A Fist Full of Reboots

Published 2 years ago, at the end of April under Design

CSS RebootFinally, the day of May 1st has arrived, and with it comes the Spring CSS Reboot. I’ve spent the past weekend beating WordPress into submission to get this design out in time, and it’s all done sans a few details (more on this later). This site is the continuation of the blog I started on Ninjafire.com about a year ago. Last December I decided to go on a blogging hiatus and in the interim decided to drop the Ninjafire brand in favor of my name. After many design iterations, I’ve created this.

It’s not finished - it’s merely operable enough to squeek into the CSS Reboot.

The archive sections of the site, my portfolio, the comments, and the contact page will all get better designs and proper implementation in short time.

Before creating this final design, I churned out a number of duds, some of which I may post at a later date. I adapted some components from each of these early designs to form the final design you see now. I’m not entirely happy with the final design, but I plan on keeping it in a state of constant evolution.

Once I’m satisfied with my reboot, I’ll be entering Slashdot’s CSS re-design competition in hopes of winning a new Macbook Pro and, even better, gain some recognition and attract bigger clients.

Known Bugs

  • Safari - Comment bubbles on home page aren’t visible
  • Safari - 1 pixel shift on borders on home page when resizing browser
  • IE 6 - Major positioning Issues, sIFR non-functional update: sIFR works fine, I just never installed flash in my copy of IE6 because this is the first time i’ve used it since re-installing.

To-do

  • Archive Pages
  • Design better comment boxes
  • Contact Page
  • Re-design Portfolio
  • Learn to write compelling content

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12 Comments to Gloss Over

  1. Rob Goodlatte May 1st at 12:36 am

    Hello and welcome to all CSS Rebooters!

  2. Phu May 1st at 12:38 am

    Nice work Rob