Redesigning is a drug and I’m an Addict.
I just cannot seem to keep a version of my site online longer than a few months at most. This one, Miralize Design v10, came from me absolutely hating the last design, which only lasted a month (a record I think). Its also the fastest from conception and design to final release, a mere 14 hours of work. I’m actually quite happy with it, as I now have the portfolio launched too.
The blog template now looks more like a blog, rather than a gimmicky excuse for one. One of the most important things about any website is the fact that “Content is key”, and I think I forgot that last time. I have what I need on the side of every post, and nothing more. I always say I’m going to post weekly, but now that it looks pretty, I think I can manage at least one post a week.
Still no HTML5, still set in my ways of XHTML Transitional. Lots of CSS3 though, and @font-face is being used extensively. The theme for this theme is “BIG!”. Big heading text on the homepage, big footer and the font is easily readable. There is no more useless jQuery that slows down the site, and while IE6 isn’t fully supported yet, I’m here all week.
I think this is a very much needed update to the site. If I’m going to attract clients, I might as well showcase the best I’ve made in a while. But of course, no design is perfect, so if anyone has any changes/features they’d like to see here, please leave a comment!
Oh and by the way, if you have a design blog/site and you want to have a link in the sidebar, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
I was right there with you. The important thing to remember is a design won’t keep people coming back, but current content will.
That’s why I found a template instead of designing my own site. I found I was worrying more about what’s under the hood than keeping the content fresh. The reality is, people don’t care about how you do things to your site, they just want you to do something with your site. And changing link colors ( or colours
) isn’t going to make a bit of difference to them.
It only took me 12 years to figure that out.