New look, same old content.

You may (or may not) have noticed that 'Three Thousand Versts' has been tweaked in terms of appearance.  I've availed of some of the new design tools on Blogger, in an attempt to provide a slightly cleaner, less cluttered finish.  My question to readers is, does it work or do you prefer the old look?  And are there any reservations or annoyances which you would like ironed out (post content is not on the agenda!)?

Comments

Dilettante said…
I think I preferred the old one - this one looks a bit too heartless and clinical.
2 July 2010 at 10:29
Timothy Belmont said…
Live with it for awhile and see! Ask me again in a week's time. I've been tweaking my blog and "fine-tuning" it since its inception; nothing major, fundamentally the same format and character, hopefully.

One thing I did do - did you notice? - was to add a favicon which should pop up beside the web address.

Tim
2 July 2010 at 10:48
Owen Polley said…
I did notice that Tim. A very smart little feature. Must have a gleek at how that works.
2 July 2010 at 10:57
Owen Polley said…
Can't seem to repeat the trick Tim. I followed some quite complicated instructions, but no joy.
2 July 2010 at 11:44
Timothy Belmont said…
I wish I could tell you how to do it, but a friend helped me. It took me ages to do, including a favicon generator and substituting your favicon for the Blogger one by entering the blogs HTML section.

I found it very complex and am still amazed that I got it done!
2 July 2010 at 11:57
Owen Polley said…
The generator advised me to copy and paste the code into my HTML. Nothing happened. I removed the blogger code (I think). Nothing happened. Most perplexing.
2 July 2010 at 12:01
Timothy Belmont said…
I think you need to persevere and ensure that you have the code precsicely in the correct part of the HTML code.

I think it took me an evening to do, trial and error. Just be careful you don't delete the wrong stuff!
2 July 2010 at 12:18
David Todd said…
I normally read on Google Reader and would suggest, as you've quite a lot of info on your sidebar , you go for a 3 col. You can do it on http://draft.blogger.com
3 July 2010 at 16:21
thedissenter said…
Your title picture does not fit into the box.

Otherwise, if you like it then that is the most important thing. You are the one who most has to live with it.
4 July 2010 at 21:06
Owen Polley said…
Really? What browser are you using. Works ok for me on Chrome and Internet Explorer.
4 July 2010 at 21:30
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