backdrifts.net :: Some random site updates

Some random site updates

:. Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 04:06:35 AM EST

Every now and then at late hours such as these, I find myself highly motivated and inspired to make little, neurotic changes to this website.

Tonight (or this morning, rather) I changed portions of the layout for "the latest" bar that sits at the right of the page. For one, the FAU owl logo and the Christmas Tree have been given drop-shadow effects. In addition, the titles "newest photos," "newest comments" and "newest writings" have been added to their respective sections of "the latest" bar. I felt it may not have been clear the intent of all of these links unless they were specifically labeled.

That's all that I changed here on the blog. However, web development/hosting services page underwent many changes. Most of my visitors out there have probably never seen this page before, although I put it up years ago. Even though I have a good job, I'd still like to make money on the side. Therefore, I'm trying to further promote this services page.

Anyway, that's that... I will end this post with a request for your opinion!

As you know, backdrifts.net has existed in some form since 2002. It has since seen many designs. The current one was created specifically to run on the 40 MHz SPARCstation, hence the minimalist layout.

So I ask... should I give this site a new look? A facelift very well may be in order here. I have a lot of great ideas for a new, sexy design. Best of all, this site has been 100% database-driven for years now, so implementing a new page and displaying all of the same information will be a breeze!

Hm... decisions, decisions...

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