tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post3398902980740863872..comments2024-01-03T10:58:16.165-06:00Comments on Spite for the Dice Gods: On Efficiency in your ArmyRaptor1313http://www.blogger.com/profile/16909802419382710809noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post-76938132641195157832009-10-06T14:08:16.394-05:002009-10-06T14:08:16.394-05:00http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/2009/01/18/how-t...http://www.wealthydragon.com/blog/2009/01/18/how-to-build-a-variable-width-website/<br /><br />First random hit I found.<br /><br />I chose white on blue because the web is a fine place to have SOME color.<br /><br />White is lack of color.<br /><br />Black is all colors.<br /><br />White on blue, well, it doesn't hurt my eyes.<br /><br />That's a good thing.<br /><br />Some general advice: Once you start making the blog better to read, people will spend more time reading it...<br /><br />I have my sidebars set to a fixed width, so they always show up the way I designed them.<br /><br />The main blog post portion is the variable width part, instead of 200px (two hundred pixels) it's just set to 80% width so whatever the screen has available it'll fill it.<br /><br />Same with my top nav bar, it will take up 100% of the screen.<br /><br />So on a 1024 monitor, the blog posts will be 624 across while on a 1280 monitor the blog posts will be 880 across.<br /><br />Of course, on really big monitors like mine with a 1920 viewscreen on 42" of screen, tis silly so I resize my browser to about half the screen. There is a upper limit to readability, after all--you don't want to have to track your eyes 30" from one sentence to the next. lol<br /><br />Oh and set your comment form to open in a new window or under your posts. Same window is annoying...Stelekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908910153647792622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post-44656892063746931022009-10-06T13:20:06.672-05:002009-10-06T13:20:06.672-05:00Ok, some of you might notice the blog is WHITE! AN...Ok, some of you might notice the blog is WHITE! AND STRETCHY.<br /><br />For the time being, that stretch point made by Stelek is a good one, and it's something that I've been meaning to fix every now and then. So, for the time being, it's fixed. I'll probably do something with the color, but my other thought is to download this template, and try to locate/extract the bits where it stretches, so I can port them to any setup I feel like.Raptor1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/16909802419382710809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post-27547615573817502622009-10-06T11:43:22.293-05:002009-10-06T11:43:22.293-05:00@Stelek
I have nil HTML skills. How would I get a...@Stelek<br />I have nil HTML skills. How would I get a variable width? I admit the only programming experience I have is a Java class from way the hell back in the day because it was required. <br /><br />The breaking it into pieces might work out better, as a stop-gap. <br /><br />@Mercer<br />Go right on ahead, though it might get chunked into segments.Raptor1313https://www.blogger.com/profile/16909802419382710809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post-11063038611871275682009-10-06T07:50:56.751-05:002009-10-06T07:50:56.751-05:00A very good article - helps to put perspective on ...A very good article - helps to put perspective on army selection.<br /><br />Stelek: How many books do you see with a blue page and white writing? :DItkovianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232909071786636360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post-6946643100971948472009-10-06T07:34:46.509-05:002009-10-06T07:34:46.509-05:00Raptor, mind if I like this?Raptor, mind if I like this?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192025704338851715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3111360555104006558.post-14204425495144673942009-10-06T04:06:35.156-05:002009-10-06T04:06:35.156-05:00I think your articles are solid.
I think your blo...I think your articles are solid.<br /><br />I think your blog writing/html skills are not.<br /><br />If you had a variable width (based on percentage) blog, you'd use more of your available space so your articles wouldn't be so short and long. Are you programming for 15" monitors from 93 for a reason?<br /><br />Color scheme. White on black, absolutely hate it. How many books do you see like this? There's a reason...<br /><br />When you are writing articles like this, maybe split things up a bit? Part I and Part II? It's really worth the read for new players to see this common sense approach, but I mean come on--if the text wall critical hit king (me) is telling you, you just crit him with a text wall...it's time to revisit your wall o'text.<br /><br />That is all.Stelekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13908910153647792622noreply@blogger.com