Yet Another New Look
Yes, another “new” design. I apologize to all of you loyal fans who kept clicking on my site since early yesterday, just to see if I was done with what I wanted to change (yes, I am obsessed!). Well, now I am done.
I am FINALLY finished, satisfied, and am thinking that I’m going to like the way things are on here.. Don’t you?
Sure, You may not see many differences, but trying to add that new sidebar on the right, took me twelve hours of messing around. I kept receiving errors, the sidebar refused to stay in the correct place, and I was just about ready to move this blog over to Movable Type. That’s how fed up I was with trying to figure out what was wrong.
My brain power and determination paid off, I figured it out, and I even added a few more features…
Anyway, it’s almost three in the morning over here, and I’ve got to get to sleep! Right after I finish re-reading The Foodie Handbook for a soon-to-be book review.
Blog you later,
-Kamran
P.S. One new feature allows you to drag a photo to share the post with your buddies on Twitter, Stumble Upon, and other great social networking sites. Try it out and tell me what you think!
UPDATE: I’ve received emails, DM’s on Twitter, and everything of the sort by people saying that the content column is significantly lower than the sidebars, when this site is viewed on Internet Explorer or Opera. Until I get that issue fixed, could I ask you to use another web browser? The site has been tested and is best viewed on Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome and Netscape.
UPDATE: Thanks to the genius of my Twitter buddies, @S_GraceGourmet, @jenncuisine, @antoniotahhan, @caviarandcodfsh, and especially @manggy (who directed me to what I needed to fix), the site should be working fine with Internet Explorer! Now, if you’re using Opera, sorry… You’re kind of screwed (not so much!) and need to download: Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome, Netscape, or (the dreaded!) Internet Explorer.
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January 24th, 2010
You’re definitely a genius. Your site is getting better and better. While I’m having a hard time with coding, etc, whatever you call it, you can change your site in just a few days or day. Your hard work paid off. Congrats Kamran. :D Here’s to your brain power. :)
January 24th, 2010
Looks great! Love how you laid out your three column design!! Wish I had the patience and time to teach myself more about web design…
January 24th, 2010
It’s gorgeous!!!! Love the sidebar pictures, the colors, clean lines. Best design ever, seriously.
January 24th, 2010
wow, perhaps I will hire you to redesign my blog! Do the posts start in the middle of the page by design? very nice
January 24th, 2010
I love the clean look – and you managed to figure out the whole sidebar thing. :)
January 24th, 2010
Are you SURE you’re only 17?
Stunningly beautiful site…..so sophisticated, so gourmet.
January 24th, 2010
ANOTHER wonderful look Kamran – you are a genius!
January 24th, 2010
Your new design perfectly conveys sophistication – it is simply elegant!
January 24th, 2010
Congrats Kamran! NICE as always.
January 24th, 2010
I love the new layout! So classy!
January 24th, 2010
love it! and the new feature is so fun!! how did you do that?
January 24th, 2010
Great new look and super clean! Congrats!
January 24th, 2010
I’m your twin, I obsess over my blog too! But it just means you want a nice looking, easy to navigate site and if you’re not happy with it, you have to work with it till you are! You’ve done marvelous work here and you’re always an inspiration!!! Keep it up!!!
January 24th, 2010
It looks AMAZING. I love it!
January 24th, 2010
LOVE the new look. So much.
January 24th, 2010
I’ve loved every look you’ve put onto TSG. You’re more tech savy than I am.
January 25th, 2010
beautiful site. you have convinced me that I need to relook at mine as well.
January 25th, 2010
With every new design you do you amazes me more and more. Really! :) How many years ago did you begin to design/code? I have the basic skills in website design, but blogs are something new for me.
I LOVE the new feature of the photo. I have never seen it before in any other web :D
I am planning to buy my own domain and move to wordpress, and I suppose I will re-design it then. But first I must finish my exams =(
I have stayed awake until 2 or 3AM just to finish some design many times too :) Most of my friends say that I’m crazy. I still think that they just don’t know how funny it can be :)
January 25th, 2010
lookin’ good! Sleep is so overrated.
