If you've visited the site either yesterday or today you've seen my most recent realign. If you're reading this via a feed reader I would encourage you to visit the site and take a look.

There are two main goals with this realign. The first is to attract more clients who have websites that need to be designed. To do this I've made the portfolio a little more prominent and attempted not-embarrassingly-bad copywriting for my services page. I also realized that in the version prior to this one the about page was more of an extended services page, so I've tried to rectify that and make it more "about-y." I am still in dire need of a better picture though.

The second goal is to encourage "easier" posting. I have easier in quotes because the act of publishing a post was not hard (Habari makes that simple), it was the design that was cumbersome. With its red drop cap and trumpeting first paragraph, the previous design was elegant in style but awkward when posting anything that wasn't longer than five paragraphs. The desired change was to move towards a design that allowed for shorter, more direct posts; as well as longer posts when necessary. (By the way, in case you're wondering, I will keep posting uniquely designed articles.)

Forward Looking

Beneath the design you will find a base markup structure of HTML5. I've had to use extra markup in some places to accomplish intended effects; when presented with the choice between diminished usability and extra markup, I chose the latter. As the technology matures though, I doubt this choice will have to be made. I also took advantage of CSS3 throughout the site, which of course degrades gracefully if you're using a browser that does not support it.

One of the more entertaining CSS3 properties to use was transitions. If you're using Safari you can view these in action when you hover over the post thumbnails at the bottom of the home page.

A Web Gallery

A new feature I'm very excited about – and that's fairly unique as far as I know – is the inclusion of a new web gallery that is run solely from Twitter. The gallery is called Good Website. To include a site in the gallery I post its URL and a few reasons why I like it. You can follow Good Website on Twitter to get instant updates; as well as view the sites included in a dedicated sidebar on the blog. If you would like to suggest a site for the gallery all you have to do is mention it to me on Twitter via @goodwebsite.

That's about it for now. Of course it's always appreciated if you let me know of any bugs you encounter on the site. Also feel free to suggest topics for future blogging by way of the contact form.

Thanks for reading!