fidgeting.net

Fidgeting.net is finally looking as it should, in a design created solely by me. It feels good to be rid of the standard theme I had before and to have something original. Here’s a look into what went into the new design:

Keep it Simple, Stupid

With the redesign of the site, I really wanted to make sure everything was reader friendly—I hate sites with overfilled sidebars and inaccessibly content. I (hopefully) made it easy to read and browse—the simple 2-column layout helps this, and I tried not to go overboard on extras. I also reduced the number of full entries on the front page to 3–this way the it isn’t as intimidating, and it will load (slightly) faster.

This Redesign Brought to you by…

A lot of the underlying code was inspired by Cutline, a fantastically modifiable WordPress theme. I also referred to the SimpleBits stylesheet if I ran into trouble coding the design.  Also, all the icons are from the Silk set.

What Comes Next?

I’m certainly not done tweaking the site—there are a lot of things I still need to play around with until I get them right. I’m also taking this as an opportunity to go back and rewrite my static pages. Once I finalize how I want to do it, I’m also going to have a portion of the sidebar dedicated to the recent movies I’ve seen. I have that featured pretty much finished, I’m just working on how to best implement it. Beyond that, who knows? In a few months’ time, I’ll probably be fed up with this design and ready for a new one. Also, as far as cross-browser compatibility, I’m sure this design sucks. Hopefully I’ll be able to make it accessible to many browsers, but for right now, I only know that it works in Firefox and IE7. Enjoy!