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New Site Design Released

Fuzzy — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:20:19 +0000

Unless you are reading this blog’s feed you probably have noticed that the blog and the rest of ArtByFuzzy.com has been redesigned. I decided to go with an a fluid layout and monochromatic color scheme with big, bold text. I decided that the main purpose of my site is to show off my artwork. Therefore, the images should be the part of the page that stands out and the text should be secondary but easy to read.

I created a child theme for the WordPress theme framework called Thematic. Eventually I hope to clean up the child theme, which I call Basic Gray and release it to the public. Its pretty simple and I’m sure it will improve over time but it accomplishes what I need right now.

After creating a WordPress theme for the blog I just transferred most of CSS code to a new style sheet to use for the static pages of the site. I also broke the site into subdomains based on medium. So now my ceramic work will be found at www.clay.artbyfuzzy.com.

I know there will be some bugs to work out and I’m working on filling in some more content. Eventually there will be a full gallery and all the links will work like they’re supposed to. If you have any constructive criticism or questions let me know.

Site Redesign Preview

Fuzzy — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:09:30 +0000

For the past couple days I’ve been working on a new design for the site. So far I’ve got the blog about 80% the way I want it. Here’s a quick preview:

New gray theme

Check again in a week or so and you should see some more progress.

In related news, the whole month of July has slipped by without so much as a peep from the blog… Don’t worry, I’ve been stockpiling news stories. Hopefully they will be released before I have to go back to school!

A Few Small Updates

Fuzzy — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:39:24 +0000

I love Christmas Break! It has been nice to relax a little and see family and friends but I’ve been keeping myself busy. Before my wife and I traveled up to Michigan for Christmas I did a little updating on my site. I updated the footer of my pages, added some more photos to the Photography gallery and added or subtracted a few words here or there throughout the site. I’ve also learned some more advanced features of CSS and how it actually works. Stay tuned to see how I might put it into action! I also rearranged the sidebar of the blog (to the left) to make it a little more user friendly.

In other news, I’m working on a little spot to take photos of my clay items once they are finished. And I pulled another load out of the kiln after it had cooled from the glaze fire. I got some cash for Christmas and my birthday so I think I’m going to order a decent tripod. I hope to put up some pictures soon of the new ceramic stuff and whatever else I can finish before break is over… I’m also about to start a big project in the clay studio. In fact, I better get to work!

Best site update yet!

Fuzzy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:10:24 +0000

Christmas comes early. The new and improved version of my site is now online. If you’re reading this blog I assume you know how to get there…. Go check it out. New features include valid code, updated image galleries, improved non-table layout, and some new images and information. I’ve been redesigning it for most of the summer and I think it’s finally ready to go. I uploaded it last night and then had to fix the navigation menu a few minutes ago. It seems to work as it should in ie7 and firefox3. I haven’t checked the update on any other web browsers. So if it looks funny…. update your browser. (I recommend Firefox 3.)

Let me know what you think. Leave me a comment or email me and tell me if anything looks funny or doesn’t seem to be working right. Or if viewing the site is a life changing experience you can tell me that too. I’ll continue to iron out the wrinkles as I find them.

Summer Break: Busier than ever…

Fuzzy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:59:36 +0000

I’m a couple weeks deep in summer break and I feel like I’ve been working 8 hour days. At least I’m having a good time doing (most of) this stuff… I’ve been working on wedding pictures from the Hoffman wedding a couple weeks ago. My wife and I have also shot a couple family portraits so I’ve been working on those pictures too. Whenever I need a break from Photoshop I open up Dreamweaver and work on my website. I want to update some of the image galleries and I have to finish a couple pages. Unfortunately the state of Indiana doesn’t think that I know enough about reading after being trained in Reading Recovery all of last year so I started earning a Reading Certificate to add to my license. I go to IUSB every Tuesday and Thursday for 3 hours to learn about tradebooks. And of course I should probably mow the grass pretty soon. Or maybe I’ll wait until August…

New, Look! A New Look!

Fuzzy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:53:56 +0000

Well, here it is. My blog got a facelift. Consider this a free preview to the new site that I hope to have in place very soon. I still have a few small details to fine-tune but this is the basic idea. It’s a lot more impressive when you see how it started (right). Now it has more of the Art by Fuzzy feel. I downloaded the atmosphere 10 theme, created by Dagon Design and played with the CSS file for a while until I finally got it pretty close to the way I want it. I think I’m actually starting to understand all this Cascading Style Sheet stuff.

A site update… in progress

Fuzzy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:25:58 +0000

Some fantastic news! This very site will soon be newer, faster, and more exciting than ever. I am currently hard at work on a CSS layout which should make the main part of the site lighter and faster. I also plan to update the galleries if I have time and add some other small features. I’ve got the layout pretty well set and I think I figured out the menu. Now I’m testing and adding content. It’s going to be sweet! I also updated WordPress and added a couple plugins. Maybe some day I’ll have time to activate them and try some of the cool stuff I see that’s possible with this WordPress contraption.

A few more details…

Fuzzy — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:57:52 +0000

Summer break is almost over… I made a few more changes since the last update. I changed the look of the news section (you are here) so it would look a little more like my main site. I also updated the links page so my links actually link. Now you can visit some of the sites that I find useful/entertaining. There are many more, I’ll have to add them when I find some time. Maybe next summer?

Mega Update

Fuzzy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:50:57 +0000

Last weekend I spent about 3 solid days working on and updating my site. My wife left me at home while she went to visit some friends in Lexington so I sat at my computer all day Friday and Saturday putting together galleries and tweaking a few pages. I was up in Michigan the rest of the weekend where I used my dad’s high speed connection to upload everything, check a few of the pages, and update my wordpress software. The few pages and galleries that I checked seemed to work okay but I’m sure there are still a few bugs to work out. Some of the links on the links page don’t actually take you anywhere. I also still have to finish the labels for all my work (title, dimensions, date, etc.) which could take a while. If you find something that doesn’t look quite right or there seems to be a page missing or a broken link or something let me know. You can either email me or post a reply on the blog here. I’m also working on setting up a new wordpress plugin that will email you each time I post something new. Anything to make life easier!

Site Update (Soon?)

Fuzzy — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:52:43 +0000

Though you can’t really tell, I’ve been working on my site a little bit at a time. I’m completely restructuring the galleries to make them easier to navigate and easier to update. I want to wait and update everything at once though so you might not see any improvement for a few days or a few months, depending on my priorities. I’ve got 2 gallery styles picked out but I want to tweak them a little bit. I re-shot some of my pit fired ceramic pieces and I have some other older work that I need to shoot and add. So expect something new in the future… but don’t hold your breath…

Here is a preview of one of the galleries:

So check back again.