Angry in the Great White North

Welcome to the new Angry in the Great White North! The blog looks a lot snazzier now, since I've figured out how to use Adobe ImageReady and Aptana.

The key thing is that I've brought the blog back to the front page. I like the idea of the blog being just one part of a site, but I've also realized that with my site, no one really cares for the other stuff all that much. It's useful sometimes, but the blog is king. So back to the front it goes.

I've reduced the menu system to just the major themes. The subthemes were not all that useful, I found.

Other highlights:

• Much more polished and professional look. Well, maybe not professional. But a lot less crappy. But then sometimes I think I can't design my way out of a wet paper bag, so maybe this is a step back.
• More stuff on the screen, including a newsfeed, and the Blogging Tories list.
• A video box, currently featuring the official CPC videos.
• Comments and article are in different frames in the post page, meaning you can read both at the same time.

Some lowlights:

• No search box yet.
• Problems with Opera. You can see the site, but the text runs out under the boxes.
• Most of the menu items are turned off until I do more testing.
• Currently the whole page reload when you select a different theme. I'll rework that into an Ajax script that refreshes only the target frame in the weeks to come.
• Probably could use more optimization.

I realize that some people will think the colours are stupid, or they hate the segmented look, or that it takes too long to load, or they refuse to run Java on their PCs and so the new design is broken. Please offer your criticisms, and I'll consider them as I play further with layout and design.