Live redesign
in Movable Type, Sites, Webdev
Yesterday, I had my mood. I am a little bit boed with this site design. I feel that it is too complex. The previous layout was made only by modifying the stylesheet, and moving some <div>s. I did not explore Movable Type — the blogging application I use right now for this blog — for months. I mean, going further into the template tags, combining its template tags with some PHP codes, etc.
I made the quick-and-dirty templates yesterday. What I had in mind was something simple, having information well-organized, and cleaning up the HTML codes.
So, rather than having all template files done locally, I decided to make the new design directly on the website. I want to do it live.
So, you will find that some sections are still using the old design. I am working on it. And, if you want to learn about Movable Type, I will post some simple tips and tricks during the redesign. Okey, time’s up, going back redesigning now…
PS: Any ideas, suggestions, or comments? Pass them.
Update: Feb 11
- Category Archive page — If you go to archive category page, now you will not see all entries under a certain category. If a category has many posts, displaying entry titles will be a great solution. I do not want to display the title. I also want to display the entry excerpt. This is way there is a new pagination system there.
- Monthly Archive page — It is a little bit different. I do not write many posts every month. So, I put all entries in my date-based archive page.
- Bookmark index, bookmark individual archive, and date-based archive — These pages are similar to the main index page, but the titles are not displayed.
Now, it is time to add some details like related entries, previous and next entries. Yeah, things like that.
This entry receives 13 comments.
goz
wah ganti lagi, news style nih? keren.. seperti biasa, rapih trus gampang nyari yg dicari (halah mbulet), template tags nya dikombinasi sama php buat apa misalnya thom?
Feb 10, 2007 at 1:56 am
Jauhari
Keren dan SIMPLE, inilah yang selalu saya tunggu dari CAK THOMAS… desainnya BERSIH dan apa yaaa KOTAK dan ENAK di LIHAT ;)
*kerabis mas (Keren Abis)
Feb 10, 2007 at 7:00 am
kus
menarik , kalau boleh kasih saran ( ahem ) , jarak antara post bookmarks dengan post entry terlamapau dekat , mungkin post bookmarks nya boleh dikasih margin 1 em deh :) jadi tidak terlihat *uwel - uwelan * , atau situ buatnya di dalam tenda pengungsian banjir yah ??
wah kreatif banget ….
semangat!
Feb 10, 2007 at 9:38 am
kus
ah maaf , sepertinya …. kalau di lihat di Opera dan Safari , garis tanda pembeda post entry dan bookmarks jadi lengket satu sama lain , jadinya gandeng dan agak mepet *uwel - uwelan* .
kalau di ff okay tuh …
tertanda.
spam
Feb 10, 2007 at 9:42 am
kus
ahhhh tidak .. sepertinya aku musti buat akun disini!!!
okay kang , cuma mau nanya … jadi dimana ads nya?
*padahal aye dah nyiapin adblock kalau mampir kesini.
hi hi hi
tertanda.
sepam
Feb 10, 2007 at 9:46 am
supriyadisw
Kok ganti lagi Mas? Yang kemaren dikemanain? Kayanya suka gonta-ganti mood ya. Hehehe… Tapi makin keyen kok ;)
Feb 10, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Thomas Arie
Goz, salah satu yang paling sering saya pakai adalah include(); sebagai pengganti <$MTInclude$> dan juga if. Dan juga, saya mengambil manfaat dari dynamic publishing-nya untuk blog ini…
Jauhari, lagi pengen yang tidak terlalu rame ini mas… :)
Kus, terima kasih usulannya… saya juga termasuk pecinta white space kok… Hehe. Mengenai border pemisah, ada screenshot-nya gak mas? Oh ya, saya juga pake Adblock kok… :D
Supriyadi, wah, sepertinya layout yang kemari adalah salah satu layout yang panjang umur… cukup lama dipakai… Yang sebelumnya tetap ada kok.
Feb 10, 2007 at 9:32 pm
fruityoaty
It’s looking quite good, so far. Very nice!
Feb 11, 2007 at 1:30 pm
kus
Seperti yang kau minta.
Feb 11, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Thomas Arie
fruityoaty, thank you…
kus, terima kasih banyak Mas! Problem di CSS-nya ternyata…
Feb 11, 2007 at 8:43 pm
jalansutera
cool, keren. tapi kok tampak kaku ya. ini sih cuma komentar orang amatir saja. jangan dianggep deh. anyway, selamat atas redesign-nya. *makan-makan*
Feb 12, 2007 at 9:57 am
Thomas Arie
Kaku karena warna yang minimalis kali ya? Cenderung agak mono mungkin yang bikin ini kesannya kaku… Terima kasih komentarnya Mas! Makan-makan? Wuuuuu… :P
Feb 12, 2007 at 11:16 am
firman firdaus
saya suka kang. bersih dan informatif. very readable!
Feb 12, 2007 at 8:01 pm