Version 9: Spike Trap
posted on Friday, March 7, 2008 @ 4:05 am
If you’re reading this, my dear and excellent friend, Vickie has finally done it. Yes, a new layout for Lean-Forward after 1.66 years; and yes, the site is now valid XHTML 1.0 strict; and yes, she stuck her face on the header image; but yes, she’s finally not stealing game images; and yes, the theme is also affectionately(?) named “Spike Trap”! And because I’ve known IE for another 1.66 years, this time there was little trouble getting the layout to look the way it’s intended on it! Woo!
I’m not entirely sure about the colours, though, especially with the <em> and the links; but I’ve been staring at the layout for hours and my eyes aren’t bleeding yet, so I guess it’s not too bad! The layout also has so much potential to be a fluid layout, but I shied away… I have yet to fix the smileys and favicon to match the new theme, too.
Pffft, sleep is for the weak!
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March 7, 2008 at 4:18 am
This is what an official comment looks like. Isn’t it cute?
March 7, 2008 at 7:27 am
I like it, and the colors. ^_^
So yay, good job! *gives two thumbs up*
March 7, 2008 at 7:56 am
Oh, this layout is so cute! ^__^ I love the colours and how simplistic it is.
March 7, 2008 at 9:15 am
Wow, I love it. And the colour scheme is great; brown is always classy.
March 7, 2008 at 2:54 pm
What a great layout! I love the simplicity of it! ^_^
March 8, 2008 at 3:19 am
yay! congratulations on being validated. how I wish I have the knowledge and patience to work on my site.
you truly deserve it.
March 8, 2008 at 5:34 am
I like how sleek it looks and I am loving the colors.
You also had me at “No, wait, come back!”
March 8, 2008 at 10:51 am
The new layout looks great. Good job.
March 8, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Well, if you use IE and it looks perfectly fine to you there, it looks fantastic to me. I don’t know why but some people are just incredibly skilled at making layouts look more simplistic than they truly are. I am reading up on XHTML now. I just hope I can make something as great as this…The only thing is, the colors on the sidebar, for the headers are a little light. It could just be my eyesight because I couldn’t find the sidebar at first. =/
March 8, 2008 at 7:48 pm
I use Firefox, but also check my sites on Opera, Internet Explorer 6 and 7. IE 6 and 7 almost always give me a massive headache. If you look close enough, though, you can see that IE still hates me.
But thanks, Melle, for alerting me to the sidebar and header links not having enough contrast against the background. I picked the colours on a calibrated monitor; but I’ll try to fix it and make it more accessible!
March 9, 2008 at 12:30 am
Wow it looks great, well done on getting it valid, for old old layout I tried to make it valid but it took to long so I just used a layout someone else made, my laziness knows no limits
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March 9, 2008 at 7:34 am
I am not sure what your layout looked like previously - but your new one is very cute! I like it a lot
March 9, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Oooh, it looks fabulous!! I am jealous of your skills!
March 10, 2008 at 9:04 pm
the layout looks good. it’s simple (in the sense that it doesn’t have any graphics in bulk) but effective! Looks professional.
March 11, 2008 at 10:15 am
Love it! It’s so easy on my eyes, too, I got sensitive eyeballs, and some peoples’ layouts positively blind the sheeet out of me. x.x
March 11, 2008 at 11:15 am
Very nice. I love the colors.
March 12, 2008 at 6:26 am
I love the new layout! It looks very organized and easy on the eyes. Well done!
I love the colour scheme, too! 
March 15, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I think the layout looks great. Gloomy, but professional-looking. (And there’s nothing wrong with gloomy!)
March 19, 2008 at 2:27 am
awesome! I love the new theme. Great work and again I am officially jealous! ;D
March 29, 2008 at 2:39 am
I think your theme looks great!