A New Paint Job for a New Year

If you refresh your browser while viewing the PC Weenies website today you’ll no doubt see the fruits of my recent site makeover. Go ahead, take a peek, especially if you’re reading this by way of an RSS feed.

The old index page’s look is summarized by the screenshots below. I did my best to capture a cached version, but parts of the newer site were bleeding through:

While the site map is still the same as it has been for the past few years, I’ve given the whole site a new coat of paint. The backgrounds are now more desaturated (hopefully making the focus more on the visual content), while I’ve attempted to remove the visual noise of the numerous sidebar buttons on the right sidebar. I’ve also added a Twitter widget on the right sidebar, for those so inclined to see what it is I share on that particular social network.

There are new graphics on nearly all of the core pages (though I’m still not quite done yet), including the masthead, and I’ve included a retweet button next to each blog post (courtesy of the highly configurable WordPress plugin Topsy.)

Overall, I’m pretty satisfied with how the site looks now, but that doesn’t really matter. The real evaluation comes from you, dear reader. So…

…how’d I do?

What would you like to see? Feel free to share your suggestions and feedback by responding in the comments below. Alternatively, you can e-mail your thoughts if you’d like. I value your opinion, so even a quick note saying I like it or It needs work in x,y or z areas would be much appreciated.

As always, thanks for reading.

Happy Holidays!

–Krishna

Krishna December 25, 2010 site revamp, Topsy, Wordpress plugin