jwdunn

Site Redesign

One of the reasons I haven’t posted anything here in quite some time is that I have been coding instead of writing. I was kind of shocked to see that my old design looked like crap in Internet Explorer and I wanted to make some major changes anyway, so I set out to completely overhaul my layout and stylesheet.

I really didn’t have any idea it would be so tricky to put together something that looked cool and worked in an acceptable portion of web browsers. Having no previous experience in CSS or HTML, I worked out one problem at a time by examining the websites of people who know what they are doing, Googling frequently, and, primarily, trial and error. If Stanford looked at my network traffic lately, they’d notice my 4KB stylesheet being uploaded at an obscene frequency.

There are two sections off to the right of the main column now. Under “Linklist” is where I’ll post random, interesting stuff, and under “Tracklist” is what is going on in my iTunes.

I set up the Linklist because I wanted to reserve the main column for my longer, better posts. I set up the Tracklist because I think it’s cool. You’ll notice they both have their own RSS feeds — from here on out, the main feed will only syndicate this main column’s longer posts.

Let me know if there are any bugs in the new design. I’ve validated the CSS and HTML, ran it in Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer, and done a few batches on BrowserShots, but my limited experience with web design tells me there must be some errors still lurking out there.