How to fix crappy IE image scaling All these years making do with the below par appearance of scaled images in Internet Exploder and all we had to add was one measly little line of css. Hit the link for a before/after comparison.img { -ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic; }
2008 Archive
·•·
The One Week Redesign
Like most of the “redesigns” that I’ve done this year, this one is again just an evolution of the previous design. And like the last evolution this too was just about a complete ground-up rebuild. I’ve tried a few different things this time, with the use of post summaries, more variation in typography, revised single post view and many other bits and pieces. Lets say its same same but different…
Why another redesign?
Two reasons really, firstly I can’t help myself, I just always have this need to change something. Secondly, I needed to upgrade to WordPress 2.7 and I wanted to make sure I could make use of all the new features it brings, this meant I either had to update large portions of my existing theme, or build a new one. Oh, and did I mention that I only started work on this design on December 23rd, so really its the “less than one week” redesign.
What’s different?
The basics of the site haven’t changed very much at all, I’ve just rearranged things a bit, and gone crazy with some fancy CSS in areas like the post excerpts (CSS dropcaps FTW). The layouts of the reviews, archives and downloads pages remain largely untouched (because I was actually happy with how they looked). The single post view has received a bit of a revamp, with the excerpt added, a revised sidebar and updated comments display that makes use of the threaded comments functionality built in to WP2.7.
·•·
Disaster Movie (2008)
good if you’re expecting mindless crap, better than “Meet the Spartans”.
·•·
Transporter 3 (2008)
·•·
Ghost Town (2008/II)
II) - Watched and reviewed on Friday 26th December 2008" style="background-image:url('http://deanjrobinson.com/wp-content/uploads/movie_posters/GhostTown2008II.jpg')">
·•·
Fred Claus (2007)
·•·
Four Christmases (2008)
·•·
Death Race (2008)
Plot no. Action yes.
·•·
Fluency Admin 2 Released
There is no doubt that the brand spanking new admin interface in WordPress 2.7 is a huge leap forward, and so long as you don’t switch to the ‘blue’ version (seriously, worst, blue, ever) its actually pretty nice to look at and use. The navigation is now down the left-hand side, just as I preferred (which is why that’s where it was in Fluency 1.x), and because of this, styling and customising the menu in-particular has been a lot simpler that it was in previous versions of WP.
There is no doubt that the brand spanking new admin interface in WordPress 2.7 is a huge leap forward, and so long as you don’t switch to the ‘blue’ version (seriously, worst, blue, ever) its actually pretty nice to look at and use. The navigation is now down the left-hand side, just as I preferred (which is why that’s where it was in Fluency 1.x), and because of this, styling and customising the menu in-particular has been a lot simpler that it was in previous versions of WP.
So whats new.
Well, technically, everything is. Fluency 2 was a ground up rewrite due to the fact that just about every part of both the design and underlying structure of the default admin has changed. This was definitely a good thing, as it allowed me to make sure I’m only including what really needs to be included. However I did make this a little hard for myself when I started work using the early trunk builds, which meant that every time I updated my build I had to update Fluency…again. I actually ended up building the Fluency 2 CSS from scratch twice, and what it looks like now isn’t at all what it looked like when I first began playing around.
Keep reading for further details, screenshots, and most importantly the download link.
·•·
Nominate Hahlo for a Shorty Award
Do you use Hahlo? like Hahlo? love Hahlo? why not nom-nom-nom-inate it for the Shorty Awards. Just click here.
·•·