7 February 2009 - Blog changes to date...
Just to keep things straight in my brain, I'm going to list the changes I have made on this blog so far.
First, I started with the "On The Lake" HSB template. Second, color names in the list below are my description so I can remember what they are. They are not the "official" color names for the HTML color codes listed. I might call something "dusty rose" and another person would see it and say it was "mauve". This list is mostly for my reference. If it helps someone else too, well, that's a bonus. Here we go...
- Added "georgia" to the front of the list of fonts (because I like "serif" fonts better than "sans-serif").
- Replaced header image with one I created in Photoshop Elements - I still need to tweak the size of the header graphic. It looks like it's a little too wide (my text is not centered and is getting cut off).
- Changed "head" background-color from "deep dusty rose" (#663333) to "dusty coral" (#cc6655) to match header color better.
- Changed "td" [posts] font-size from 9pt to 10pt (the first was a little too small) & changed the font-color from "very dark teal blue" (#001e20) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d) to match font color in new header graphic
- Changed "body" background-color from "very dark teal blue" (#001e20) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d)
- Changed ".pagetitle" font-size from 18pt to 0pt to make it disappear - since I have my blog title on my header graphic, I did not need it here. Changing the font size to zero makes it "invisible" but does not erase my blog title from my General Settings profile (which is necessary unless I want an untitled blog)
- Changed ".posttitle" color from "very dark teal blue" (#001e20) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d) and font-size from 11pt to 12pt (just a little bigger)
- Changed ".sidetitle" color from "very dark teal blue" (#001e20) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d), border-color from "med-dark teal blue" (#0d3648) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d), and font-size from 10pt to 11pt
- Changed "a:link" color from "black" (#000000) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d), font-size from 8pt to 9pt, and text-decoration from "underline" to "none"
- Changed "a:visited" color from "black" (#000000) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d), font-size from 8pt to 9pt, and text-decoration from "underline" to "none"
- Changed "a:link" font-size from 8pt to 9pt & text-decoration from "underline" to "none"
- Changed "a:active" color from "black" (#000000) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d), font-size from 8pt to 9pt, and text-decoration from "underline" to "none"
- Changed ".bgtable" border-color from "black" (#000000) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d)
- Changed "font.blue" color from "med-dark teal blue" (#0d3648) to "very dark brown" (#362f2d) & font-size from 9pt to 10pt
- Changed "table" color [the left hand table where the posts go] from "med grey" (#999999) to "basic beige" (#eeccaa)
- Added a background image to the "body" and left hand post areas - still need to figure out how to get the background image to cover the whole post area (there's a thin sliver of "basic beige" showing on the far right side)
- Created a couple "categories" to tag posts
- Added several test posts with Latin gibberish (at least it's gibberish to me!)
I think that's all for now. Looks like a pretty extensive list. It's amazing what one can accomplish when one wakes up at 4 am and can't get back to sleep!
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