Well I finally redesigned design shard from using a free theme, i tried to keep the structure of the site the same, as I didn’t want to confuse my self and any frequent readers on the blog.
Hopefully this is an improvement on the last theme and makes the blog more enjoyable to read and visit, any feed back would be nice or constructive criticism, please check for any browser bugs that you notice and email me a picture and ill try to fix them as soon as possible.
There are a few new things on the blog that I have listed below.
Find and Add Me
In the header you’ll notice a little “calling card” this is where you can keep up to date with design shard by subscribing to the RSS Feed or adding me on twitter which I use quite a lot but sparingly. I’ll also follow you back if you add me.
You can add my account on various social book marking sites if you want to follow my posts on them, id be more than happy to return and stumbles, floats, bumps etc.
Contribute / Guest Authors
At the top of the site you will see the “Write an Article?” this takes you to the contribute page where you can send me a message if you want to write an article for design shard, any one is welcome you just have to run the idea past me first and ill register you as an author to write further articles if you want to.
Top Contributors / Guest Authors
The top 10 contributing authors will be listed in the footer of the site with a link to there website. So the more you contribute the higher you are on the list, i have a few people that are willing to write some articles for design shard and there ideas are very exciting so you should be seeing them within the next few weeks.
Authors on posts
Every author who posts on the blog will have a bio section at the top of each of there posts with a piece of text about them a Gravatar and a link to their web site.
Comment Luv
The comments now support commentluv so when you leave a comment the last post on your blog will be shown in your comment, so other bloggers can see what your blogging about.
Top Commenters
In the footer you’ll notice that there is now a top commenters box, I decided to put this in so you can see who regularly comments on the blog and you can visit there site by clicking on there name.
Favourite Links
I have listed in the footer a few favourite links that i currently visit and have been in my spotlight, I will add to this list over time so you can check them out and go see what there blogging about.
Save and Bookmark posts
I’ve got a box at the bottom of each post for you to save to social media sites any diggs, floats, bumps, votes, saves and stumbles are always appreciated, so thanks in advance.
Design Resources
Don’t forget to check out the Design Resources on the right to see what there doing.
Future Updates
There are a few things that I am looking in to for a few more updates on the site that will include a Flickr group, I feel that would be really beneficial to every body and showcase work on the blog that is put in the group.
I am also thinking about putting a user link feed on the site where people can submit there posts and create an RSS feed for people to get some more information from the community.
Most of all I hope you’ve all enjoyed this update so far.
Author of this post: Max Stanworth
Iam the creator and editor of Design Shard, I created this blog to post my inspirations, work and free resources that I hope others find interesting too you can also follow me on twitter @designshard. See all posts by: Max Stanworth
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Hey bro, really digging the new look. Keep up the rockin’ work.
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Amazing updates. I also wanted to let you know that I updated your screenshot on my recent post that you were featured in so everyone can see the new look.
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Awesome Max! This new design rocks!
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All looks very good mate – have a look at browsershots.org if you’re still worried about any cross browser bugs!
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@countzeero – haha its quite funny but it is infact a spelling error ill be changing that. Cool looking forward to it.
@Janko – thanks,
I like the new design, this is a huge improvement!
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eerm – is that a typo or is it meant to be like that because it sounds funny – countzeero´s LA “S” TEST blog post.. (comment luv)
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Nice work Max! really good mix of features and content, that´s a nice smooth re-design. I noticed you are using Thematic Framework too, good decision! I just installed Thematic on my sandbox and will be using it it for the impending relaunch of clutterlovers and ownage. My abstract for the guest post(s) is almost ready and will be in your mail soon.
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@ Toon – nice spot all corrected now, thanks for the comments and feed back
Just a quick note, the ‘I’m just creative’ link at the foot has an extra http in it
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Looks great, love the colours
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Awesome new look, Max. Big score on the grey, that’s my favorite color and it doesn’t get enough web recognition! Way to represent!
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Mental! ;)
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Love it. Nice neutral shades, good layout and an awesome header graphic. Great job :)
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Wow so many comments, Thanks to every one who likes the new design and new features.
@NaldzGraphics – yea feel free to contribute, an article when ever youv got one free.
@aaron – Thanks thats a relief.
@Marco – I might make the rss full, its just that it took a long time to load big articles well see watch out for it tho, ill give a test run.
Love the new design bud, really looks very well organized. Good luck!
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Lookin’ really, REALLY good, nice work! Especially like the header, keep up the great work!
You could try placing full articles in the RSS feed ;) .
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Dude, I think your redesign came out nice! You’ve added some nifty stuff. I’m on a Mac, 10.5.5, using Safari 3.1.2 and all looks well.
Wow. The redesign looks amazing. Really great job.
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Excellent job on the redesign and new features.
It’s come together well. The structures good. : )
Looks brilliant! Really love the new design. Well done! :D
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Loving the New design
nice work
Love it Max. Good work all round.
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im really impress your new redesign on your site.looks grungy:) and some new cool features around here. I might contribute in the future:)also looking forward on some other features like your flickr group and submit link:)
keep up the great work!!!!
Ronald
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