...meaning, this blog might look a little weird or off-kilter while I get things sorted.
I have actually been meaning to make some of these changes for a long time but never got around to it until now. Especially getting rid of those obnoxious little arrow graphics that came with the template I based mine on (a 3 column version of "Thisaway", which I can't for the life of me recall where I found). And changing that horrible peachy background color to something on the green-grey spectrum. And updating my blogroll/link list (e.g., getting rid of dead links, deleting stuff I never actually read anymore, adding some new stuff, etc.).
There should not be any major (or minor, for that matter) functional changes as a result of anything I'm doing. So let me know (if any readers are so inclined) if anything suddenly starts acting strangely. Also as always, if I've altered colors or margins in such a way that a particular browser complains or doesn't render things nicely, I would definitely appreciate knowing that!
Oh. And if anyone has any clue why there is a little random semi-colon at the top of the page (on the left hand side, where the left column meets the middle one), I would very much enjoy being enlightened on that matter. It bugs me but I have no idea how to get rid of it, or if it's perhaps some strange but inevitable artifact of using a 3 column template.
Also, I want to figure out how to shift the "sub-section" titles in the sidebars over to the left a bit. And make the sidebar "blocks" even at the top. And find some way to put borders between the columns. So if anyone has any tips on those matters, I will be happily receptive to them.
EDIT (as of 11 June, 2010):
The semicolon and vertical misalignment problems have been solved. See this post for updates and description of how this was done.
2 comments:
But i *like* that "horrible peachy colour" - that's why i stole it from you!
(Although i don't think i like the word "peachy" to describe it - i think of it more as "sandy" or "deserty"...)
Oh well, at least i'll look slightly less like a blatant rip-off of you now... ;)
(Oh, and if you do work out how to get rid of that random semi-colon, please let me know - it annoys me too and i have no idea how to get rid of it! Funnily, i never noticed it on your blog before i changed mine to the same template, tho...)
shiva: Well, you can certainly keep that color then! :P And in general, though it never occurred to me to point this out before now, when I refer to something as "horrible" in the aesthetic sense, I am not trying to make a claim of OBJECTIVE horribleness, more just a statement that I personally don't like it. And in the case of my blog, while that color did not clash with the brown accent bits, something always sort of bugged me about it. For one thing, it's a color I would never paint a wall. But that's really neither here nor there.
As for the semicolon, I've still not sussed out how to get rid of it but I will add an update to this post when I do!
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