Only one day in and I could not help tweaking my new theme. I’m not sure if you can call it an improvement, but at least it’s different. I started playing around with the idea of a gradient background image. I decided to add one to the top of the site to add some pop and increase the contrast between the color scheme and the background. I found a number of articles on-line for doing this, but the one that I liked the best is here. I actually installed Gimp specifically to edit images for the new theme and I have to say it’s working out really well. If you have a strong opinion one way or another about the new background post a comment below and let me know.
I’m a developer. Specifically these days, I’m a web developer. I enjoy spending time creating solutions (read applications) for the web. A key part of building a good web application is an effective layout. When I started my new project I went looking for something to help simplify the process of getting a good web 2.0 layout. What I found was the 960 Grid System. This clean and elegant CSS Framework developed by Nathan Smith is both easy and fun to use.
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Building good looking web layouts is a PAIN for a programmer like me. I was recently doing some research and came across a post on Fluid Grids on A List Apart. The article describes in great detail an approach for building grid based CSS layouts that are fluid across different screen resolutions / browsers. This is really interesting to a programmer like me so I posted it here for others to check out. If any of my readers (all 3 of you) have any suggestions for the “best” CSS Framework for a non-designer please post a comment and let me know. I’m looking for all the help I can get.
