Introducing Deep Jive Interests 1.2!
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007
Things have been busy as of late at the BlogHerald, but I’ve also taken the time over the past week or so to give Deep Jive Interests a new coat of paint in terms of a new theme. In doing so, I’ve learned all I’ve cared to know about the relative (standards-based) evils of Microsoft Explorer, some nitty gritty CSS, and above all, a lot of respect for folks who do this professionally.
Now that its out of the way — back to blogging!
(Of course, you can leave your cheers and jeers on v 1.2 of the DJI theme below).
23 comments
It looks good, I really like it :)
by Sarit on May 11, 2007 at 9:08 am. #
From a pedantic SEO perspective you might really benefit from adding H1 tags, maybe using the image alt text on the home page and the post title on the permalinks.
Other than that looking really smart.
by kelvin newman on May 11, 2007 at 10:01 am. #
The new design looks good. I like the huge amounts of white space. :)
by Isaak Kwok on May 11, 2007 at 10:10 am. #
Congrats on the redesign. This is all class, Tony!
by Derek on May 11, 2007 at 10:23 am. #
I do miss the robot, though.
by engtech on May 11, 2007 at 11:47 am. #
I like saying what I actually think, so I’ll be the first to say that I liked the old design better. Not that this one is bad, though: it isn’t (:.
by Stan Schroeder on May 11, 2007 at 12:07 pm. #
Stan,
Well, you’d be the first on this post, that’s for sure — but its something that I’ve heard from a few people too. :)
Cheers
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 12:18 pm. #
Engtech,
Surprisingly, you’re not the first person to say that either. Maybe I should bring him back … ;)
Cheers
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 12:19 pm. #
Derek,
Thanks for the kind words.
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 12:20 pm. #
Isaak,
I think white space is important … but even now I’m wondering whether I should have even more (between lines, between posts etc etc)
Cheers
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 12:21 pm. #
Looks good, Tony. I definitely like the white space too.
by Rod on May 11, 2007 at 12:32 pm. #
okay the straight dope.
The new layout is good and clean.
The top menubar/titlebar is lacking.
by ryan l on May 11, 2007 at 12:40 pm. #
Yup, the menu bar is the weak spot for sure.
by engtech on May 11, 2007 at 1:00 pm. #
Refreshing redesign, Mr. T. :)
by TDH on May 11, 2007 at 2:38 pm. #
Engtech / Ryan — is the CSS broken? Or are those merely stylistic commentary?
Cheers
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 4:14 pm. #
stylistic :)
Although, I have a picture of my cat in my header, so glass houses and all.
by engtech on May 11, 2007 at 4:32 pm. #
Engtech — *that* I can handle.
CSS breaking? That makes me cry like a little girl. No, really it does. That and making sure that the theme is WC3 validated, and is usable across all versions of MSIE.
BTW, is anyone using Safari? Does it work there?
Cheers
t @ dji
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 4:35 pm. #
I have to say I agree with Stan on this one. But you already know that Tony ;)
It’s unfortunate that you won’t be able to make it to Chicago this weekend.
Muhammad
by Muhammad Saleem on May 11, 2007 at 4:50 pm. #
Muahmmad,
Well, you can’t please everyone. ;)
And yes … it is unfortunate. Maybe next time!
t
by Tony Hung on May 11, 2007 at 4:51 pm. #
Very nice & clean, I like it.
by rslux on May 11, 2007 at 4:52 pm. #
Does CSS do anything other than break? That is the question.
by engtech on May 11, 2007 at 4:59 pm. #
Its all good in Safari and on Opera Mini via blackberry(thank you css)
its definitely just a graphical/artistic thing for me
not keen on the green font color of the title and the electric blue highlight onmouseover of the links.
by ryan l on May 11, 2007 at 5:26 pm. #
Tony:
I’m liking this new space. Sounds like you had a lot on your hands lately. I couldn’t make it to Chicago as well so maybe next time we go, together ;-) On the good news front, I will be at ProBlogger’s NY program on June 9.
by Valeria Maltoni on May 12, 2007 at 11:32 am. #