Emerge Beta
I like the beginning of a new month. Many good things happen, like money in the bank, less work to deal with and a chance to start over. It’s a good time to try something new, since it’s been a little over a year since I made any major updates around here. So I present you Emerge Beta - my secret project for the last six months (on and off), home designed and hand coded* in much toil surviving both depression and dementia. Ok enough crap. Here it is folks. I chose the name Emerge because this end of the year marks a giant leap in life for me. I’m quitting my job in three weeks and moving on to full blogging and webdesign starting January 2006. It’s time I emerge from my dark past and step into my new future.
The design is tested in Firefox, Safari and IE. It’s in beta because I’m not quite done yet. It’ll probably be in beta for good since I plan to keep working on it until it’s time for a new design. If you catch any bugs please drop me a note.
So, what do you guys think?
*XHTML+CSS based on Kubrick by Michael Heilemann - badly beaten and hacked
December 1st, 2005 at 10:32pm
One word… AWESOME! This site has just blown me away man. I thought you did great with your other works, but this has gone right to the top of the unbeatable scale mate.. Well done..
December 1st, 2005 at 10:35pm
Its a beauty Jerm.. I am far passed impressed! looking good man! Looking REALLY good!
December 1st, 2005 at 10:38pm
Hey, i wanted to be the first on your comment, but it would’t happend, i type this very slow. anyway as the third human who post on your niche new design, amazing blog dude.
December 1st, 2005 at 10:43pm
im speechless…i dont know how or what to say about this new design here…its so JErm..it really lead straight to ur green world including the clouds are green…
December 1st, 2005 at 11:20pm
December 2nd, 2005 at 12:18am
Thanks everyone. Things seem pretty dandy so I’m signing off for the night. More updates later.
December 2nd, 2005 at 2:09am
awww my green bro is having new green design
nice nice…can i hv purple blog 
December 2nd, 2005 at 2:51am
Whoa!
December 2nd, 2005 at 4:01am
I love it! I was expecting to see the old design when I cam here and I literally jumped in my seat whenever I saw this one. Really amazing.
December 2nd, 2005 at 5:17am
very slick! was a bit of a shock at first sight. but it’s rich
a few points; in safari (at least for me) the search bar doesn’t quite fit in the space given by the background bit…
also the google ads in there with the navigation is a little confusing at first glance.
and it maybe a little clearer at a glance if the headers to the side boxes were a lighter shade of green, seems logical that they should stand out slightly more than the content of the boxes.
December 2nd, 2005 at 6:16am
I gotta agree with nat, the ads in the navigation section are just a tad confusing, especially with it saying things like “Blog Archives.”
December 2nd, 2005 at 7:44am
Very nice, my good man. Here’s my first impression (10 being highest).
Colors: 9
Content: 9
Green-ness: 10
Contrast: 8
Ease of use: 8
Uniqueness: 9
Graphics: 8
Overall: 9
I’m a pretty picky web browser, so I’m really impressed with the work you’ve done. I can’t wait to see this thing evolve as you emerge.
December 2nd, 2005 at 9:36am
nice nice, marvelous looking, i like it a lot. well done!
December 2nd, 2005 at 2:14pm
Looks beautiful, crisp and techno-style. Congrats!
December 2nd, 2005 at 9:26pm
Nat and James, thanks for the adlinks critique, it’s been noted and I’ll think of a better solution. The sidebar however is going to be redesigned so I’ll fix the dim label problem along with my next update.
Prem, that’s very generous man, thanks a bunch!!
Lee, Peter, Dee, Crystal, Mandy, Jess, Alex, Felicia, and Bes, thank you!! Your kind words and support mean the world to me. I’ll keep working on making this a better place for all of us.
December 2nd, 2005 at 11:36pm
The header is sweet but I’d ditch the adlinks there and fix the menu positioning in FF1.0.7 XP.
Has a nice jungle feel to the theme, I’m expecting vines to entangle me any minute.
December 3rd, 2005 at 1:16am
Hey Craig. Yeah the vote is high on removing the adlinks. What’s up with the FF 1.0.7 menu positioning? I tried it on FF 1.0.6 and FF 1.5 and it looks fine. Am I missing something? Could you send me a screenshot?
I made a vines tutorial for PS a few years ago. I’ll think about growing them around here.
December 3rd, 2005 at 3:34am
i actually have the same search bar problem that Nat pointed out. i agree with the ads bit, as well. atleast move them, so they don’t mix with the posts. and one more thing…
click. refresh.
41 bats
50 bats
52 bats
43 bats
47 bats
*sighs*
December 3rd, 2005 at 6:48am
I’m gettin’ 41 bats consistently.
I really love the quote by the way
December 3rd, 2005 at 11:07am
Nat and Mandy, I overlooked that search bar glitch. I just tested it on Safari again and you’re right, looks damn ugly. It’s just been added to my list of fixes.
James, thanks man, the quote popped out of my head during one of my states of dementia. You know, between sleeping and wakefulness?!
So Mandy, since when did you use Macs?
December 6th, 2005 at 12:39am
i don’t, actually. i use opera
[for those not well versed–opera is the most awesomest web browser ever. entirely customisable..firefox times ten and a half.]
December 6th, 2005 at 1:11pm
Opera is awesome but it ain’t light like Firefox is!