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I Like Mine Blue, thanks

Ooh, looky here! A shiny new layout with coolies rounded corners. How web 2.0 am I, eh? :D In all truth, it’s amazing what not having a website can do to you. It makes you productive. Funny that. I coded, I designed, I even washed the dishes that had been sat on the side since last Sunday. Go me!

This layout is a mash-up of about 5 different designs from my past (yeah, so I’m unoriginal.. stfu). The rounded blue header bits in the sidebar from that layout with the zigzags and polka dots. The colours from that old layout with the fixed sidebar and resizable content (I think that was my first one ever to appear in a CSS gallery?) The blockquotes from my last layout. Mini icons (which are from a paid set, please don’t steal) from that red and blue layout. Oh, and the ninja from IconBuffet.

Next on my todo list is to get NinjaLinks polished off and sent out for testing. Coming soon to a website near you :P

Oct 1st, 08 @ 08:05 · Design, Updates

 

76 comments on “I Like Mine Blue, thanks”

  1. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:02 am, Belinda wrote:

    ooh I like it! It’s so cute since everything is all round and bubbly-like. One of my favourite jemjabella layouts yet. :D

  2. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:03 am, Regine wrote:

    Niiiice. Much better than all the other ones!!

  3. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:13 am, Catherine wrote:

    Ooh, very very nice indeedy!

  4. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:13 am, Rachael wrote:

    I can’t cope. D:

  5. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:18 am, Rilla wrote:

    It looks cuuute! The layout seems a lot more friendly. :P

  6. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:25 am, Vera wrote:

    Whoa! For a second I didn’t know where I was. I thought I had link hopped elsewhere again… XP

    It’s not bad, and definitely a change for you, however I’d make the site title larger. One of the things I always liked in your layouts was the immediately noticeable site title. Oh and while you’re at it, put the title graphic on top of the layout.

    I love the ninja icon though XD

  7. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:35 am, Tracy wrote:

    Lovely. All the rounded corners - big fan! The colors fit well too. Purdy <3

  8. #On October 1st, 08 @ 12:03 pm, Enzo wrote:

    Lookin’ nice! :D

  9. #On October 1st, 08 @ 12:17 pm, Sarah wrote:

    Looks fab, Jem. :D

  10. #On October 1st, 08 @ 12:18 pm, Xuan wrote:

    Oh the pretty! I want to hump this layout vigorously.

  11. #On October 1st, 08 @ 12:43 pm, Mimi wrote:

    I have problems with change… D: It’s pretty, though. Ninjas are always an excellent choice! :)

  12. #On October 1st, 08 @ 12:52 pm, Julie wrote:

    Oh pretty! Very pretty indeed!

    I love the ninja.

    In the “Articles & Opinions” page, one of your subtitles isn’t styled (PHP Beginner’s Guide series). I also think the quotes are very, very hard to read (that’s the nice way of saying I can basically not read them without highlighting).

  13. #On October 1st, 08 @ 1:20 pm, Lemm wrote:

    Very nice!
    I don’t thank you enough btw…I’d still be stuck with old code and cutenews if it wasn’t for your tutorials and articles! >< So thanks. :)

  14. #On October 1st, 08 @ 1:27 pm, Hannah wrote:

    I love the layout, and can’t wait for a release of NinjaLinks!

  15. #On October 1st, 08 @ 1:53 pm, Amelie wrote:

    Fixed width ftl :P

  16. #On October 1st, 08 @ 1:56 pm, Rise wrote:

    I love this new layout! Definitely my favourite so far. :)

  17. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:24 pm, Roxanne wrote:

    Nice layout! I’m a sucker for curves and love the blue color. Well done. =)

  18. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:25 pm, Caitlin wrote:

    Beautiful layout! I love it!

  19. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:25 pm, Aaron wrote:

    This is a nice layout. And yes, not having a website does make you productive. In fact, I figure if the internet went down completely for a couple of days, I’d get a ridiculous amount of work done.

  20. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:28 pm, Rose wrote:

    It looks very Jemish :-P
    I went to iconbuffet looking for icons the other day and I totally wanted to use a ninja but stopped because I knew that ninjas were yours.

    And now, a week later: Jem’s using the iconbuffet ninja!
    I am psychic :-D

  21. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:28 pm, Rose wrote:

    Wow, my comment looks mean when the razz guy looks like that! :O

  22. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:35 pm, Amber wrote:

    This is quite lovely. Great job!

  23. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:57 pm, Mimi wrote:

    I like this new layout, very lovely :) I especially like the ninja!

  24. #On October 1st, 08 @ 2:59 pm, Amanda wrote:

    Oooh, I feel like I’m in a cartoon all of a sudden. :P Very cute! Not a fan perhaps, of how the navigation doesn’t actually “do” anything on hover other than changing text colour…can you do that moving indentation thing?

