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If you're reading this from my blog you'll have noticed that the new website design has finally been unveiled. It's been months in the works, and has gone through four totally different iterations as I've worked on it, but it's finally here. And this update is really more of a new theme than a totally new redesign as the main flow and organization of the site is still essentially the same. The old look and feel of white on black had just been feeling stale for a while, and this new look is a fresh take that I'm happy with.
The new site feels crisper and has a more subdued colour scheme than the high contrast of dark and light of yesterday. With the last version, I wanted a very simple design without much need for extra graphics. But with this new theme I plan to add small touches of colour throughout the pages to highlight important parts. So you'll be noticing some extra flare added to the site during the next few weeks as I continue completing the new look.
This is now the third iteration of the Velvety Couch website. The main purpose of the website hasn't changed a whole lot since the original version started back in 2002 or 2003. It's always been a place to post my photos, share my DJ mixes and write blog posts about whatever catches my fancy. But the look and feel of this website sure has changed over time. I might post a few screenshots of the previous designs in an upcoming blog post so we can see just how much it has changed. For now I'm happy with the current incarnation and hope the site will still be around in a few years time for yet another new design.
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As I write this I've become aware of the awesome sunny day that is going on outside. So I think I'll take a bit of a break from putting this new site design live, and go for a walk or something to enjoy this weather.
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And now I'm back (that probably seemed like no time at all to you). What a great day for winter: the birds are out chirping, the sun is shinning bright and I don't need a jacket while walking outside. With this turn in weather I'm really starting to feel the emptiness of having no camera though. I miss that outlet of expression. Using my wife's point-and-click camera just isn't the same. That digital SLR is still coming in the near future, but I'm definitely starting to fiend for it now. Especially since I want to start posting more blog updates.
Lately this site has mostly been getting updates in the form of Home with House episodes and the odd blog post here and there. But I really want to start updating it more often, and that requires more photos. Having new photos gives me more reasons to update and inspires me with topics to write about. As I've mentioned, I really enjoy expressing myself with photography. So hopefully the new camera is not that far off and more content will be coming to this website in the not-so-distant future.
Back to the subject of the new site design, I've updated all the templates, all the code and even many of the old blog posts. So I've likely overlooked some parts or caused errors in various sections. If you notice anything out of whack, please post me a comment and let me know so I can correct it! Otherwise, I hope you like the new look, and stay tuned for more new content coming soon.
The new site feels crisper and has a more subdued colour scheme than the high contrast of dark and light of yesterday. With the last version, I wanted a very simple design without much need for extra graphics. But with this new theme I plan to add small touches of colour throughout the pages to highlight important parts. So you'll be noticing some extra flare added to the site during the next few weeks as I continue completing the new look.
This is now the third iteration of the Velvety Couch website. The main purpose of the website hasn't changed a whole lot since the original version started back in 2002 or 2003. It's always been a place to post my photos, share my DJ mixes and write blog posts about whatever catches my fancy. But the look and feel of this website sure has changed over time. I might post a few screenshots of the previous designs in an upcoming blog post so we can see just how much it has changed. For now I'm happy with the current incarnation and hope the site will still be around in a few years time for yet another new design.
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As I write this I've become aware of the awesome sunny day that is going on outside. So I think I'll take a bit of a break from putting this new site design live, and go for a walk or something to enjoy this weather.
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And now I'm back (that probably seemed like no time at all to you). What a great day for winter: the birds are out chirping, the sun is shinning bright and I don't need a jacket while walking outside. With this turn in weather I'm really starting to feel the emptiness of having no camera though. I miss that outlet of expression. Using my wife's point-and-click camera just isn't the same. That digital SLR is still coming in the near future, but I'm definitely starting to fiend for it now. Especially since I want to start posting more blog updates.
Lately this site has mostly been getting updates in the form of Home with House episodes and the odd blog post here and there. But I really want to start updating it more often, and that requires more photos. Having new photos gives me more reasons to update and inspires me with topics to write about. As I've mentioned, I really enjoy expressing myself with photography. So hopefully the new camera is not that far off and more content will be coming to this website in the not-so-distant future.
Back to the subject of the new site design, I've updated all the templates, all the code and even many of the old blog posts. So I've likely overlooked some parts or caused errors in various sections. If you notice anything out of whack, please post me a comment and let me know so I can correct it! Otherwise, I hope you like the new look, and stay tuned for more new content coming soon.
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Graham, this site looks great!
Nice re-design Graham, this is very clean and easy on the eyes. Hard to go wrong with shades of grey, and the (apparent) web 2.0 standard anchor tag colors (blue + orange) go great with that pallette.
Thanks guys. Ya, I like that with a middle-of-the-road grey scheme I can add various highlight colours around the site to add a little flare.
Is blue/orange a web 2.0 standard thing? If they are, and the colours I chose for links are exactly that, it is a fluke. I just kept the same colours from the previous design, and changed their hues to fit the new scheme. So if I happaned to pick the exact colours through my manual colour wheel tinkering, I'm awesome (I doubt they are the exact same tho).
Anyways, thanks.
I agree, new design looks really great Graham.
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