| Kef Schecter ( @ 2009-04-09 00:44:00 |
Hackin' mah website
So I've finally decided to commit to redesigning my site using Wordpress. Currently I'm designing the theme, since I hate using generic themes or themes designed by other people (unless I modify them to look original -- but I'd probably change enough that I may as well start from scratch anyhow). It'll probably be simple and functional, not at all flashy -- so it'd be like how the site looks currently, just marginally better. And at the very least, the sidebar will have rounded corners now.
Now, rounded corners are kind of a funny thing. If you're an average Joe on the internet, you probably don't give a flying fuck about rounded corners. Whoop-de-doo, the corners are round, so what? But, funnily enough, rounded corners have always been a big deal in web design. First off, it's about impossible to figure out how to do it correctly on your own. I'm serious... rounded corners are a Big Thing in the web design world. Fortunately, it's still very easy to make them by just looking on the web for tutorials. Figuring out which of the half-zillion ways to do it (all of which are still obscure and have their own drawbacks), though, is a bit tricky, especially when the first couple of ways you try it won't actually work quite right. All this for something that should be as simple as something like "corners: rounded 20px"...
But oh well, at least I got the rounded corners working. Now to actually finish the design and, better yet, get some content goin' here... >.>
- Kef
So I've finally decided to commit to redesigning my site using Wordpress. Currently I'm designing the theme, since I hate using generic themes or themes designed by other people (unless I modify them to look original -- but I'd probably change enough that I may as well start from scratch anyhow). It'll probably be simple and functional, not at all flashy -- so it'd be like how the site looks currently, just marginally better. And at the very least, the sidebar will have rounded corners now.
Now, rounded corners are kind of a funny thing. If you're an average Joe on the internet, you probably don't give a flying fuck about rounded corners. Whoop-de-doo, the corners are round, so what? But, funnily enough, rounded corners have always been a big deal in web design. First off, it's about impossible to figure out how to do it correctly on your own. I'm serious... rounded corners are a Big Thing in the web design world. Fortunately, it's still very easy to make them by just looking on the web for tutorials. Figuring out which of the half-zillion ways to do it (all of which are still obscure and have their own drawbacks), though, is a bit tricky, especially when the first couple of ways you try it won't actually work quite right. All this for something that should be as simple as something like "corners: rounded 20px"...
But oh well, at least I got the rounded corners working. Now to actually finish the design and, better yet, get some content goin' here... >.>
- Kef