19June2008

New Site Design – Part 2

Posted by BaBa under: Site Information.

I first changed the design for the website by selecting Royale a WordPress Theme. I was able to modify the black background by changing out the background tile. I used our Scottish Tartan for the Maxwell Clan. I like that the red can represent the Red Silk Thread and the Green (to me) represents the Celts (both Scottish and Irish). I have several other background tiles that I can and will use to change to look in the future. One of the background tiles is a dragon playing a saxaphone. This reminds me of one of our travelmate’s (Nancy) oldest son Ian.

I have been adding the links on the side and customizing some of the script. I am really slow at this as I don’t write code often and can only hack around with changing it. I still have a few changes to make. I want to add a few blog links and then see if D will help me get the photos to wrap around the text correctly.

I tried it out and got feedback from MaMa (did not like it that well) and D. Both said it was dark and they were correct. So I went for lighter and tried to keep the green and red theme going. This time I chose autumn-concept. It is probably a better fit. As you can see, I changed the header and footer to red. I then have added the items on the menu bar side. I have also added a link for First Fridays, China Tree and updated the blogroll links. I changed the photo to one of my China Photos and the border around the photo. I liked the fact that it is easy to customize, much easier on the eye and I can feature one of my photos in the banner.

Well let me know what you think of my site re-design and header photo.