It was nearly two years ago when I cranked out the green tartan background, and even then, it had evoked some commentary from my peers. And yet, it was sort of emblematic of what this blog was all about: what it lacked in taste, it made up for with warmth. Oh, and it really tied the room together.
This was a tough redesign for me... especially since for at least 50% of it, I was trying to get my vision to conform with that Blogger layout system, a process which left me emotionally drained and ready to, as A Knight's Tale's Wat would say, fong someone. I will say that I am glad that the staff of Blogger had the good sense to let those of us with the old templates keep them, because editing the new layouts by hand is a tricky proposition. But in addition to the hardship the the prospect of abandoning a design which, while getting long in the tooth, had served me well over the years was difficult, as it was like I was losing a familiar old friend or a nice warm quilt on a cold winter's day.
I auditioned a lot of backgrounds. I mean a lot. I think I tried about 100 different patterns before settling on a creation of Squidfingers... that I then of course made my own. I saw a lot of really nice backgrounds in my journeys, but most of them weren't me, and were certainly not in keeping with the spirit of Culture Kills either. And while I am still not fully committed to the current one just yet, it is growing on me.
Yes, there are still a few tweaks that I am likely going to do over the next few weeks, but for the most part, I think the graphical part of this redesign is nearing completion.
Now the archiving... that is going to be a challenge.
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