Comments on: TJ Mapes: Breakdown of a modern Web designer

By: Mohit

Mohit — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:00:41 +0000

This post was supposed to go off tomorrow /:|

nice post

By: elena

elena — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:42:00 +0000

Great! The banner instructions is under construction ..nice site

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:32:55 +0000

Thanks Vinh. It’s still in progress (changed already from what I posted). But I believe it’s an improvement on what I have now. I love your blog header, large, or not. It catches the eye and makes me want to see what else is around.

Btw – on the banners – the template for download is larger than will be put on the rotating.php (but not inside the posts) so that will have to be taken into account. I’m not sure how I’ll get around it in the future. I’ve already reduced the height of the existing rotating banners, just not the post banners. No time …

By: Vinh Le

Vinh Le — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:23:17 +0000

Cool, I will get on that.

In regards to your blog design, I think it looks great. The header adds a nice personal touch to the design. But yeah banner height seems to be a big concern, a lot bigger I realized when people started to comment about mines. I think it makes my blog more memorable, I mean how can you forget such a huge header with flare. Can’t wait to see your finished design.

By: Cat

Cat — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:06:38 +0000

Great! The banner instructions (if you want to create your own, or if you want me to do one) is under contact > submit (just pass all that stuff at the top and go straight to the banner explanation).

I’m still working on this blog design. I went from two column to three. And now I want a header that’s not so simple.

Minimal can be beautiful, but with as many blogs as I see, I’m leaning towards something more fiddly. Like this –>> this. (But I’ll have to reduce the banner height ..)

By: Vinh Le

Vinh Le — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:12:27 +0000

That would be awesome. I didn't noticed the banner changed at first, that is pretty cool. I need to go work on adding more blog designs from my collection. I'm trying to get a good list of blog designs together and then focus on individual elements. Thanks again. Vinh Le's last blog post..25 Must Buy, Borrow, or Steal Books for Web Designers

By: Cat

Cat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:01:10 +0000

Hey back Vinh,

With your great selection of blog designs to share, more link love is coming your way for sure. And of course, I’ve got you on the schedule for a feature. If you want to join in on the personalised banner, just holler and we’ll make it so.

Flaffed equals flaffing off equals goofing off. But with a sassy bite. I’ve been using it for over ten years, so I’m not sure where I got it from (could be British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand or American).

By: Vinh Le

Vinh Le — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:02:11 +0000

Hey, Thanks for the link love. I got a question though, what does "flaffed" mean? I tried searching for it, but no luck. Vinh Le's last blog post..Buy, Borrow, or Steal the Best Books to Get Ahead

By: Cat

Cat — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:22:09 +0000

Hi TJ,

It was my pleasure for sure. You have a fantastic blog (love the colours and design).

I read about your loss. That must have hurt, especially with the quality you put into your posts.

Good luck, I’ll be looking forward to seeing what you do next.

By: TJ Mapes

TJ Mapes — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:11:14 +0000

Hey, thank you for the shout out. I’m just getting my blog back up and going and trying to post more often. Thanks again for the kind words.