Front End Alignment

March 8, 2007

I’ve performed a little facelift on the front of the site. I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, since I felt the home page wasn’t a correct reflection of content within. The blog is a main section, but I don’t consider this site primarily a blog, and it was one of the most prominent elements on the page.

Better use of space

There are other areas of the home page that also get updated and they were being relegated to the sidebar. I wasn’t very happy with that and I also really wanted to break away from the the big column and sidebar look for the home page. Reducing the the real estate for the blog really opened up the space. Now there’s also more room for the other dynamic elements to balance out the most recent blog entry.

Fueled by Design

I’ve also taken the opportunity to incorporate a new tag line Fueled by Design that ties in more with the theme of the design. Most importantly, the area directly below explains what Supercharged is about and directs visitors to other areas of the site.

The message was always there, it just wasn’t be communicated as well as it could have been.

There are 3 comments

1Respiro, the logo design guy

Darren,

Your site layout’s simplicity is remarkable. I am wondering if the association of the 1px line [in the body] with the 3px line [in the vertical menu] is right?

I understand that your general idea was to work with 1px lines [main menu, “flower”, body], so this is why I am wondering.

Best wishes,
Respiro

2Bryan Zmijewski

Darren, cool site…I just happen to see that you linked to us…thanks for the kudos! We’re new, but full of energy :)

3Simon

Hey Darren, just stopping by. I like your re-org especially the easy access to your links. Between my disorganized favorites and a delicious account I can never remember the password to, it’s much easier to swing by your site, pick up a cup of coffee and start surfing.

Keep up the good work - when are we going to get a post about all of your cool new projects?

-S

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