Comments on: A new look

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:58:27 +0000

Hmm. It may be time to start investing in the blog. I can’t seem to manage minor points like the previous/next links, but I might if I pay for custom CSS (and again, maybe not). I’ll look into it further.

By: johnraff

johnraff — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:31:28 +0000

Oh yes, one more little thing: could we maybe have the two little arrows back on left and right at the top that linked to the previous and next posts? Quite useful with a blog as prolific as yours!

By: johnraff

johnraff — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:46:44 +0000

Yes it looks cool, and the layout seems nice, but I’m afraid I grew up on printed ink on paper and really find dark text on a light background easier on my eyes. I have to look right up close to the screen to figure out some of the links. Hey, how about supporting my old wetware!
(There are a lot of people who claim tp prefer the terminal-style white on black but I suppose they must be from a different planet…)

By: pasquale

pasquale — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:19:52 +0000

not bad, but i know other blog with this theme then isn’t new to my eyes :< anyway it is cool

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:32:33 +0000

@ShadowDragon: If I remember right, that theme is bundled with Audacious, and a GTK2 version is included. I used the Openbox Onyx theme which fit perfectly, and added tint (I had been playing with tint for a little bit, but I don’t like panels so it’s gone now). The wallpaper I scrounged from somewhere. Here it is, if you want it too.

http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs123&d=08013&f=wp-aquanight-1600×1200.jpg

By: ShadowDragon

ShadowDragon — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:31:59 +0000

Hi K.Mandla,

I was quite surprised when I saw the new lay-out. At first I even thought that I got on the wrong site I must say that I like the new lay-out. A dark team is much better for the eyes than a white one.
Speaking of lay-out’s: I have a question for you: which theme did you use on the Audacious-app? (Like you show here)
I have tried to find any references to it in your entire blog but I even failed to find the search-function around here :s
Never the less, nice lay-out and I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincere greetings.

ShadowDragon.

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:00:24 +0000

Strange. My only clue is that the page source calls for a CSS style that’s located elsewhere on the WordPress.com system. Perhaps someone with a CSS capture plugin can tell us what font it’s calling for, and see why it gets mangled (I like to think that it wants a Microsoft font — but I like to blame things on them ). Maybe I can look into this tomorrow, although I really don’t think I can do much about it.

By: bapoumba

bapoumba — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:32:26 +0000

Tested with Dejavu Serif (used Bitstream Vera system font in the screen shot) and same thing..

By: Dr Small

Dr Small — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 15:25:30 +0000

I like the new look. For a minute, I thought I was on the wrong blog

Dr Small

By: K.Mandla

K.Mandla — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:24:03 +0000

Wow! That’s really odd. I wonder why it does that. Is it some sort of font encoding issue? I’m using straight Dejavu Serif on this side — does it look better if you change the font?