I firmly believe that I will probably never be able to sit still when it comes to the design of my own projects. Although I am very happy with the overall layout of TheUnclean.com, I do seem some issues in the code and usability. So, I started by cleaning up some of the CSS and then making some changes to the site today.
Tools:
At the top every page are flag icons to translate the content into different languages. Now the site is readable in 11 languages! My native tongue is english, but I have noticed that there are many visitors whose browsers are set to a different default language. So, I picked out the top 10 and uploaded a great translation plugin. Just below the translation/flag icons, is the search box and links to login, check the archive and view the tags.
Since there are a number of posts throughout the site that do not have the sidebar, I wanted to make sure that user friendly tools were still available. Another reason for moving the tools to the top, was to replace the ugly ass 468x60 advertising banner. I don't need to fuck up the design off my website just to make a couple of pennies here and there.
- you can see these changes on any page of TheUnclean.com
Gallery
I have to admit, I really like the way I coded the updated layout for the galleries. When you first enter The Unclean Gallery you see some random thumbnails from the two existing galleries; one for fashion & style and the other dedicated to the suicidegirls. Just below these two groups of random images are some of the most recent additions. It came out much cleaner and easier to navigate then the original thumbnail layout I had used; and when I add more galleries, they will easily fit into the existing design.
- you can see the new gallery layout in TheUnclean Gallery
I have some more code cleaning and may remove some plugins by adding functionality to the theme, but for now, I am happy with the changes. If you took a look at the site, and are familiar with either blogs or the gothic industrial community, post a comment and let me know what you think.
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