So, a warm, brand new WELCOME to all, here at the newly redesigned Classical Values!
I hope everyone likes the blog's new layout and graphics. While I very much liked the old one, it's been a year and I thought it was time for a "facelift."
My deepest thanks to Sekimori's brilliant designer Robyn L. Pollman, (whose portfolio can be seen here). Robyn has worked with me for weeks on this, and deserves a medal for putting up with my neurotic demands.
Last but not least, I want to thank you, all my readers, for continuing to inspire me to do this.
(And Robyn, now it's time for your victory dance!)
UPDATE: Out of deference to President Reagan's funeral, I'm post-dating (?) this post to Saturday, June 12. The champagne will have to wait till after the funeral.
But remember, life goes on.
On a rainy day like this, I wish I could fly to sunny California, of which Ronald Reagan said,
If the Pilgrims had landed in California, the East Coast would still be a wilderness.
posted by Eric on 06.12.04 at 09:51 AM
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Yes. It does look crisper and cleaner. Other things...
I noticed that you have your sidebar and blogroll on the right now, whereas before you had it on the left. My sidebar/blogroll is on the right, too, and I have often contemplated the spectrumological implications of that.
I took a look at other blogs on my blogroll to see on which side they had their blogrolls/sidebars. Here's what I found:
Rachel Lucas - right
Jeff Soyer (Alphecca) - right
Don Watkins (Anger Management) - right
Agenda Bender (Tom Brennan) - left
Arthur Silber (Light of Reason) - left
John Kusch (Letters From a Strip of Dirt) - right*
(*no longer blogging)
Dean Esmay (Dean's World) - right
Rosemary Esmay (The Queen Of All Evil) - left and right
Timothy Sandefur (Freespace) - left and right
Jonathan Rowe - left
Ed Brayton (Dispatches From the Culture Wars) - left
The Raving Atheist - right
Boi From Troy - right
Wonkette - right
Bill Whittle (Eject! Eject! Eject!) - left and right
Michael Demmons (Discount Blogger) - left and right
Mark Wickens - left and right (photos on right)
Andrew Dalton (Venting Steam) - right
Marriage Debate - left
Family Scholars - right
Volokh Conspiracy (uh, oh!) - left
Billy Beck (Two Four) - left
Virginia Postrel (Dynamist) - right
William Quick (Daily Pundit) - left
Thanks for the comments, and advice! Steven, your analysis fascinates as usual. Not sure if I know left from right anymore!
The Parrish ended up just being background instead of theme. If enough people complain, I suppose I could ask Robyn to stick the girls back in, but then what is Antinous doing in the foreground, and why have the colors changed? I didn't want to force a theme on people, and it looked pretty busy, and overly manipulative. It's a design at this point; not a Parrish print.
Excellent redesign. I never cared for the layout or look of old site (though I loved the content). My apologies for not noticing sooner. So many weblogs, so little time.
Looks good. Crisp, clean.