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Sep 1, 2007

here begineth the site re-design bender …

The DragonFly theme That I was Using Before …

A little over two weeks ago ...
I was messing with my blog a bit ...
And just got tired of staring at the the old green theme ...
Especially the Dragonfly on the header ...
So i set out to change the theme of the blog ...
I tested out several themes last two weeks ...
You may have noticed some wierd themes on my blog then ... hehe ...
But nothing i tested out held my fancy for long ...
That is until i stumbled upon my friend Muard's blog ...
I immediately knew what i wanted to do ...
And yes it was a bit more than what i needed to do ... hehe ...
So i ended up doing a lot more than changing the theme ...
I wanted my blog to be aesthetically pleasing ...
And functional with an easy to use interface ...
I also wanted a modern look with a bit of Ajax thrown in ...
I'm guessing this ain't gonna easy for me for two reasons ...
One ... I am no techie ... and i can't code to save a life ...
Two ... a design becomes redundant after a given time ...
But i'll give it a shot ... lets see how it turns out ...
If you guys have any thoughts ... plz let me know ...
Laterx ...

10 comments:

subcorpus said...

Personal Trainer::
thanks bro ... glad you like it ...
still got a lot of work/tweaking to do ...
hehe ...

bulhaa said...

it takes absolutely ages to load!!
or maybe my connection is just slow...

Simon said...

Hey man,

Long time eh? Here's my 2 cents worth on your new design.

1. There are too many little icons it distracts me.
2. The comments are confusing. Difficult to figure out whether the comment is above the name or below. Perhaps you could say "Superman wrote.." Or put the comment above the commenter name. The on-off colouring doesn't work.
3. I agree with Nass. Bullet the sidebar items. I need to do this on my own blog too.
4. The name of the previous post after the commenting boxes is small and insignificant. Perhaps you could let the reader know that it IS the previous post instead of having just the title there.
5. The little pullout box with the "would you like to share this" is enough. Remove the redundant links to the bookmarking systems below each post. Or just keep one. Whichever you prefer. Just too many "share this" links all over man!
6. Remove the "By subcorpus" line in post info unless you will feature guest writers.
7. Add my blog to Blogs I read. :)

Keep in touch. Salamat Datang.

subcorpus said...

hello simon ...
its been a long time eh ...
wassup brother ... ???

1) the little icons r good ... gives me sense of intricate-ness ...
this is what i get off to brother ... hehehe ...
i'll work on that ... hehe ...

2) The comments are not confusing for me ... may be coz i've been looking at it so many times each and every day ... but i'll try and find a way to segregate it better ... so that you can tell apart easily ... the color not alternative ... the darker ones are admin comments (mine) only ... hehe ...

3) I'll bullet the side bar stuff ... as soon as i figure out how to do it ... hehe ...

4) i dont think a commentor wud be interested in the previous post ... i think its better if i just remove it ... dontcha think bro ... ?

5) I feel you man ... its a weak attemp on my side to make my this work of mine called a blog a little more popular ... you know ... more visitors ... but i feel you ... i'll get rid of the services i've never heard of ... how about that ? hehehe ...

6) Whats wrong with by subcorpus ... u dont wanna be reminded that i wrote this ... especially coz its my blog and am the only one who writes stuff here ... hehe ...

7) Will add your blog for sure ...

How you are havinga fun time ... take care brother ...
bang, saya tidak faham bahasa malayu ... suda lupah lah ... hehe ...

Radvixen said...

i agree with nass. the bullet point suggestion.

overall i like the theme :D

and i love the quote thingie on the side of this post.

Radvixen said...

PS: and i think it would look better if the whole thing (template/theme) was centered rather than it being on the left side.
just a thought.

subcorpus said...

Radvixen::
yeah ... i'll try to do that bullet stuff ...
as soon as i know how to ... hehe ...
Yeah i love those green thingys as well ...
thats why they are there ... hehe ...
I dont think centering wud work well ...
i'd like it to be on a side ...
coz i might add another side bar to the left soon ...
thanks for stopping by my blog ...
and thanks for your commentS ... hehe ...
appreciated ...

subcorpus said...

bulhaa::
it takes like 11secods to load on my very normal focus connection ...
11 seconds = absolute ages ... ???
hehe ....
thanks for stopping by bulhaa ...
your cat claws are marked on my blog everywhere ...

peraonal trainer said...

Bro a link to my blog will make your blog much more cool .... hehehehehe

subcorpus said...

personal trainer::
your link is there in my blog ...
and always will be ... hehe ...
:P ...

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