Hi All,
You may have noticed that the blog looks different today. I feel that it's been long overdue for a change up/ update.
In the coming days I'll be noodling around with things and trying to update the various pages with, hopefully, more useful information.
As I do these things I'll try to share them with you as a source of ideas for you, should you want to try them.
The changes today were from a simple template to an Awesome Inc one. I changed the widget display to a single column, and adjusted the width of the blog to 1000px to fit my 900px standard pictures.
I'll be working on the banner and a photo gallery next.
In other news, I joined the Oldhammer Forum, and noticed that A Tale of Several Gamers Blog is gone. I'm sad about the second thing, as I think that a collaborative project blog to inspire painting projects was a great idea. I feel like I'm responsible in part for its demise because I forgot to update it with my Oldhammer USA prep stuff.
I'm hoping to get more stuff painted for Oldhammer in the final part of the year and I'm thinking a lot about going to more cons or ways to play more Oldhammer.
I think it's time to revisit my mighty empires campaign and consider how to do some remote games in it.
Another blog by a guy who came up in the 80's playing RPG's, Wargames and some miniatures.
Love the new look, love the new ideas and overall Oldhammer enthusiasm!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Airborne. I'm still trying to figure out who the Western States Oldhammerers are. It looks like Drew may be another. Right now it seems a little frustrating as there are not a lot of online resources for upcoming cons.
DeleteLooks good Sean, but I liked your old look too, so no change in that regard! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Prufrock. I didn't dislike my old look, I think the blog just needs to freshen up its look every few years.
DeleteStarting afresh feels good doesn't it ? I just changed mine and it somehow revived some energy to finish some business I had attended for too long. Hope it does th esame for you ;)
ReplyDeleteHi Asslessman, yeah it's a simple way to break out of a rut. I have a lot of things to update on the page and the template was a quick way to get the ball rolling.
DeleteVery smart Sean, I like it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael, still not as distinctive as yours.
DeleteNew look? Maybe I'm something of a Philistine, but I hadn't even noticed :-( . Content matters, though: the Oldhammer stuff is certainly interesting!
ReplyDeleteHi Hugh, no worries. I still be posting the same questionable content. ;)
DeleteNice look and glad you haven't gone 'dynamic'! I found that white on dark text started to annoy me, let alone someone surfing the blog for a while, but just changed the text to a pale grey and think it doesn't strain the eyes so much?
ReplyDelete[another!] Hugh
Hi Hugh W, I dabbled with dynamic a couple of years ago and it was a complete failure. When I read Kindle books on my tablet I prefer white text on a black background. I find grey can get problematic, but I might try to tone it down. I used to hate white text on black but I've gotten used to it.
DeleteCool ne look Sean, shame you've still got the Iron lady in the pic though!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, she'll be gone soon. I'm working on a new banner too. Still not sure why you hate Meryl Streep so much? ;)
Delete"Rum. bloggery and the lash!" made me laugh out loud. Well done mate, the new look is great.
ReplyDeleteThanks Millsy. That tagline has been on the blog for several years. Perhaps it's just more legible now that the banner has been cut down by the new header size. I'm keeping that, but redoing the pictures on the banner.
DeleteNice new outfit. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Monty.
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