January 25th, 2010
Love it!! The green color you chose is awesome, really sets the tone for your blog. And the 12 hours of fussing around was worth it – the sidebar looks great. Congrats Kamran, I can tell how much hard work went into this.
January 25th, 2010
EVERYONE- thank you so much for your kind comments! I really appreciate the positive feedback that I’m getting!
Ksenia- I am a total newbie at coding and web design. I learned how to code in June of last year, but that was only HTML. I learned CSS and all of that other good stuff in December. I still continue to learn and am amazed that I actually figured out how to do this stuff.
And thanks, I though it would be a nifty little feature to add on! Including the translator for some who visit my blog and don’t understand English…
And I hear you about staying up really late to finish things. I guess it’s fun to accomplish something that many other people aren’t able to do, but I think it’s more self determination that makes me try to finish things like this!
January 25th, 2010
Lookin’ good Kamran! Love the clean lines and color palette. Nicely done. Maybe I can hire you when you figure all of the nitty gritty out.
January 25th, 2010
It looks so nice! I like the clean, simple lines and it’s easy to navigate. I liked it before, too, but this is really great.
January 25th, 2010
Hi Kamran, you’re very welcome. I love the new look.
Just a heads-up to say: I’ve just checked out the site on Opera and it looks fine to me.
January 25th, 2010
Hey Mark, thanks for that! For some reason I wasn’t seeing it properly… I’ll update the updates! :)
January 25th, 2010
Looks great… I don’t know how you find the time to redesign! Mine took me forever… I will be sticking with it for a while just because I don’t have the energy to do it all again. Love the photo dragging feature!
January 25th, 2010
Looks beautiful! This will be an ongoing process, to be sure. And believe me, tweaking can go on forever. It takes a sure mind (or a tired one) to just say, OK, enough is enough! Either way, the site looks grand!
January 26th, 2010
Wow.. The site looks amazing! Can’t believe you did it all by yourself!
January 26th, 2010
It gets more fabulous with each revision. Looks great!
January 27th, 2010
looks great, kamran!
January 28th, 2010
Oh my that’s a lot of hours working on your blog. But it paid off. I love the design. Keep surprising us. What’s cooking in your kitchen these days?
January 30th, 2010
Kamran, it’s beautiful! Way to master a new skill. :)
January 30th, 2010
So happy that you could get the sidebar to work for you Kamran. Now, can you get my site to look sophisicated?
January 31st, 2010
OMG… sharing photo thingy = coolest thing ever! I am a huge follower of tricks, and you have certainly tricked your blog out.
January 31st, 2010
Kamran, I just stumbled upon your blog – it is gorgeous. I am looking forward to reading and seeing more!
February 1st, 2010
I just wanted to stop by and say how excited I am to get to know you and how impressed I am with your blog! I look forward to the Adopt-a-Blogger experience. :)
February 4th, 2010
It’s so sophisticated! Like the blog :) I love it!
February 4th, 2010
Kamran, As a professional web designer, hats off to you my friend! You have a designers eye, absolutely beautiful! I’ve been meaning to get my site redesigned into wordpress and your site really encouraged me to get going!!
February 4th, 2010
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February 4th, 2010
Wow, I’m so behind on posts! LOVE LOVE LOVE the look. Sigh.
February 4th, 2010
cool
February 6th, 2010
I like the new look Kamran! Good going.
February 7th, 2010
I have just discovered your blog, and I have to say, wow! I have thoroughly enjoyed going through the archives and I look forward to more.
February 9th, 2010
You have a great blog!! so neat & perfect :)
February 13th, 2010
it’s beautiful! congrats!
February 14th, 2010
Very cool feature — I haven’t seen that before, but I LIKE it! Oh, you are such a bloggy/designer/developer wizard!