  25. #On October 1st, 08 @ 3:23 pm, TWD wrote:

    I second Amanda on the navigation. The content area looks a little drab, too - I think there needs to be a bit more contrast between the background and text. (I keep my computer on a low brightness setting so my eyes don’t die - I did make it brighter and it seems okay with that, but like I said… my eyes will commit mutiny if I continue to do so.) Also, some sort of faded background texture or pattern would add a little more “oomph.” Very different from the usual you, and not bad, though. :) I absolutely love the ninja icon!

  26. #On October 1st, 08 @ 4:23 pm, Stephanie wrote:

    It’s cute. I like it, but I am hating the font in this text box! Make it stop! WTF font is this? I hate it :P

    Right, so after ninjalinks comes my script, yes? :D

  27. #On October 1st, 08 @ 6:12 pm, Annie wrote:

    Oooo, very nice. The colours work very well together. Strangely, the navigation reminds me of piano keys, especially when hovering. :)

  28. #On October 1st, 08 @ 6:30 pm, Jessica wrote:

    Ooh the new layout is wonderful! All rounded and a nice blue-gray. :D

    I’ll stalk your site the next few days for any NinjaLinks updates. I haven’t found any good similar script so far that is actually save as well. *waits patiently*

  29. #On October 1st, 08 @ 6:37 pm, Chantal wrote:

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE (yes that’s how much, all caps) the layout.

  30. #On October 1st, 08 @ 6:40 pm, Katy wrote:

    Love the new look! I particularly love this shade of blue. =)

  31. #On October 1st, 08 @ 6:43 pm, Ben wrote:

    I very like, very clean and easy to read…. :P

    And you have another thing on your to-do list.. -cough-!

  32. #On October 1st, 08 @ 7:22 pm, Mumblies wrote:

    I like the rounded corners, I won’t cut myself now unless it’s on your sharp wit hehe. Needs a bit more colour for my liking though :o)

  33. #On October 1st, 08 @ 7:37 pm, Hev wrote:

    I love it, Jem. Very you. Perfect as always. Well done.

  34. #On October 1st, 08 @ 8:59 pm, Jacklyn Sussman wrote:

    The layout looks great. :)

    Thank you so much for the great tutorials. They are clarifying so many things for me. They’re so simple and easy to understand.

  35. #On October 1st, 08 @ 9:11 pm, Peter wrote:

    Oooh, cool Layout! I don’t know why, but I like the old layout better… I don’t know whether it is because there is an excess of rounded corners, the background color for the content is not as friendly, or that there isn’t a big logo at the top. Don’t get me wrong though, I do like the layout :D.

  36. #On October 1st, 08 @ 9:54 pm, Jabed wrote:

    This layout is nice, I do like the round corners. But is it just me or does your site title/logo seem a little blurry?

  37. #On October 1st, 08 @ 10:08 pm, Julia wrote:

    Wow, wonderful layout! I still miss the old one though :)
    Love the ninja!

  38. #On October 1st, 08 @ 10:19 pm, Malin wrote:

    It looks very nice. I like the shades of blue you picked! :)

  39. #On October 1st, 08 @ 10:52 pm, Vanesa wrote:

    Wow, this layout is so cool! I especially like the little shiny ninja!

  40. #On October 1st, 08 @ 11:47 pm, Aisling wrote:

    Oooh, I super love it!! :D

  41. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 1:56 am, Christina wrote:

    This is awesome! Despite the apparent collaborations of your past layouts, this looks a lot different from anything you’ve had here in a while. So you’re really good at turning unoriginal into original. :)

  42. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 2:50 am, Noellium wrote:

    Niiiice. :D The rounded corners makes the whole layout look very yummy, indeed. :P

  43. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 3:18 am, Nick wrote:

    The new layouts is AWESOME! So much better than the last, in my opinion. Funny how you can pull off layouts from simple to complex-looking, and I can hardly pull one together at all.

    —on a side note, there is a bit of a bug with the bottom right corner of the comments area: http://tinyurl.com/4avhl6—

  44. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 3:38 am, Chrissy wrote:

    Ooh, I really like it, Jem! :) I adore rounded corners.

  45. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 6:03 am, Shannon wrote:

    I do not know why, but the rounded navigation makes me think of fingers poking out. Or something.

  46. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 6:20 am, Yesenia wrote:

    I love the new layout! It’s so nice and clean, and cute!!
    Plus I love the ninja and the navigation area! =D

  47. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 6:50 am, Louise wrote:

    I love it Jem, it’s so pretty. :)

  48. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 8:03 am, Mat wrote:

    Not bad, not bad.
    Yes i’m back.

  49. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 8:49 am, Chans wrote:

    I really like this layout, very colour coordinated (they always are but this seems a bit more than usual!)

