I got bored; here’s the new TBJ
In a month or so, it will be a year since I revamped TBJ, moving from Blogger to self-hosted Wordpress.
I was very proud of the new TBJ, it was much sleeker than my Blogger site, since I had a lot more control over the layout and content. Of course, it took me ages to reverse-engineer the template that I butchered, but I got there in the end. But, you know how it goes… lately I’ve been getting antsy again, and decided it was time for a change.
Goodbye, old TBJ!
Preserved here for posterity!
As you can see, the new front page is more magazine-style, with post summaries rather than entire novels. I’ve added thumbnails to the excerpts (but I cheated, and only added them to the first batch of posts.. heh). I’ve also added a few bits and pieces – the ability to “rate” posts and vote comments up/down, and the little “share” panel on each post. I’ll need to change my restoguide to fit the new format, but I was going to fix it up a bit anyway.
The new layout gives me more space, and the sidebars will allow me to post key features – like updates to my guide, or other cool things that I want people to have easy access to.
Please be kind, I was up until the early hours tweaking (read: hacking) – but if you do find any bugs or problems, let me know. In particular, I’m hoping that my full posts still go through to everyone’s feeds, so if you have any problems with that, I’d appreciate the feedback.
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I hate Internet Explorer with every fibre of my being.
Your feed seems fine to me
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Yay!
I just wish I could fix the borked header in IE.
I normally follow you in a feedreader so don’t get to see the site itself – but popped over to have a look at your changes. Looks lovely!
Thank you!
I’ve fudged the IE header, not happy with it, but I guess it will have to do :/
If anything your post title deserves 5/5. ROFL
I love a project, but I’m so tired now
Looks VERY nice! Sounds like you design quite a bit like I do. Have you considered the Thesis Premium Theme? As its name implies, it isn’t free, but is so configurable. And while it doesn’t appear to be a concern for you, it’s designed with SEO in mind.
Like yours, my site design is a highly stylized conversion of a free WP theme that I adapted to better suit my own tastes. Thesis made the process immeasurably easier.
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It looks great!
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I have a tiny bit of horizontal scrolling, but that’s what I get for having a small screen, I think.
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Looks great Keeva!
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Your header looks exactly the same to me, in IE, or in Mozilla!
Looks great!
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Great change!
Other than the font being REALLY small and hard to read, it’s beautiful
Also, I second Thesis. It’s fantastic.
Love it! I was afraid you’d changed it *too* much, because I love the old one, but it’s just perfect now!
(And it doesn’t look that bad in IE either.)
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I’ve always loved the way your blog looked, even back on Blogger (which is notorious for rather blah layouts imo) and I was impressed with TBJ 2.0 – this version looks great too!
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Shiny, I like it! Good job
I agree with Anea, I love your blog design, it’s definitely one of the better ones.
It looks awesome!
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Thanks everyone
Cuppycake: I think I am going to adjust the font size, I agree it’s a bit small.
I’m definitely going to up the size on the comments and especially the comment names, so it’s easier to see who is commenting.
Wow, Keeva.
You’ve really outdone yourself, this new look is fantastic!
Looks fine in IE (v7) to me at work as well as in FF.
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look great mate!
change is good!
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Very nice; much more accessible and convenient.
+1 for “I hate Internet Explorer with every fibre of my being”
Looks snazzy!
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Awesome new design!
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