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I Have No Idea…

…what the point of — or inspiration for — this layout is/was, but it seemed silly and fun and so I thought “sod it”. Don’t ask me, I was just procrastinating (need to read my course docs). For the record, it’s not a real explosion, it’s actually just some clouds. ‘Cause I’m creative like that. Pow! Ninja power.

Ooh, I’ve just realised.. this is apparently my 500th post (according to the auto increment value; not including those lost through database deletion over the years). Whoo for me.

Edit (9/Oct): What the hell was I thinking?! This layout looks bloody ridiculous. *hides the vodka*

Edit (9/Oct - 6pm): Look at this brand new amazing layout I did.. how original am I?!

Oct 8th, 07 @ 19:48 · Design, Updates

 

64 comments on “I Have No Idea…”

  1. #On September 27th, 07 @ 5:03 am, Billy wrote:

    I love this layout!!! Plus, the l33t ninja rocks!

  2. #On September 30th, 07 @ 12:33 pm, Heidi wrote:

    I loove this layout, it is cute and bright, and the ninja is awesome. like others I was really surprised to find such a colorful layout here, but I think it’s awesome

  3. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:04 pm, Mackenzie wrote:

    :O I was just going to your website to check my dailies and “WHAM!”, the second new layout in just a short time, especially since that other layout you had for ages. I can’t say I like this one better than your previous new layout, but it’s still a nice change (: Maybe you should join that clique Arien’s a part of, “I change my layout more than I change my underwear”, or something like that :P

  4. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:11 pm, Amber wrote:

    Were you editing it live? I saw it while it was looking a little wonky, and nearly fell off my chair. Nevertheless, I think it looks a lot better now. :P Not that I didn’t like the polka dots but…. this seems more you.

  5. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:12 pm, Jem wrote:

    @Amber: seems more me?! I think it’s the lamest thing I’ve ever done.. but SO lame that it’s awesome. So, that makes me lame but awesome. I think I can live with that :3

  6. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:12 pm, Rachael wrote:

    OMG YOU BROKE IT! No, wait a second… *hits ctrl+f5 just like how jem taught me* Aha. Sexy. I like the rounded corners. I’d like to see some space between your navigation / header / content / footer, but other than that, looking good. Your sidebar headers remind me of PSGR.

  7. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:13 pm, Rachael wrote:

    P.S> Explostion isn’t a word. D:

  8. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:14 pm, Jem wrote:

    @Rachael: they’re the same sidebar headers I had before, only darker? LOL@typo. Oops.. will fix.

  9. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:15 pm, Amber wrote:

    The structure, Jem, the structure! And, yes, is ‘explostion’ a new word? :P I like it. It reminds me of Heroes. Therefore… actually, no, I won’t go into that.

  10. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:16 pm, Rachael wrote:

    ^ They are? Then my short term memory sucks because I don’t remember them looking like that… Hey ho, I never said they were ugly. :P

  11. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:35 pm, Matt wrote:

    I don’t like this layout at all, I much preferred the other! The content area is far too small for my liking. But I like the rounded corners ;p

  12. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:36 pm, Amelie wrote:

    Very nice. Now make me one.

  13. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:47 pm, Hev wrote:

    Amelie, I am waiting to read Jem’s comment back to your for this comment, lol. I like the new design, Jem. But I do like the other one better. This one seems a little thrown together. Almost like you didn’t think about it and just throw it together. It is nice, but I just don’t like it. Sorry, Jem but that is just how I see it.

  14. #On October 8th, 07 @ 8:52 pm, Jem wrote:

    @Hev: that’s probably because I did throw it together ;)

  15. #On October 8th, 07 @ 9:06 pm, Aaron wrote:

    I like this one a lot better than the last. Very nice. Although, the brightness of the “explosion” is a little blinding to me. Still, I like the rounded corners and, of course, your ninja.

  16. #On October 8th, 07 @ 9:15 pm, Sarah wrote:

    I much prefer the previous ninja layout. I dislike the stripey clouds in the header, and then the layout gets boring past that because of all the white.

