It's that time of year again. Or is it that time of quarter? I don't know. Either way, I'm tired of looking at my current site design and so I'm creating a new one. I've actually been sick of my current design for awhile now. It's just that I haven't had the time or effort for creating a new one. Plus, I needed to update my template system to play nice with any new templates that I create. Anyways, I finally got motivated and you can check out a preview of the new design here:

Not that you guys will notice anything, but I converted my site into a template system. What is a template system? Well, it pretty much means my site will run off a single template. For example, I have a basic template setup that includes just HTML and CSS. I then have my entire site run through that template to format the page for you guys. It's nice for a few reasons. For one, it helps to separate the raw site coding from the design side of things. Keeping things separate is a good thing.

And as you can see, to celebrate another birthday WebNV got a complete makeover. I decided to go for a more streamlined, simple look. It still needs some finishing touches here and there, but overall the design is done. I wasn't actually going to bust out this design until the beginning of next year, but due to my 9rules acceptance and site birthday, I thought I'd rush and try to get it finished today. I am still having some issues with IE6 support, but other than that most of the CSS coding is done. What do you think?

In my previous post I stated that for the Fall Reboot I was completely redesigning my site.  This included building a new CSS file from scratch that will help to determine the layout, colors, and overall theme of my site.  Let me tell you right now that building a site completely off CSS is a pain in the ass.

Can't wait!  As you can see, I'm going back in black.  I was originally going to submit the 'light' colored theme for the new reboot, but eh....I guess white isn't really my color.  Well I don't know.  I actually think it depends on what I'm listening to while working on my site.  Lately I've been listening to this new hardcore punk bank called This is Hell.  They fucking rock.  And well, now my site is darker and more reflective of my personality.

I've gotten a few request these past few months about offering a lighter themed version of this site.  Some people I guess don't like dark sites.  It's hard for some people to read.  So I created a new css file that can be used on this site.  Well, actually it's a modified version of my original css theme that I created when I first started this site.

Yes my friends.  The homepage that was recently put up no more than a few weeks ago has been taken down.  The blog homepage has been changed to only display the newest blog entry with two new blocks under it that show other recent blog entries and comments.  The header, footer, and side menu have been updated and changed.  The comments system was updated with a new layout, images, and colors.  Plus, the comments cookie actually works and will save your info now!  The gallery page has been updated to reflect these new site changes (still not showing correctly in Firefox though).  And finally, a new search feature has been added to the site.

Whew.  Well with the May 1st Reboot underway (see my entry here) I've been trying to clean up my site and coding to get it 100% compliant with web standards.  The three main standards I'm working with right now include XHTML, CSS, and RSS.  When coding a site you have to meet certain standards.  Well, you don't have to meet them, but it is good practice and shows your visitors your commitment to non-sloppy coding.

I've submitted my site to CSS Reboot one day before the dead line.  I wasn't going to do it but decided what the hell.  I put a lot of work into this site over the past few days getting ready for the May 1st Reboot.  Though the site's not completely done yet (will it ever be?), I couldn't miss the chance of missing another Reboot this year.

Yes, I did it again.  Sorry.  Like I've mentioned tons of times before, I'm never happy with my sites.  I'll create something and like it for a month or two.  Then I'll start getting bored with it and finding all these design issues I don't like.  So what do I do?  Instead of making minor changes here and there, I revamp most of the design.

Slowly but surely I'm learning CSS (cascading style sheets). CSS is kind of like HTML in how it's used to create and format web sites.

I like CSS because it's a lot cleaner and easier to work with than HTML. Anyways, check out my practice site if you wish, and who knows, it may become my new site.