LizzieAndrewBorden.com gets a makeover

Stefani · Post by **Stefani** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:57 pm

Last night I uploaded the new look to LizzieAndrewBorden.com. I hope you all like it. I decided I was not only bored with the old layout/look, but that the site needed a classier more modern look. It took about four days to do, but I am rather pleased with the result.

If any parts don't work, please use this thread to let me know and I will fix the problems when and if they arise.

Thanks!

http://lizzieandrewborden.com

snokkums · Post by **snokkums** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:25 pm

I tired it and it works fine for me. It's pretty nice. Was just surfing thru it.
Good job Stefani!

Smudgeman · Post by **Smudgeman** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:10 pm

Did not work at all for me, but I am on AOL, you know we have had problems before. None of the tabs take me anywhere?????????? It just stays on the main site page.

joe · Post by **joe** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:57 pm

I like it, Stef! Good work. No frills....just the way websites should look.

kssunflower · Post by **kssunflower** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:15 pm

Definitely an improvement. I love the paranormal link!

Constantine · Post by **Constantine** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:39 pm

Works fine, but I like the old one better. Oh well, I'll get used to it.

Nadzieja · Post by **Nadzieja** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:51 am

Good job Stef, It looks great. It must have taken you awhile to do it. I still can't get a card to go through here for someones birthday!!!!! so I can't imagine doing a whole website.

Smudgeman · Post by **Smudgeman** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:55 am

It seems to be working fine this morning, go figure. Good job Stef.

twinsrwe · Post by **twinsrwe** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:26 am

It worked fine for me. The new look is very different from the old look, and it is definitely something I'm going to need to used to; although, I did find it easier to read - that is the black lettering on a white background is easier to read than the white lettering on a black background. However, the white lettering on a black background is much more mysterious, which, as we all know, is what the Borden case is full of. Guess that is what I liked about the old look. I think in time, we'll get used to the new look. Good job, Stefani!

augusta · Post by **augusta** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 9:35 am

Beautiful job, Stefani! Your hard work paid off. I think it's probably going to be easier to use.

All of the titles of the different places on the site don't appear at once, tho. I did like that about the other one.

I did love the other one. I enjoyed all the different colored Lizzies. And especially how you had the name of the website 'appear'.

This is quite a change, from the 'most colorful' to 'muted'. It might be an idea for the future, to maybe put a little Victorian decoration on the page somewhere, somehow.

But this is just first impression. I may love this new one, too, in a month or so.

Smudgeman · Post by **Smudgeman** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:19 pm

The background is a little bleak, maybe you could put different dress patterns in the background? I really liked the "Andy Warhol" type theme in your last change, this one needs a little tweeking I think?

Fargo · Post by **Fargo** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:09 am

I liked the old one better, but they are both nice.

As long as it gets me here with the rest of you, that's the main thing.

andrea · Post by **andrea** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:59 pm

I like the new look and it seemed to work fine when I wandered around. Although the former look was great too, it's nice to have a change once in awhile. Whatever the appearance - the site is a wonderful resource for all things Borden!

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:18 pm

I'm having a problem with it. The red rectangular whatchamacallit that lists the various pages to click (How's that for technical language?) overlaps left part of the text on each page.

For example on the first "Crime Library" page, the first five or six characters of the left side of the text are covered by that index block thingy all the way down to "When her elderly father. . ."

I first viewed it using the standard aol browser, then I switched over to Windows Internet Explorer and it was the same.

So, I guess I liked the old style better.

Stefani · Post by **Stefani** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:27 pm

FairhavenGuy, perhaps your computer screen is small? Can you adjust the size of your browser's viewing window? By dragging the lower right hand corner to the right and down to fill your screen? Or enlarging the screen itself by toggling the windows buttons on the upper right? Would you, for me, try this and see if now everything is in place?

I tested the site on various browsers and it appeared to work fine on Firefox, Safari, Opera, but don't have IE. Maybe Harry would test that one for me?

Thanks! I wanna make this right for everyone.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:33 pm

I tried it with IE7 and yes there is an overlap. Here tis'

I'll try it with Netscape, Sea Monkey and Chrome. (sounds like a law firm!)

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:49 pm

Tried it with 6 browsers. It worked okay with:

Netscape 9, Chrome 0.2, SeaMonkey 1.1 and Safari for Windows 3.1.2

On Avant and IE7 it overlapped. Avant uses IE7 as its core so it would have the same result.

Don't know if this is the problem but when you go to the start page IE7 was the only one where a slide bar (at the bottom) has to be used.

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:25 pm

What Harry's screen shot showed is exactly what I got.

Both at work and at home on two different size screens.

My screen was plenty wide enough to hold the full image, it was just that the index block was out of place.

Guess I gotta start using a different browser.

Stefani · Post by **Stefani** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 9:02 pm

Let me try a few things and get back to you when it is "fixed" and you can test again. Thanks Harry, thanks everyone, thanks Fairhavenguy!

Stefani · Post by **Stefani** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:21 pm

Well, try it again. I moved the menu to flush left of the sidebar. See if this works? Thanks.

Harry · Post by **Harry** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:48 am

Stef, sent you an e-mail.

FairhavenGuy · Post by **FairhavenGuy** » Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:39 am

It's working for me now!

Thanks, Stef and Harry.