Big thanks to Will Rubbish for the new design for the blog. As he has previously shown, in his makeovers for both Dave Osler's blog and the Strop's blog, in amongst the wordy philosophy that has me reaching for the dictionary and the political invective that has me reaching for the swear box, the bloke has a canny eye for blog design. I am both grateful and jealous in equal measure.
Love the three column design as it gives pride of place for the details of the Socialist Standard on the left of the screen - publicising the mag is the purpose of the blog after all - and also ensures that the links to blogs, publications and political websites are now further up the screen on the right hand side. I always felt a bit guilty that they were too far down the page.
The typeface for the blog title is not me outing myself as a Star Wars geek, but Will doing the honours of giving the top of the page an Art Nouveau type appearance, which was apparently the design of the banner for the Socialist Standard way back when it first appeared in September 1904. That also explains the one penny pricing and the 1904 reference. The grey background? Either the miserablism of my politics or it's the same shade as Bobby Robson's hair.
Whatever, next time I'm back in Britain, I'll let that man buy me a pint.
10 comments:
very professional looking . Look forward to a fresh newly enthused Darren , too
One criticism tho ...is it my eyes or are the hyper links difficult to discern
It might be you. I'll see how it pans out.
"fresh newly enthused"?
No chance. I will continue to shamelessly nick posts from your good self. See above.
Kuh! The triumph of style over substance again. ;-)
That's the effect I was hoping for.
yep, Will is a talented, if foul mouthed, chap:-)
Fabby new look. Most impressed by the subtle wee flecks of colour and the superdooper masthead.
Very good redesign. Congrats to Monsieur Rubbish and your good self for going with it!
my eyeballs are streaming you sick fucker.
prolerat,
explain yourself, please.
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