HeroMachine Character Portrait Creator

I’ve updated the WordPress installation running this site to 2.9 and installed the new template for look and feel. If you’re seeing weirdness, try CTRL-Refresh to reload the page. If the weirdness persists, try clearing your cache and reloading. And if the weirdness STILL persists, call Ghostbusters.

Comments, insults, praise, general commentary, recommendations, explicit directions on where to shove my non-existent design sense, etc. are all welcome. Well, not ALL — who needs praise?

I spent the last couple of days implementing the last blog layout change we discussed a few weeks ago. I’ve got it running on a test server if you want to take a look via this link and let me know what you think. Obviously it doesn’t have any real content in it beyond one post I cut and pasted, but you’re looking for the basic layout and not the words that go in it, if that makes sense.

I did change the header up significantly; when I sat down to actually code it, enough time had gone by to let me look at it with fresh eyes and I decided the original was just too heavy and busy. I think this one is a lot cleaner and easier on the eyes. I also changed the footer to match the new UGO look a bit better, and did away with the gradient at the bottom.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts. If there are no huge problems I’ll probably roll this out live overnight, which involves a bit of scariness in upgrading the WordPress version.