The Winds of Change Are Blowing Again?

  • Tim Challies
  • 04/06/04
  • 3

I am (again!) thinking of changing the look of this site. This will be the fifth time in the past couple of years. As a Web designer I find it difficult to stick with any one look for a long time and sure enough, I am getting the itch once again.

You can get an idea for the look I am thinking of going with by clicking here. The benefits of the new design are:

  • I can showcase some nice photographs on the page
  • I can have a "featured" area at the top
  • The menus have been more logically ordered (recent posts at the top, then recent comments, etc).

I am not crazy about the colors, so am open to suggestions there.

Anyways, let me know what you think? Should I let the winds of change blow?

Comments (3)

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a comment from rebecca • 04/06 @ 5:41pm
› visit my web site.

I really like this new look. I say go for change....

As to the colors--I like the blue, but I'm not sure about the grey. Have you tried changing the light blue in the headings on the sidebar to a slightly darker grey, and then changing the grey on the side bar to the lt. blue?

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a comment from Shelley • 04/07 @ 12:39am

I find the present format is easier to read. Though pretty, it seems to me that with the new one, I'm straining to read the print. Don't know why as they appear to be the same point size. Maybe I just find green boarders more relaxing than blue.

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a comment from Jeri • 04/07 @ 1:15pm

Tim,
All true arteests should allow the winds of change to blow (unlike the changing winds of doctrine, which we should resist). I would only suggest about the color that maybe it should be a bit more lively, to match the new more "fun" look of your logo. As long as the content retains its current excellence, make those changes! ( And I am not trying to butter you up so I can be a winner in your contest...)