It’s unlikely to be spotted by any but the most keen observers, but I found a couple hours to fiddle with the website yesterday.
Gone from the sidebar is the lengthy list of posts past (replaced by a drop-down archive). Ditto the list of categories (also replaced by a drop-down). Added is a list of Recent Posts, with a Popular Posts list forthcoming (just looking for the right plug-in for that — any suggestions?). I also dropped the recent comments list, though it may come back if I can manage to tweak its coding sufficiently (I didn’t like the way it looked).
I also did a lot of behind-the-scenes coding tweaks that have improved the look of things to my eye, and I’ve commemorated it all by doing a new logo at the top of the site, which is a bit bolder and cleaner than the old one.
Most of these changes fall into one of two categories: either (1) something was bothering me aesthetically, or (2) I’m hoping to make the site a bit more future-proof in terms of my long-term plans.
I’d tell you what those long-term plans are, but I really don’t want to spoil the surprise — though I will say that it may or may not involve a sun god temple with a thousand naked women throwing pickles at me.
I’m not a big fan of the “Follow Me” widget that now appears on the left side of the page and scrolls down as I scroll down, thereby obscuring some of your text. Otherwise, looks nice and neat, Mike.
I look forward to forthcoming revelations.
@CathyB Then I shall nix the “Follow Me” widget (which I stole from the esteemed Mary Robinette Kowal) – or perhaps just move it to the other side of the page.
And still more fiddling this evening. Clearly I’m up to no good!
Thanks, Mike. It doesn’t annoy me at all as long as it loiters along the other side.