So, I’m sure you’ve noticed the new theme for the site; it’s hard not to, what with the total redesign and the huge picture of my head posted at the top. It’s the summer holidays, so I’ve had a *lot* of spare time — time I’ve put into creating this new theme! As for an idea of exactly how much time it’s taken to do, I’m not sure, but I only started a couple of weeks ago at the most.
As of late, I haven’t been posting very often, and everything I have posted has been Apple-related. Seeing as the site is “Josh Sunshine’s Random Ramblings”, from now on I’m going to steer clear of being yet another Apple news site, and focus on my thoughts and events related to me. New design, new purpose, I suppose.
A lot has changed around here since you were last able to visit. I’ve had a clearout of all my posts and pages, and started again so that everything is suited to the new point of the blog. There are a couple of the old posts floating about, but only ones that are relevant or important.
The post list isn’t totally bare, however; I’ve lovingly posted all my Mr Cheese’s Stop Motion Show videos, so they’re watchable from here rather than having to link to them on YouTube. You can find them in with the rest of the blog content on the main page, or view them separately by clicking on ‘Videos’ in the menu at the top of the page.
Speaking of that menu (made possible by the amazingness which is WordPress 3.0), I’ll explain the re-structuring of the site. Whereas before there was a static Home page and a separate Blog page, now the blog content is on the first page, and the static text can be found on the About page, if you want to read about me.
The ‘Photography’ page is, or rather, will be, a collection of galleries, all of which contain photos I’ve taken, and one of which will consist of my Photoshop work. Within those galleries, by clicking a thumbnail you can go through to an individual image view, which lists all the EXIF data for each image, such as what camera I used, the full size, etc. You can then click through the images either by using the navigation buttons underneath, or clicking directly on the image you’re viewing will take you to the next one.
Also, that bar at the top of the page that follows you as you scroll is what I like to call the Admin Bar. If you have an account and are logged in, it shows you links for useful things such as editing your profile.
I think that’s about it for now, except to mention that if you’re using Internet Explorer to view this, you’re missing out on some of the CSS 3 features I’ve used such as rounded corners and shadows. I’d recommend using a different web browser such as Safari or Firefox.
Oh, there’s one more thing; I’ve installed After the Deadline for comments, which is a spelling and grammar checker. To use it when you post a comment, click the icon which has a green check mark and the letters ‘ABC’.
