life:/straightup » Web Design http://lifestraightup.com less gloss_more real Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:02:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Design Update http://lifestraightup.com/posts/new-design-update/ http://lifestraightup.com/posts/new-design-update/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 23:21:13 +0000 John Kingsley http://lifestraightup.com/?p=271 Okay, here’s the deal, the new design is close to being done. I ran into some issues with both my testing WordPress installation as well as this WP as well. My testing server was shredding my design when I added a “read more…” link. I tried the theme on here, where there already is read more links and it seemed to work fine so hopefully tomorrow I will get the design finished. Second, it is not Evan who has been writing these last posts, it has been me, John. For some reason when I write posts it does not allow me to specify that I am the author. I will investigate this more thoroughly soon.

Finally, I am preparing to install the Windows 7 RC in a few minutes. I apologize I never posted a thorough review of the beta, I will post a through review in a few days. So that’s it for now, I’m off to try Windows 7!

]]> http://lifestraightup.com/posts/new-design-update/feed/ 0 New Look For Spring http://lifestraightup.com/posts/new-look-for-spring/ http://lifestraightup.com/posts/new-look-for-spring/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:07:09 +0000 John Kingsley http://lifestraightup.com/?p=266 There is no denying that this website has gotten off to a slow start. That is completely my fault. My initial excitement quickly wore off and my attentions drifted elsewhere. Despite Evan’s best efforts to post new, interesting, and relevant information, the volume of posts aren’t what they ought to be for a site that is almost 4 months old. I intend on rectifying that.

Part of my plan involves a new design of the site one that is days away form being completed after far too long in development. It is quite a bit different from the current design. At the same time I am creating another site focused on testicular cancer. Anyone who knows me knows that testicular cancer is a subject that I have had quite a bit of experience with. It’s going to less serious and more focused on fun and openness. I wont go too in-depth into what it is right now but you can check out a site mock-up at its URL: playwithyourballs.org.

So this is going to be a short post. Here are the highlights:

  • New design coming in the next few days.
  • More posts in the future. (sorry)
  • New side testicular cancer side project (playwithyourballs.org)

Hope everything is going well with you!

]]> http://lifestraightup.com/posts/new-look-for-spring/feed/ 0 WTF? Change scares me. http://lifestraightup.com/posts/wtf-change-scares-me/ http://lifestraightup.com/posts/wtf-change-scares-me/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:47:23 +0000 John Kingsley http://lifestraightup.com/?p=134 I will constantly be playing around with my theme and making it better. So, tonight I played around with the CSS and made my design more monochromatic. Don’t worry you can still get the old look back. Scroll to the bottom of the page in the footer there are two links, one says Orig. Style . That is… you guessed it the original style with the orange and green. The second link is B&W Style, that is the current default style, the monochromatic one. You can switch back and forth at will. I will regularly update and generally play around with the design so don’t freak out if you wander by and things look crazy. As I get more cool projects under my belt they will be listed on the projects page.

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