from a reader like you, especially when you’re very busy with your other projects and real life stuff. I extend my most sincere and true-to-heart gratitude for featuring my little site on your blog. I’m really very honoured to have someone writing a review about m theme - and I feel so bad for not doing something for you.
And gosh this review you’ve written is way more sophisicated and in-depth than my short description about the theme. Thanks for taking your time off to write such a flattering post!
The sidebars are a little too glaring and colourful I must admit :) I might be tuning down the saturation when I’m updating them theme for version 1.1.
Again and again, thank you so much for being so generous in this post! I don’t think I really deserve that much attention! Thanks again!
Huggs.
P.S. I’m sorry my English is so bad I’ve ran out of words to say how grateful I am!
April 5th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I can’t even remember teddys last layout now lol! I really like this new one, perhaps its the rainbows though :P
April 6th, 2008 at 6:26 am
That looks really, really nice.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
I don’t play Stacraft THAT much. But if you think thats the problem I can mess with the settings and only have port forwarding on when I am playing.
April 6th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
@teddY - Ha ha, don’t think anything of it. And I’m sure your design is inspiring a lot of people! Again - Great work and keep it comin’!
@Glenn - Dude, you could’ve at least commented on the right post! (#);) ANYHOO, don’t worry about the port fwding for now, I gotta do some more research on it anyway and see what’s up. Had hoped to do it this weekend but THAT didn’t happen. (#):(
April 21st, 2008 at 1:16 am
Hey buddy… Long time no see, but I’m back in action. How’s life?
April 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Hey Bush! I’ve been a little out of the blogging loop lately, but am slowly getting back into the swing of things. :)
And yeah, this id def a cool theme. Excellent writeup on it. :)
Shine on,
Aaron
April 29th, 2008 at 11:51 am
@Chuck - Welcome back man! I’m glad to see you again, thought the FEDs got you or something! (#);)
@Aaron - You and me both. Hopefully we can both get back into it soon.