Thank you all so much for your input, suggestions and votes. I have taken them all to heart and may even contact some of you that have offered advice and other ideas.
The overwhelming majority of you picked the new white background, which is the one I am staying with...for now. I have kept the black as a template and may throw it up for a month or so every now and then, just so all the black fans can have it their way from time to time. I will also play around with other design ideas whenever I have time, in hopes of always improving the experience for you.
For those of you who are interested in the outcome, here is how it broke down:
28 of you preferred the new white design
11 of you wanted to stick with the black
2 of you voted for a middle ground, switching to grey
5 of you gave other assorted suggestions
1 of you sent a death threat (aren't you getting tired yet???)
And one of you (you know who you are you demented fruitcake) wanted a switch to a YELLOW background (you really should be ashamed of yourself!!)
There were several suggestion to switch to a two column layout, but unfortunately with the TypePad account and setup I have, even with the two columns, I could not go bigger with the photos...we would just end up losing one column of content. I understand that there are ways around this, but to be honest, the time it would take for me to get that technical (CSS HTML etc) would just take time away from what I should be doing, which is focusing on content and not so much on style.
I do suggest that all of you sign up for the free email feed (you can click on any of the subscribe links in the side columns or just click here.) The email feed delivers 1,000 pxl width images, which is double the size of the ones on the blog.
Thank you all so much for your input on this...enjoy!
Keep doing what you are doing best :)
As for technical (HTML, CSS) or other web related stuff, don't hesitate to write me. I'll be happy to help :)
// guys leave yellow for National Geographic covers ;)
Posted by: jarek | March 21, 2009 at 16:45
I like the white best! The photos really pop, and the gray text is a nice complement. Can I just say - holy s&*t - that long column of credits on the left is astonishing. You have come so far... Keep up the great work, Zo. And on another note - I'm starting a blog - and deciding between Blogger and TypePad. Thoughts?
--Abigail
Posted by: Abigail Morgan | March 22, 2009 at 23:54
Sorry I missed the voting, Zoriah, but I do like your choice. Very light and clean.
Posted by: Lisa | March 23, 2009 at 04:02
Frankly, I liked the black better, but the white is a nice change.
As for demented, demented is has less to do with yellow than with all the pointless quizes you likely get sent at Facebook.
Keep up the good work man.
Posted by: Mike | March 25, 2009 at 02:14