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A Fist Full of Reboots
Published 2 years ago, at the end of April under Design
Finally, 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-functionalupdate: 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
Hello and welcome to all CSS Rebooters!
Nice work Rob especially with the colour scheme. Just make sure you don’t forget to blog; having a lorem ipsum post on the front page doesn’t count;)
If you’re lacking for subject matter, why not write up a post discussing why you rejected the other designs?
Wonderful Site. I lvoe the design.
By the way shouldn’t the post say:
Finally, the day of May 1st has arrived, and with it comes the Spring CSS Reboot.
instead of “April 1st”?
Very good job on the design though.
Good catch. I didn’t get much sleep this weekend :)
I’m loving the colours too - very natural!
Very nice site you have here! Love the colours and the worn feel. Great job!
Thanks for all the feedback everyone. Unfortunately I was a bit rushed in coding the site, so many features are not here or half-done, including the commenting system. I plan on redesigning them visually and also add gravatar support. I also haven’t had time to clean up my xhtml and css, and since this is my first time using wordpress (previously I was using BBlog, and before that my own shitty CMS), some of the markup may be strewn about in an unpleasant fashion.
I’ve been really blown away with the quality of the designs on CSS Reboot. I’ll be sure to post an obligatory wrap-up in the near future.
I was a bit annoyed with the 25 buck premium service, as it was quite clear that premium sites were displayed far more prominently than others. I have no qualms with the reboot trying to turn a profit, I just think there are better ways to do it. Some have suggested a flat fee for all rebooters, but this won’t work because anyone could easily start a competing free site. Advertising and sponsorship are better options. Whatever they decide, I hope the two-tiered system is dropped as it can easily be abused by SEO’ers and such (although, thankfully none of that happened this go round as far as I can tell, most likely because they sold out so quickly).
Anyways, thanks again for the feedback everyone.
“Learn to write compelling content”
This is #1 on my list too. I love the design. Good colors & great texttures.
Wow! I sure am glad I followed the comment and landed here ;-)
I love the typography and the excellent pick of colours, and the way grunge meets the clean content area.
Subscribed!
Very nice, love the color combination. Keep up the work, and let us know when you are completely finished. I am sure it will be fantastic.
Great design. I love it.
Hmmm… Goodlatte… sounds like something from Starbucks (how many times have you heard that one? Not many I bet… heh).
Editor’s note: Further jokes along this vein are grounds for instantaneous IP ban :)
…nah, just kidding, but that joke is damn annoying when you hear it as much as I do.
I’m sorry, but I couldn’t resist. I’m sure a lot of people that visit your site want to get that one off their chests.