It was in the pipeline for a long time but has finally been completed - a redesign of my website and blog.

For those not familiar with how it looked before, here are two before and after screenshots of my navel fluff page. The left one shows how it looked before my redesign (click on it to open full-size in a new browser window).

With a few exceptions the content remains essentially the same - the changes mostly concern the organisation and structure, appearance, and some behind-the scenes coding improvements that benefit me but don’t affect the appearance. The changes can be summarised as follows:

• Revised the text of the Snow in WA section and split it into smaller and more manageable pages.
• Added a page about my collection of bakery bags.
• Added a header, consisting of a header image with title and tag-line superimposed, and navigation links.
• Centred the content (was previously left-aligned) to look better on a wide screen.
• Retained the white content background but added a pale non-white background to set the content apart from its surrounds.
• Changed the default font from Arial to Trebuchet. Nothing wrong with Arial, but I think Trebuchet looks a little more stylish while remaining readable. If complaints roll in, it’s easy to change back!
• Increased spacing between lines to improve readability.
• Divided the site into five sections (Blog, Snow in WA, Photography, Writing, Collections) to provide logical structure and better organisation of content.
• Added a contents page for each of the sections, accessed using the links in the header and footer.
• De-cluttered the navigation column on the left - instead of listing every page on the site, it now only contains links to the other pages within the section being viewed (except the Home page which still lists all).
• Improved page printing by adding a print style-sheet - now simply hitting Print button will print the content without the header, footer or left sidebar (check Print Preview to see what I mean). Previously it was necessary to find a “printer friendly” icon, click on it, then print the resulting odd-looking page, which didn’t always work.
• With minor exceptions, all page layout is now controlled using CSS instead of tables. That won’t concern anyone else, but it helps me because the page code is more up to date, standards-compliant, and easier to maintain.

Everything still seems to work, as far as my testing has shown. However if anyone comes across any page that doesn’t seem to display right, or has some other problem, I’d be grateful to hear about it.