List of Changes

posted on february 16, 2004, tag: site

I made so many changes that I'm having trouble remembering everything, but here's the best list I can provide for myself and for people who have nothing better to do in their lives but read lists. Note that I've still got a few things to change in the sidebar, but they'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Navigation

• Switched to horizontal navigation, removed sidebar navigation
• Moved breadcrumb navigation to main content area, made it smaller
  • BC navigation is now a bit smarter, providing better archive navigation
  • BC navigation is also now on the bottom of pages too

Sidebar

• Removed statistics from the sidebar
• Added short description to the sidebar
• Added/removed some elsewhere links
• Moved search box from sidebar to archives page.

Archives

• Changed archives page for better readability
  • Reordered full entry-by-title list into blocks that are alphabetical
  • Monthly archive links are now displayed differently (better hierarchy)
  • Category links now have a bit more space between them
  • All item counts are now in smaller font (less 'in-your-face')

• Changed URL for archives from /archives.php to just /archives (redirect is in place)

Entries

• Removed date headlines
• Enlarged titles, titles now used as headlines
• Removed left gutter (and dotted line)
• Removed category links in the byline
• Modified comments link to be more friendly (4 comments rather than Comments (4))
• Switched to relative dates for anything younger than a month (Posted 4 days, 3 hours ago, etc)
• Moved next and previous entry links on individual pages to under the byline
• Changed blockquote style to solid bordered (see example)
• Changed footnote style to dotted-blue bordered with blue text (see example)

Comments

• Changed comments block to look like blockquote
• Modifications to comment listing
  • Removed 'wrote:'
  • Made author name and date one line

• Changed comment posting form
  • Rearranged form elements
  • Fixed tab order to include cookie radio buttons
  • Removed note about spell check, since it works in every browser except Mac IE now
  • Slight editing of 'notes'

Miscellaneous

• Changed the way links work... from now on, no links will pop new windows except the following:
  • The search results window (this is still a remote pop-up window)
  • Links to images and/or photos will pop a new browser window unless you check the box at the bottom of the about page

• Finally updated all the error pages (404, 500, etc), since they've been the same since 2002
• Upgraded my RSS feed to 2.0 (and it validates)
• Added a new section to the about page called 'About the Setup', describing my computers (enough people have asked)

There you have it. As always, comments, thoughts, complains and suggestions are welcome.

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