Site Redesigned (Again)
As I mentioned previously, I was kind of disappointed with the previous design. I put this together over the past two weeks or so. This time I was shooting for a very minimalistic, "open" feeling design. The most difficult parts were getting the colors right, and getting the typography right, but I definitely learned a lot from doing the new design. It's also using HTML5, which is a perk.
Hopefully this is the last redesign I'll have to go through for a while. I still have mixed feelings about the new slogan, need to think about it. Knowing me, I'll be tweaking this for the next two weeks until I deem it to be perfect.
I originally had plans for a "social feed" sort of thing on the homepage, but I just wanted to get this up ASAP, since I wasn't happy with the old design. When I have more time, I can always add it in. I also wanted to redesign the blog archive a bit, since I really liked how Usability Post handles things, but I'll get to it eventually. Need to finish Blackpyre and Lucid 2.0 first.
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Considering Redoing Everything
Well, as I stated in my post about learning, I need to expect my first iteration to be a failure. I'm considering redoing the design for my personal site. I think the code is fine, but I'm not terribly satisfied with the design. Here are my main gripes:
- The design may look good, but it's too busy.
- I don't like how content is framed. I rather go with a design that feels more open.
- My site feels a bit too professional. It does a great job at selling myself, but I feel like it's not a good representation of myself, since I do far more than just programming.
That said, I'm not sure when I'll be able to redesign with finals coming up, and then personal projects/paid work after that (not to mention I have plenty of slacking off to do).
I have a few ideas for the new design, I'm not sure if I want to go with a dark or light color scheme though. I like how designs with white backgrounds can contrast a clean look with a grungy-sort of look, or just make vivid/bright colors look nice. At the same time, I like the earthy/different feel of a darker theme.
One of these days I'm also going to come up with a new logo and new business cards, but that entails me getting everything else done, so that may take a while. I'm kind of glad that I didn't get business cards made before realizing I wasn't happy with the design though.
That said, I'm definitely looking forward to summer break. I have plenty of things I want to get done that I've put on hold due to schoolwork (once I start something, I can't really stop, so starting something now would interfere with finals). Being able to work on things without feeling the guilt associated with procrastination is a wonderful thing.
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