I have been wanting to give this blog a redesign almost ever since I started it. For some reason I just haven’t taken to the Mandigo theme I was using – a bit dark, maybe? I do think that darker themes are less forgiving of some of the clutter that we bloggers like to fill our sidebars with.
So, I have settled on PopBlue, by Bob, which is a much lighter theme and hopefully the single sidebar will focus attention on the content rather than the widgets and other crud. I ‘designed’ a quick logo, using an icon from the free Crystal Clear set and a bit of text.
Couple of jobs to get done though, including:
- Sorting out the CSS for images so that text floats nicely around them in posts (any help gratefully received…)
- Making blockquotes stand out a bit more
- Replacing the standard search bar with my Google CSE one
So, there is plenty to be done…