Saturday, March 11, 2006

The New Look Iain Dale's Diary

As you can see, I have had the Blog redesigned. Up to now I had used a Blogger template, but it was becoming very tired and was a little inflexible. I hope you like the new look. It still needs a little tweaking here and there, but I'm very pleased with the overall feel. It's all been done by John Forristal of Aplus Computers. If you have a blog and want it freshened up do email john@acomputer.co.uk

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Iain, as a graphic designer I think your redesign is a massive improvement.

The old one used to float all over the place and things would move for no reason. The text was a tad too small and could be hard to read.

The new design is good. Simpler and clearer, I like the blue writing. I've always like the flickr thing, but I think having four pictures of yourself in the header is a bit gratuitous. I don't like the England flag Iain Dale's Diary thing either. Could be classier.

Apart from that good work!

Iain Dale said...

Thanks. I rather agree about the 4 pics at the top though. I'm trying to find something else to replace the one on the left and right, but I;m not sure what kind of thing to use. Suggestions gratefully received!

Anonymous said...

iain, the new design is terrible! i honestly much prefer the old one

Anonymous said...

New design is a bit light on photos of yourself :-)

Iain Dale said...

Barbara, sadly it wasn't me, although I do know the roundabout you mean! I drive a cabriolet, not an Estate, although I did have an Estate last year. Where do you live then?

Anonymous said...

Ian - you look slimmer in the picture second from the left than in that on the far right.
Is this the effect of the Paul McKenna book I recommended and by the way how much do you owe me so far at £10 for every pound in weight lost during March after your extravaganza (or should that read "chips with everything") in Amsterdam?

Peter from Putney

Anonymous said...

Four photos is indeed far, far too much of a good thing.

Gave me quite a shock.

Paul Linford said...

It looks very nice Iain. Nice idea putting in permanent links to your top tens at the top of the contents panel ;-)