Hey the site looks even more plain!

So here's the new design. Yes, it's pretty plain for now, but I'll work on that some. I'm not a huge fan of complicated-looking designs to begin with, but I'm sure there'll be some changes to this look. The nice part about it is that it's a lot easier to maintain than the previous site. Without getting into boring talk about HTML/CSS and FTP uploads and so on, I can update anything about the site having only to touch a couple of files.

Mostly that's because I'm using Blogger now to handle all of the articles. On the previous site I used them for the blog only, but the page template didn't exactly match the rest of the site and upkeep for that template was therefore kind of annoying. Even worse, adding new pages was a pain and prone to human error. Now both halves of the site and everything that describes the page style are in their own singular places. Basically I just maintain the home page and the rest is done for me. Much more to my way of thinking.

On the home page, you'll notice there is a "Featured Article" section, which will highlight one of either the Blog or Incredible Things articles. At the start it probably won't make much sense, as the Featured Article will be available in a couple of places. But as time goes on I figure it'll link to previous articles for the day, or for special sites/pages created as I go. Who knows? THE WORLD IS MY OYSTER.

I should also say the previous site content is still available; just click the "View old site" link in the upper right-hand corner and there you'll be. Aside from the obvious differences, I also stripped down the navigation between the old site and this one. After the first year or so I realized 99% of the articles went into the "Other" section, and the other bits were more blog-like so it became natural to have just two main sections, as there now are.