  17. #On October 8th, 07 @ 9:31 pm, Kaylee wrote:

    Nooo, I loved the polka dots! As Amber said though, this layout does seem more “you” :P

  18. #On October 8th, 07 @ 9:49 pm, Emsz wrote:

    I like it :) A bit bright maybe, but it might just take some getting used to :P I like the last one better though ;)

  19. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:12 pm, Carly wrote:

    Yeah a bit of ctrl + F5 fixed what I thought was an odd change. I prefer the polkadots though! This is pretty layout too though. The dots just appealed to me!

  20. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:18 pm, Aisling wrote:

    I like it. It’s quirky, comme toi. Nice use of peaceful clouds to create chaotic explosions, ha ha.

  21. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:22 pm, Mari wrote:

    I feel like I’m drowning in a sea of bright white…your content area blends in too much with the light body background. How about a contrasting background? Or at least one a bit darker. I like the header, though. Just not all the white. I think I liked your old layout better…just because. The polka dots were cute, in my opinion.

  22. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:46 pm, Jem wrote:

    OMG, more polka dots.. :3

  23. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:50 pm, Rachael wrote:

    Brown polka dots = *sadface* They actually make me kinda nauseous, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. D:

  24. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:51 pm, Jem wrote:

    They’re chocolate flavoured :9

  25. #On October 8th, 07 @ 10:59 pm, Kaylee wrote:

    Any chance of the blue polka dots instead? I don’t like the brown :P

  26. #On October 8th, 07 @ 11:03 pm, Rachael wrote:

    Chocolate != explosive ninjas. These brown dots would be better suited to that old “coffee + code” layout you had…

  27. #On October 8th, 07 @ 11:04 pm, Julie wrote:

    I much prefer this one over the previous one, but I’m not sure about the words in the header (the explosion-related ones). It screams “the clouds are caused by an explosion” to me, and I can’t help but wonder what has exploded. Even with your explanation.

  28. #On October 8th, 07 @ 11:13 pm, Kari wrote:

    Great layout, I think I like the brown…. too much of any color can be boring :D

  29. #On October 8th, 07 @ 11:23 pm, Alyssa wrote:

    I like the brown and the blue together as well as the POW!, KABOOM!, and EXPLOSION! part of the layout. The rounded corners are also spiffy. You’re so unique. D:

  30. #On October 9th, 07 @ 12:11 am, Hannah wrote:

    I love the new layout; brown + blue is a great color scheme.

  31. #On October 9th, 07 @ 1:34 am, Nyxx wrote:

    There’s something I really like with this layout that the other one didn’t had. I would suggest making the background blue-grey… or at leats in the blue palette. I like the idea of explosion over your post, it makes it seems like all you say is explosive and of importance :P I’m not sure about the words and the strippy effect, but I still find it better then the baby-blue unprofessional you had just before… but that just my opinion :p!

  32. #On October 9th, 07 @ 1:34 am, Jordan wrote:

    I really liked the other one! *sniffles*

  33. #On October 9th, 07 @ 2:26 am, Darren wrote:

    I miss the old layout, but this is nice. The blue and brown look good together. Yay for 500 blogs. :)

  34. #On October 9th, 07 @ 3:00 am, Mari wrote:

    Ooooh, this brown background is much nicer.

  35. #On October 9th, 07 @ 3:22 am, Stephanie wrote:

    this reminds me of your old layout styles. like from last summer-ish, last spring-ish?

  36. #On October 9th, 07 @ 4:40 am, Louise wrote:

    It’s not a cloud, it’s a shuriken flying at incredible speed.

  37. #On October 9th, 07 @ 5:16 am, Rilla wrote:

    I was shocked! New layout! This looks nice. Less of the striking blue and cool brown now :D But the polka dots are barely visible. :(

  38. #On October 9th, 07 @ 6:54 am, Annie wrote:

    Hah, the onomatopoeia is funny. Your header makes me think of the cartoon intros. You’re content does look a bit squished though. I like the way the poki dots are more subdued. I say that because I’m no a fan of poki dots. Yay to you for getting your 500th post..

  39. #On October 9th, 07 @ 8:48 am, Chans wrote:

    Congrats on post number 500! Let’s hope there will be (at least) 500 more :D

  40. #On October 9th, 07 @ 9:09 am, Rachael wrote:

    My favourite thing about this new layout is the fact that the sidebar doesn’t drop! Yay for fixed-width layouts.

