Archive for the 'Web design' Category

More than half of January has already gone by, but Writer’s Log still lags in last year. It hasn’t been for want of trying, but that is a lame excuse. Anyway, here’s a to-do list for 2010 (in no special order):

1. Don’t make lame excuses about not updaing my blog
2. Redesign my site (eeeep!)
3. Put the entire site on a single CMS (double eeeep!)
4. Redo the Halvard Castle site (yes, it’s so hopeless that I’m not even linking it!)
5. Do a site for the Vakker book
6. Upgrade Web development skills (yes, Niklas, that means return to my JS books)
7. Learn something new this year (a language, a skill, whatever; JS doesn’t count)
8. Write more.
9. Finish the Shadow in Eternity IV novella (there, it’s in writing now!)
10. Go out more
11. Don’t pretend to be happy about things I’m not
12. Buy a vehicle, even if it’s a bicycle
13. Start on (and preferably finish) a new book
14. Be happier and complain less
15. Do my tax returns
16. Visit Europe
17. Stop being scared of pregnant women
18. Stop being scared of babies
19. Play more games
20. Start following football again

That’s all folks.

~PD

Some seriously freakish things have been happening to me lately — not the least of which is the complete disappearance of my post about my new Web template, Jan 004: Hey Kitty!.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, this a new Web template for download, created in honour of a friend’s birthday. Download it here. The usual conditions apply, which are: do what you want with it, but I’d really appreciate it if you left the credits intact.

Certain design compromises had to be made to make it render correctly on certain browsers, but there were no known bugs at the time of release. If you find any problems, do let me know.

Meanwhile, enjoy Hey Kitty!, and let’s hope the designs keep flowing.

~PD

Oh yes, free templates are making a comeback on Writeside.net. This one, Jan 003 is one that I have been working on for ages, and I finally got around to polishing and validating it, and making it ready for release.

Jan 003 has been lovingly hand-coded and it has been tested on Firefox, Opera and Safari (on Mac OS), and IE8 and IE7 (on IE NetRenderer). Which means I haven’t actually seen in it on Windows yet. Thus, if anyone finds any niggles and bugs, please let me know.

In the public domain, Jan 003 is yours to do with as you wish, though a credit line or link back will always be appreciated. Download it here.

~PD