A New Lick of Paint
After updating the design history page recently, I got all nostalgic for the 2020 version of this website. I loved the design of it and the way in which it used emojis as icons. It was just a really fun design.
After playing around with different designs for the new version of the site, and even emulating the old site almost perfectly, I came to the realisation that I actually prefer the sidebar layout I already have.
So instead of trying to emulate that 2020 version, I decided an iterative update of the existing design was in order.
This new version is still using a sidebar (albeit a little wider now), it still has a brutal aesthetic, and it's still content focussed. But there's a few things I've changed, some of which are more obvious than others. Here's a list of some of the changes I've made:
- A new colour pallet that's similar to the 2020 design.
- A brand new header that includes the avatar Joel made for me (hover over it for a fun Easter egg) and a search bar.
- Emojis everywhere that are using Twemoji, so they should look the same no matter which OS you're using. I've also replaced a lot of the iconography with emojis - I think it's more fun!
- Removed around 400 lines of CSS from my stylesheet.
There's lots of other little improvements too, and some that I still need to make, but for now I'm happy with the new design.
What do you think?
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