2002 was the first full calendar year for ***Dave Does the Blog. What does 2003 hold?
- Time for a redesign, at least in colors. The maroon-and-yellow has worked well, but it’s time for something fresh.
- Consider the overall page design. I’ve been using the same basic layout for over a year, just shuffling header graphics and colors. Is there something better?
- Photo gallery. Something to replace Picturetrail, hosted on my site. I have that Gallery download that Seki recommended; I just need to Just Do It.
- Reduce the sidebar clutter. It needs to be done, badly. I expect to see the media reviews go away, the rings, etc., to go away, a number of the non-blog links go away, etc. If I have a hard time navigating through it, visitors must, too.
- Finish my re-Categorization project.
Problem is, by and large, I’m happy with how things are here. I don’t see moving away from MT any time soon, and I’m using most of the features of it that I want to be (eschewing things that require I dig around in files that get replaced).
So while I have the urge to houseclean, I need to make sure that I don’t just rearrange the furniture for the sake of doing so.
Any suggestions from our studio audience?
Pick a couple of fun DAVE colors. And, other than maybe arranging the buttons in order by size (which I’ll be doing on my site shortly), I wouldn’t change anything. It’s YOUR site!
Well, that’s why I labelled them as “suggestions,” not “dictates.” And maroon is a Dave color. Though I think the next color will be green.
You know Dave, It isn’t easy being green…