This website has been going since August of 2005 with few changes to its look. I asked a few people what they thought of the old layout and they said that it gave the impression of being old. Well, since we are not that old, and since change is good, I have been working on changing the style to create a fresher and hopefully more interesting appearance.
Our old style was based on browns and muted greens. I liked our portraits done by Cees Vermandel behind our links, but those images made it more difficult to read the link text. You may remember that what it looked like. Our old appearance was based on a Creative Commons template by Martijn ten Napel called Easter Island. I think that we may see a slightly altered version of our old template show it's face occasionally, perhaps if I get nostalgic.
The new style is based on red, orange, black and white tones. It is white text on black rather than the more traditional black text on a light background. While I am not yet satisfied that it is yet finished, the new style should be easier to read and more modern. This color style is based on one of the designs at CSS Zen Garden called Wilderness by Aadesh Mistry. I would also like to use some of the images from his wonderful design.
Since CSS [cascading style sheets] make it so easy to redesign one's site without altering the content, I may undertake changing the appearance of this weblog more frequently. I like the sense that things change with time, and as spring is now on our doorstep, the seasons are clearly changing.
Our old style was based on browns and muted greens. I liked our portraits done by Cees Vermandel behind our links, but those images made it more difficult to read the link text. You may remember that what it looked like. Our old appearance was based on a Creative Commons template by Martijn ten Napel called Easter Island. I think that we may see a slightly altered version of our old template show it's face occasionally, perhaps if I get nostalgic. 
The new style is based on red, orange, black and white tones. It is white text on black rather than the more traditional black text on a light background. While I am not yet satisfied that it is yet finished, the new style should be easier to read and more modern. This color style is based on one of the designs at CSS Zen Garden called Wilderness by Aadesh Mistry. I would also like to use some of the images from his wonderful design.Since CSS [cascading style sheets] make it so easy to redesign one's site without altering the content, I may undertake changing the appearance of this weblog more frequently. I like the sense that things change with time, and as spring is now on our doorstep, the seasons are clearly changing.
