Labor Day Labors

Updated Tuesday a.m. 09/02 — I spent my time this morning working on fixing some of the display issues in lieu of doing a strip.  I mean Pedroia doesn't cut corners, so neither will The Soxaholix.   

Lisa the Temp:
While you're out enjoying the Labor Holiday at your picnics and beaches (bitches!) and lakes, the temps of this world are here slaving away on the holiday and getting things done.

 

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Lisa the Temp:
Like the new Soxaholix redesign you see before you. 

 

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Lisa the Temp:
You'll probably find some bugs.  But the bugs belong to Brachen and not Lisa the Temp.  Remember that, peeps.

 

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Author's Notes:

At last the new redesign is done. I've been working on this here and there since last winter, but didn't really start humping on it until a few weeks ago.

It still needs some final tweaking and additions, but all in good time.

As Lisa says, if you find major display bug or something doesn't work the way you expect, just let me know.

Comments

[h.b]

Safari is my main browser and I'm on a Mac, and it looks fine to me. Can you be more specific? What version of Safari? What Mac OS are you running? What is the specific display issue?

[h.b]

re Email links:

Kaz identified the issue, but it wasn't something I did intentionally. I swapped over to the newest version of the TypePad basecode and this is they way it's configed. I'm guessing it's to cut down on spam for people who comment.

I'll look into swapping it back, though, it'll be a low priority thing for now.

[h.b]

Making the bg avail for download as wallpaper is a cool idea. I'll look into doing that.

Also the CafePress store will get updated soon (I hope) to include the new logotype as well as adding some new designs and just a general house cleaning that's long overdue.

[Marty]

Wicked Awesome!
Let's Go Sox!!!

[Harwich Rich]

Safe journey,Nat :)

[Kaz]

The background image file is:

http://www.soxaholix.com/tp/images/cityscape01.jpg

It's 1606x664 pixels however, so you will need to crop it to fit the dimensions of your particular monitor (or just accept that the "fit image" option of your OS is going to squish it wierdly to get it to fit).

[h.b]

Actually that's the older version of the bg. The current site uses this one:

http://www.soxaholix.com/tp/images/cityscape01a.jpg

But for an ideal desktop wallpaper, you should wait until I can resize the original vector source file into a couple versions that would fit the typical desktop dimensions.

Or if you're in a hurry, I can send you the source. :)

[Kaz]

It's the older version, but the new version also includes the grey stripe on the right of the site now. I did a little reverse engineering of the image name (removed the 'a') to find the old one. :)

But I just figured in the meantime, if people wanted it now they could play with the image themselves until you release the official one with a nice link, etc.

BTW, my laptop is 1680x1050, please. :)

[Chops]

Hot stuff, H.B.! I love the new site. I'm tempted to steal the image as my computer background.

[h.b]

Kaz,

I made a custom one for you.

http://www.soxaholix.com/tp/images/wallpaper/wall1680x1050.jpg

I'll start making some others.

Google is telling me these are the top 5 resolutions amoung Soxaholix readers:

1.
1024x768 33.58%
2.
1280x800 17.72%
3.
1280x1024 17.22%
4.
1680x1050 8.44%
5.
1440x900 7.08%

So I'll start with those.

[Bob]

Nice job, H.B.

Stil on my mini-vacation through Wednesday.

I wll sit and stare at this new look until then. (Absinthe, don't ya know.)

[jfm]

Nice job HB. I am a webgeek and couldnt help but checking your source. Your missing a closing > just above you main nav div on an anchor tag

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See how the a

[jfm]

Naturally my pasted example got filtered out... duh. Anyways Its right above your main nav div. if you view source in FF 3 it should even highlight the error for you.

[Kaz]

Thanks, looks great on a Mac desktop!

By the way, anyone else whose dimensions are 1.6 ratio (1440x900, 1280x800, etc) can use the one in h.b.'s post for 1680x1050. Just tell your OS to resize it to fit the screen. Most OSes downsample a larger image a lot better than they upsample a too small one to fit. Once there's one specifically for your screen resolution, that'll be the best option, but in the meantime, you'd have a good pic to use.

[h.b]

Thanks, JFM. Fixed.

[chris]

wow, hb, it looks awesome. wicked friggin pissah!

[soxdownunder]

Thanks Kaz. I think I understand.

[soxdownunder]

But obviously I don't.
testing

[silver]

h.b.,

Just an awesome job with the new look. I am intrigued by the choice of perspective for the background. It makes me want to find a way to look down to the field of play. It is also puts the focus on the stands which hold the fans of the Sox and this site. I wonder if it was intentional or if I am just over analyzing.

[h.b.]

silver,

Thanks. As to your question re "intentional" I think yes.

I say "think" because the image was done by a reader of Soxaholix who is also a damn fine illustrator, Jeremy Majewski.

I conveyed the vision to him of what I was looking for, and he executed is perfectly, actually, he went beyond my vision.

But I'm guessing that the focus on the stands rather than playing field was his intent for the same reasons you suggested.

Also, I think leaving the stands empty is a nice touch, as the Soxaholix tend to discuss the games before/after.

[Kaz]

I also think this is one of the first art pieces of the cityscape to so predominantly feature the R2D2 Building!

You're making history now, h.b.! :)