Simon Willison’s Weblog

Well, nobody reads my blog ;), but I decorated.

Since I already have a style switcher on the site that offers different color schemes, I keep a css template file handy for when I want a new color scheme... instead of color values, it has 'PRI0' (Primary color 0), 'PRI1', 'CON' (contrast color), etc. Once I pick a few colors using Pixy's color scheme tool (link on my site in today's entry) or similar tool, I just search and replace the template, and I'm done (aside from adding the new <link> element.

Jason Clark - 1st November 2003 02:42 - #

Hey, that's a pretty cool idea. I've always been bugged by the way CSS doesn't allow you to set a kind of "macro" for specifying colours (discussed previously here) - having a template stylesheet with special variables to search and replace is a neat compromise.

Simon Willison - 1st November 2003 03:24 - #

Have you seen Wired News today? They're recycling the same version I created for them last year just a couple weeks after we launched the new design.

Douglas Bowman - 1st November 2003 03:28 - #

I re-decorate my monthly archives. Check out the Halloween decorations at http://www.trommetter.com/log/archives/2003_10.php

Jason - 1st November 2003 05:37 - #

http://www.mozdev.org was particularly hideous [ or insert your own adjective ] this Halloween ... Archived: http://not.mozdev.org/3110/

Chris Neale - 1st November 2003 12:37 - #

Archived: http://not.mozdev.org/gallery/3110/ : ]

Chris Neale - 1st November 2003 18:51 - #

Our designers did a little decorating at Austin360:

Austin360 Halloween Guide

Your cursor will emit bats on that page...

cheers...

John Engler - 2nd November 2003 00:06 - #