From the proper-cased titles (no more all cap TITLES!), through the standard navigation elements (on most pages), a nicer title bar, and finishing with a completely new color scheme, I’ve just finished a major make-over of this site.
Behind the scenes, I’ve made great use of MT code modules to help manage the common elements used in each of the templates. Of course, the layout and colors are both very much under the control of a cascading style sheet (.css file — see previous posts in this category for links to related files). Another benefit of using style sheets is that they help in the goal of making the site look the same for mozilla and IE users. It mostly does, but in a related topic, it does not yet validate 🙁
Little things include: highlighting, in the left nav area, which category or monthly archive is being viewed; top-of-page links at the end of each article; and perhaps not so little, I’ve incorporated the now standard (movabletype 2.63) search feature.
In addition, the site sports a new layout where the right side nav is more dynamic, with content changing depending on the month or category being viewed, and the left being a more static list of various links, such as the archives and blogroll.
If you have any comments or feedback, please let me know, using the comments feature, or by sending me an email. (Both links are present at the end of each entry. Look down 🙂