Posted by Steve on Tue 4 Dec 2007 at 22:08
The current look of this site hasn't changed much for the past two years, apart from a few additional CSS rules being used by default in article texts. Whilst the content here is hopefully of sufficient quality to allow the current design to be tolerated I'm sure we can do better.
I've been resisting the temptation to redesign the current pages for the past couple of months, because I'm just not sure I could do much better than the current site - Most of the other designs I've used have been taken verbatim from the Open Source Web Designs Site..
So I've decided to see what the readers can do to help, and would like to see designs from people with better skills than myself.
Now on to the fun part. In order to qualify you should submit a complete CSS & HTML files, not merely an image, of at least two pages:
The front page is the part that should contain summaries of the articles. Currently it contains the most recent weblog entries, and some other information too.
The article page, such as this one, shows the article the user is reading and some side-links. Please ensure you have at least a couple of comments to make the thing look as realistic as possible!
If you wish to get extra credit feel free to restyle the planet site.
I have only one request:
Logos may be replaced, updated, or redrawn as you see fit. Similarly fonts and sizes are up for redesign. If you don't like three-column designs then feel free to implement something else
Fine Print:
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This article is copyright 2007 Steve - please ask for permission to republish or translate.