The Black Phoebe :: Ms. Jen Re-Design is proceeding as a for loop... in iterative steps.

The first step, after months of thinking and planning, was to work on the banner, sidebar, and type over the months of March and April.

The second step has been over the last two days, in which I have ported all my templates from Movable Type 3.0 or 3.1 (can't remember which, maybe it was 2.6 something) to MT 3.2 templates, and then refined the first steps design changes to work with the MT 3.2 template system.

Now you ask, why did I not do this last August when Movable Type 3.2 was released? Well, because the new stylesheets were designed to be a big bitch and the first few times I looked at them I shouted and cursed anyone who created a 1543 line css file (WTF!!!!). Then I spent months researching and testing other blogging systems (Word Press, et al) on private spaces to see if I should give up my three year relationship with Movable Type. But really, Word Press is not that much better in its own frustrating ways and since I am not going to home brew my own CMS ala KuraFire, I decided to go with the devil I know and love and just bite the template bullet to get the new features I want to use.

Last night I whittled the MT 3.2 CSS file down to under 350 lines and made snarky/cranky comments along the way. Tonight I worked on refining the details of the design (image placement, text, headlines, type spacing, etc) in the css and then ported all the new templates over from the test blog to Black Phoebe :: Ms. Jen. Rebuild. Check on the PowerBook. Check on the Dell Inspiron. Tinker. Rebuild. Again. Again. And again...

Here is where you all come in... Please let me know how it looks in your browser. I have opened the comments up to TypeKey authentification and to moderated comments. Please tell me how the type size looks on your browser and screen resolution? Is the headline & body type readable & harmonious? Is the layout jacked up? Etc.

If there are serious errors, please send me an email (blackphoebe at gmail dot com) with a screen shot and what computer you have and what browser you are viewing the site on.

Thanks!