Pure Squarespace
September 23, 2009 Well the re-design is now live. There are still a couple things I need to tweak, but they are so minimal that I did not want to hold up the re-launch while I worked on them. I hope you like it, please let me know what you think.
If you were familiar with my last version, you will note a total 100% change.
I really liked the old version, due to all the bells and whistles I added to it (i.e. Javascript Slideshows, outside Widgets, neat CSS tricks, and every other cool thing that I tested out and added because it worked).
I thought of the old version as a really cool playground. You know the one when you were a kid that had everything you wanted to play with. A slide, swings, see-saw, etc... Not just the normal ones, but those colossal versions that were monstrous. You know the ones your parents had to drag you away by the collar when it was time to go home.
But since noticing more and more of these playgrounds popping up, and in doing some growing up myself, I decided to go back to simple, but elegant. I have removed my Javascript Slideshow, my outside Widgets, my neat Disqus Comments, oh and the love of my life, my Twitter Feed.
Hence: Pure Squarespace...
Everything within my site is now all the options/elements that are within Squarespace. No outside code!!!
As I noted in my earlier post "Working on a New Design":
I additionally want to remove my sidebars, because I really have nothing in them except garbage. Most if not all of my navigation is in the menu bars that I have at the top, which made the sidebars pointless.
The removal of all the outside stuff made my sidebars look bare, so I was happy to get rid of them, and move to a one column design with no sidebars. I have also moved my Navigation to the bottom. Although, it may look familiar to some of you, I will be changing this in the near future. I wanted to see if I could pull of the large Footer with a Multiple Column style.
Well, that is all for now. I'll keep you posted on any other changes I have made or plan to make.
Oh, and don't forget to let me know what you think in the Pure Squarespace Comment section below. :)
Cheers...
CSS, Disqus, Javascript, Squarespace, Twitter, Widgets
Reader Comments (10)
Michael, I like the nice clean look and no outside code. Now if SQSP would build a disqus like comment section for posts, guestbook and discussion boards, then I would drop disqus and go totally SQSP code again.
On the post page, I still think something is missing, not sure what, but the right side is too empty for me. Also the cookies at the top could be a bit larger as well. They get lost at the top.
Good work.
@Alan - I enlarged the Breadcrumb Font at the top. The right-side on the Single-Post-Entry will be the comments section. Still working on moving them up there. I should have that done soon. I was testing one additional thing first.
Thanks...
MZ
@Michael, Moving the comments into that space will fill it nicely. I think Tyler posted some code on how to do that. Hope all is well and that the work gig is paying off.
@Alan, well here they are on the right... It took a little hair pulling, but got it done.
Let me know what you think...
I'll email you the view from my iPhone. I'll check a normal browser in am. Any way to list comments above comment entry.
@Alan, I know why it is showing like that on the iPhone. I just didn't get a chance to finish what I was doing late last night.
It does look good like this. Makes me want to play a little with mine this weekend.
This is the layout I have been trying to make for my site. How did you create the three column look? Is it one journal page?
@Drew - This is a normal Journal Page that has the Journal Entry Width set to a 3rd of the full width of the Content Area, which creates the three column look.
Impressive redesign.