  41. #On October 9th, 07 @ 12:24 pm, Mari wrote:

    Why am I missing these polka dots you all speak of? Where are they?

  42. #On October 9th, 07 @ 12:25 pm, Mari wrote:

    Oooh, now I see. Sorry for spamming up the comments. I didn’t mean to. :P

  43. #On October 9th, 07 @ 12:59 pm, Natasha wrote:

    Oh, I really like this new layout. The rounded borders own :) I liked the other recent one too, though :P

  44. #On October 9th, 07 @ 1:14 pm, Amelie wrote:

    Ewww, poo brown. Didn’t notice that yesterday, ewwwww. Make a nice very slightly gradienty background, dark blue around the header to white. I thought you already had that last night, but perhaps my screen wasn’t tilted enough…

  45. #On October 9th, 07 @ 2:46 pm, Kim wrote:

    I don’t know why but there’s something about this layout that makes me like it, but I don’t know what!

  46. #On October 9th, 07 @ 3:36 pm, Mumblies wrote:

    Bleargh!

  47. #On October 9th, 07 @ 5:49 pm, Julie wrote:

    The start of comments overlap the date/time. But I prefer this layout over the two other ones you’ve had in between. You should try amaretto next time, instead of vodka.

  48. #On October 9th, 07 @ 5:51 pm, Jem wrote:

    Still fiddling, Julie :)

  49. #On October 9th, 07 @ 7:09 pm, Aisling wrote:

    Ooooer, the ninja is glowing with radio-active powers….

  50. #On October 9th, 07 @ 9:34 pm, Darren wrote:

    I love the new layout! Why did you have to wait so long to put a new one up? :P

  51. #On October 9th, 07 @ 9:49 pm, Vasili wrote:

    YAY! I liked this layout so much more =P The other one was too blue, but I don’t like the ninja. It just doesn’t go, at least the green doesn’t.

  52. #On October 9th, 07 @ 10:40 pm, Grant Mc wrote:

    Back to the old layout, thank god! that random out burst of a last attempt was the only 1 of your designs i didn’t like

  53. #On October 9th, 07 @ 11:43 pm, Mari wrote:

    I prefer the blue color scheme, but I have to admit this layout fits the best with Jemjabella and works the best so far. Good choice :)

  54. #On October 9th, 07 @ 11:46 pm, Matt wrote:

    Awww, I kinda want the first blue one back! But this is still cool :) So long as the cool little ninja is there somewhere I’m happy.

  55. #On October 10th, 07 @ 12:00 am, Spiddi wrote:

    Looks like someone’s being indecisive. Haha. :) This theme is my personal favorite, although I liked it better when you used Verdana as the font family.

  56. #On October 10th, 07 @ 1:19 am, Grant Mc wrote:

    ITS BACK THE OLD LAYOUT THANK THE LORD!

  57. #On October 10th, 07 @ 1:26 am, Hannah wrote:

    ^ Yes! I agree, I miss this sexy green + gray combo. The green glowing 1337 ninja looks uber-awesome.

  58. #On October 10th, 07 @ 2:06 pm, Annie wrote:

    It’s like time turned back :P. That ninja makes me smile every time.

  59. #On October 10th, 07 @ 2:13 pm, Louise wrote:

    I liked the blue layout. :(

  60. #On October 10th, 07 @ 4:40 pm, Stephanie wrote:

    good. haha.

  61. #On October 10th, 07 @ 7:59 pm, Aimee wrote:

    Haha, I love the color theme. It looks fantastic! I do enjoy it a bit more than the other color theme with the ninja. PS. Congrats on your 500th post!

  62. #On October 11th, 07 @ 2:51 am, Alison wrote:

    Eh, I’m kind of glad you brought this one back. Though my all time favorite would be the minty-green one before this. I’m really digging the green shadowing on the ninja, by the way.

  63. #On October 12th, 07 @ 3:24 pm, CHESSNOID wrote:

    Good change. Funny how the whole tone of your site feels with this new set up. I do miss the old look. ;)

  64. #On October 15th, 07 @ 1:01 am, Brent wrote:

    You have no idea how glad I am that this layout made a return.

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