OMG! B-B.net is alive?!

Aside from the content, which really needs to be revised, a new layout for Burned-Bridges is looking finished- finally! Something would have been up by now, but I wasn’t satisfied with anything I came up with. This layout I just finished working on is the third complete prototype layout for the site, which I have been working on re-vamping for about two years (and hardly getting anywhere.)

I’ll briefly talk you through some of the ideas that I had. I would post screenshots, but I didn’t take any along the way.

When I first started working on a new layout for the site, I knew I wanted to have a graphic background because – when properly used – they look nice. I had a horizontal striped background that looked very much like the Victoria’s Secret shopping bags (you know, the pink striped ones…), and I was trying to build something around that look. The colour scheme was two slightly different shades of pink, white, and black. I was trying to work with rounded vector shapes, but I scrapped the idea when it wasn’t turning out the way I envisioned.

Next, I tried using one of the Colourlovers patterns I made as a background: an ornate pattern based off of one of the palettes I made. Let me tell you- that site has been a lifesaver. Even when I lose inspiration when it comes to making graphics and coding layouts, the colour themes are still there to work with. So, based on what I had in mind (light, feminine, and elegant), I chose one of my favourite palettes and went from there. Long story short, I loved the palette and everything came together nicely, after I changed around the navigation numerous times and worked on it slowly over a period of time, but today I was sick of the colour palette and changed it yet again. The colour scheme is very similar to the one I just posted on this site, but for now I don’t care. The orange and pinks remind me of sherbert, which is surely appropriate for the summer. Plus- if I get tired of the layout here, it is a hell of a lot easier to change than the one for Burned-Bridges, which I have been slaving over forever.

Like I said, the damn content is the only thing getting in the way of posting that layout right now. I don’t want to have ancient content sitting there, so that is going to require a little bit more time and effort… unfortunately. I also want to experiment with rounded div corners and see if I can get them to work for me.

And I really want to host some new sites, now that I am trying to get the domain back up and established again. If you or anyone you know is in need of reliable hosting (hell, I’ve had B-B.net for 7 years and plan on riding it out a few years longer before I get sick of it), please comment and contact me for details!

BBNET pagerank went up!?

I just checked the Page Rank for both Fuchsia Revolver and Burned Bridges, and I think Burned Bridges went up. I could have sworn it was a 1 before and now it is a 2. Cool. Fuchsia-Revolver is still a fucking zero, though. Ugh.

Domain renewal is on August 1st. I need to scrape some money together for that. PayPerPost owes me something like $65, but that is not going to roll in for another few weeks…

Site updates

A few site updates I forgot to mention in the other post…

1. Burned-Bridges.net looks a little different. I mentioned that I was working on a new layout, so I decided to put a little something up there in the meantime: Image links to my active hostees and sites hosted on bbnet.

2. I upgraded WordPress to version 2.6. I didn’t read the specs about what was included in the upgrade, but there weren’t any significant things that I noticed aside from the “word count” to the right-hand side of the text area where you type your post. The interface still looks the same…

3. I adopted out my Killswitch Engage fanlisting. It is still hosted on Burned-Bridges.net, just to keep everything easy, but someone else will be managing it. I will also be hosting her fanlisting collective and two of her other fanlistings.

#360

I started a lengthy post about my trip to the hospital last Tuesday for a kidney pre-donor evaluation, but I never got the chance to finish it. I’ll get to that sooner or later… probably later rather than sooner.

A few exciting things happened today. And by a few, I mean a few – as in two. Yep. Just two. Haha.

1. I was inspired to start working on a new layout for Burned-Bridges.net. I think I deserve a standing ovation for my efforts. I could very well wake up tomorrow, decide that I don’t like it, and scrap the whole layout… but for right now, I like how it looks. It is a basic, but clean design thus far.

2. I purchased a ticket to see Batman: The Dark Knight at midnight tonight. I am so excited to see the movie!! I plan on getting there at least a half-hour early, because there will probably be a huge line like there was for Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3 (I am a dork, I know…) I was supposed to go with my friend and her boyfriend, but tickets for the theater they are going to sold out before I could purchase my ticket. A lot of people are going because it is Heath Ledger’s last movie and all – but personally, I’m all about Christian Bale. Mmmm, mmm, good.