It’s funny how much work this layout actually was. Simplicity isn’t easy. It was impossible to get the rounded corner to fit right below the header. I couldn’t really figure out where to put my Q*Bee link, my Twitter roll (9/21/08: Twitter Roll, nice), or my Flickr feed. I don’t like how my sidebar is arranged anymore (eww widgets).
For my next layout, I’ll be using a simpler less Wordpress like sidebar organization. The layout didn’t really change much from the last layout in terms of entry and comment organization. Aesthetically very different, but not so much internally. I’ve begun working on the next layout already!!
Final note: Happy New Year!
9/22/08: Breakdown = I was stressed. I couldn’t do all this anymore. I made two entries already talking about how I was going to handle this site and all my other sites.’
(order: game plan, site plan, final plan)
I realize if I go on like this, that I’m never going to be happy. I just need to let things rest. I need to relax. This all came to me yesterday night at 1:00 PM. I never sleep well when things have to change.
Its the first week of my winter break. But I’m just so stressed out.
I want to add new content to the site. I have to make sure I trade at least 2 patches a month for the Q*Bee. I want to stay active at my Message Boards. I have to make a layout a month. I want an active social life. If I can’t handle this now, how can I handle it with school and everything else. I have so many responsibilities.
On top of that: oncoming projects and sites. I personally love this one too much to put it on hold, but of all my other ones? I’m just never going to be happy, or satisfied if I don’t let some things go, or down. I’m very confused.
I don’t know if I can actually do this. I just want to cut back to posting here, staying active at my message boards, checking my email, making new layouts, trading at the Q*Bee, making sure my friends don’t hate me, and that’s all. I don’t have the time and effort anymore.
Lets try to keep it at that.
My first public site, “TiffanyxGraphix” (oh yeah) was hosted by Freewebs. It was fantastically coded using Frontpage with fixed DIV layers and crappy coding aplenty. The layout was premade and it featured Chibimaru, a Sanrio character *coughillegalcough*. The site was aimed toward the ‘graphix’ scene with blends and multi-colors.
My first real site was hosted by Lai. This time, I made my own layout, still using illegal images, but it was my own. I had crappy content that was made using tutorials. The site opened up in a tiny popup and had really small content space (iFrames duh). That was during the pixelling age (powered by HaloScan).
Later, for the same site I switched to a more advanced coding stage (realizing Frontpage sucks). It was an introduction to X/HTML and PHP as I started exploring Wordpress. I used an iFrame based theme by Jays for a different layout (still in the same style though: popup, tiny, iFrames). After that, I moved onto another pre-made theme by Jays, but this time it was different. It had a sidebar and separate sections with headers. This was all made of DIV layers; I’ve never used anything else since.
Summary:
- iFrames are Bad
- Graphix are Sad
- Pop-Ups are Mad
- Lai was Rad
9/22/08: Yep. This was also crap (that explains why you are looking at this). It basically was me saying I was going to add more content. I’d be moving around the contents of all my sites. This site would be more ‘personal’ and ‘visitor friendly’. It also included a list of what all my sites’ purposes were. Well… boo. It didn’t work out that way. Not many things changed. lol
Currently, I still haven’t figured out the purposes for all my websites/apps. 
(order: game plan, site plan, final plan)