  50. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 10:40 am, Kris wrote:

    I like the new layout jem.

  51. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 12:52 pm, Julie wrote:

    You know the thing your navigation background does on hover? Well, it doesn’t work when I try it on the page I’m currently viewing. Just a minor little thingy.

  52. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 12:59 pm, Deborah wrote:

    Love the layout, but I recommend changing the colour of your italic-writing.

  53. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 3:46 pm, Stephanie wrote:

    I feel as though there’s an inside joke in your subject for this blog that I just realized was there.

    Am I correct?

  54. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 3:47 pm, Stephanie wrote:

    & LOL @ colored italics.

  55. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 3:50 pm, Jem wrote:

    No joke, just that I have a lot of blue layouts? And Deborah was referring to my quote tags :P

  56. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 4:22 pm, Cristina wrote:

    I have to say Jem that this is my favorite layout out of everything you’ve done. Since it’s a mix of everything, it should be called Jem’s Greatest Hits, LOL!

  57. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 5:37 pm, Stephanie wrote:

    There’s quote tags?

  58. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 5:48 pm, Jem wrote:

    <q>?!

  59. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 6:03 pm, Katy wrote:

    can I suggest maybe swapping ’search’ and ‘asides’ around? I forgot asides were there, ‘cos they’re just below “the fold”, as it were

  60. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 9:52 pm, Stephanie wrote:

    i know what they are just didn’t know you had them all specialized ;P

  61. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 10:12 pm, Carly wrote:

    Very very nice, me likes them comment boxes!

  62. #On October 2nd, 08 @ 10:13 pm, Kaytlin wrote:

    Wow! Very nice new design! I really do love it.

  63. #On October 3rd, 08 @ 12:11 am, Clem wrote:

    I like it a lot, but it’s really screwed up in Opera. :(

  64. #On October 3rd, 08 @ 3:09 am, Aimée wrote:

    This layout is fantastic. You could certainly sell layouts for some side money, if you somehow found the time to make layouts for download.

  65. #On October 3rd, 08 @ 3:13 am, Bubs wrote:

    This is my favorite layout so far <3

  66. #On October 3rd, 08 @ 3:45 am, JMacalinao wrote:

    I think you made the layout perfectly; rounded-edged designs are one of my designer weaknesses and yet you pull it off easily. >_<

    And I completely agree where you said “not having a website makes you productive.” It really gets you to do things, and make you alleviate your boredom, laziness or what-not.

  67. #On October 3rd, 08 @ 3:58 am, Aaron wrote:

    Ahh, nice job updating the sidebar navigation. The slight movement does make a really big improvement. :)

  68. #On October 3rd, 08 @ 10:50 am, Chien Yee wrote:

    Nice! I really like this one as compared to the others. Honestly, I got quite bored with those :P

  69. #On October 4th, 08 @ 2:25 am, Nancy wrote:

    Ooh! Like the new layout! Great job on it! Like the navigation! That’s cool!

  70. #On October 4th, 08 @ 8:42 am, Luci wrote:

    I love this layout, my favourite so far.

  71. #On October 4th, 08 @ 3:24 pm, Caz wrote:

    Cool layout. :o I wish I were half as good at coding as you are.

    I love your website; before I found the link to it, I was pixelling Sanrio characters, without even knowing the legal implications of doing so. Thanks for opening my eyes, lol! I love your articles. <3

  72. #On October 4th, 08 @ 4:02 pm, Misha wrote:

    Wow! I love the new layout. Its so unique and amazing!!

  73. #On October 4th, 08 @ 6:10 pm, lindsey wrote:

    Loving this layout. :D

  74. #On October 4th, 08 @ 7:48 pm, Carolyn wrote:

    I love the new layout! And I’m a big fan of the navigation.

    Wow, I can just say I have learned so much from this site. Although my site is still a horrible, feeble, the usual attempt at a graphics site, I’ve still learned a lot from you and hope from reading more of your “pants” I can hopefully have a decent site.

    I just love reading your site, it’s so amazing.

    p.s. no need to do a pants article on my site, I already know it’s just absolutely horrible. Though, I’d probably accept the award with honor, ha.

  75. #On October 4th, 08 @ 8:07 pm, Carolyn wrote:

    And, infact, I think I’ll work on fixing my site for the better, again, just a really big thanks for all the inspiration and help.

  76. #On October 7th, 08 @ 12:36 pm, Thomas wrote:

    Lovely layout Jem!
    But your archives page (i.e. when I press a category and want to view all posts in that category) looks a little weird - I do not know what it is, maybe it is just my eyes that find it aesthetically unpleasing, but I thought I should tell you, so you can have a look at it :) I think maybe it has something to do with the font being too small.

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