New website design unveiled

» 3 Mar 2005, 3:08am in misc - 2 comments

At last the new website design is up! It wouldn't have been a real "coming soon" post if I hadn't waited at least a month to launch!

The new site is not a lot different from a functional point of view--there are a few new features here and there--but I definately think it looks better. Hopefully over the next little while it'll improve even more. I know there are a few rendering issues with Internet Explorer that need to be worked out, so for best viewing (and for supporting web standards and your own well-being), download Firefox. I have some ideas for new features and enhancements as well, so keep checking in and I'll post when anything is implemented.

As I mentioned in the previous post, the entire site is built to web standards using XHTML and CSS, with no tables for page layout whatsoever (there are one or two for tabular data, but that is what tables are supposed to be used for!). The XHTML source should be easily viewable on handheld devices and mobile phones, and is also screen reader- and TTY-friendly. I've found CSS to be very powerful and, once you learn its ins-and-outs and get used to working with it, it can actually speed up site development. Of course it also speeds up site access, eliminates redundant code, reduces authoring errors... it's the bee's knees!

There are links ("xhtml", "css") in the footer on most pages that you can click to verify that the page is compliant with the respective standards. If you happen to find one that generates an error, I'd love to hear about it.

So, I hope you like the new look, and of course, feel free to leave comments and suggestions, good, bad or ugly :)

2 comments:

  • kristen: The new site design is much superior..even though I liked the last one a lot. The update to the music section rocks, no pun intended. The All Music Guide is a cool extra feature to have on there. I did have some problems leaving this comment, but that may be because I'm using the horrid IE. I haven't taken the plunge and switched to firefox just yet.
  • rob: hey thanks a lot. yeah i've done testing on IE on my computer and on a mac but that's only two combinations so it might not work as well on others... best bet is firefox, or to update IE to the latest version.

    some of the AMG stuff may be augmented or replaced at some point by amazon info. they let you pull a lot more info about products than amg... actually it's probably illegal to pull the amg data... shh :)

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