Technovangelism

Day three! Today was much more a color scheme change than anything else. The colors and layout inspired by the Compositio WordPress Theme. I went a little overboard with the blue, but am very happy with the balance of each hue.

Overall

This design is back to my old standard of a single-column, fixed sidebar down the right side with the main content area filling the rest. Nothing too advanced. This will be the last design that follows this pattern. If I want to continue improving my skills, I need to branch out of my comfort zone.

Header

I have reduced the number of links even more this round. They aren’t replaced anywhere else so this design may not match the final implementation, but I could work them in somewhere. I did not want to make the navigation links like tabs, even they look close to them, because my site is not very conducive to tabs. If this design was used for another project, I might like them as tabs.

Main Content Area

I have noticed the wrap-around flag/tab on several sites and tried incorporating them into my design. The extra depth it adds to a design is remarkable. I went back to the standard thread design as well. Improving over that is difficult, but there is still plenty of time to try.

Sidebar

The sidebar is a little bit too skinny in this design. There is no reason why it cannot be wider. I did not want to spend the time on it when there is more work to be done. I managed to dress up the sidebar like I have been planning to. It is nothing special, but enough that I would not call it boring.

Footer

I am really liking the “Who’s Online” section in the footer. It is typically an empty space in a design so it provides plenty of room for the list. In the last two rounds, at least one will have a more advanced footer. All that room is begging for some content.