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LXer To Launch New Look Sunday Night
LXer is known for its live newswire, its hard-hitting editorials, and its lively community. It is also known for its somewhat spartan appearance. A young college student recently pitched in to help LXer improve its image - literally. Sarah Vessels, a student of the University of Kentucky, kept the basic layout, but implemented standards-compliant HTML and CSS. The right side bar has been widened somewhat, and new colors give the site a modern look and feel. Additionally, the search box has been moved to the top, right corner of the site, eliminating the need to scroll for it. She also worked to improve readability for the visually impaired. LXer has been running the new look in beta mode for about two months, and is now ready to launch the new look. Comments from the beta testers have been very positive. The switchover will take place at midnight, US Central Time, on Sunday, 24 Sep 2006. Europe and Africa will wake up shortly after to a brand new LXer front page. Launching the new look is just one step LXer is taking as we move forward with our growing global community of readers. LXer readers should begin seeing other new features implemented in the coming weeks and months, as well as a push toward increasing our global audience. The long-awaited database of vendors offering GNU/Linux is being taken up next. Stay tuned! Footnotes, Links, etc.
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Comments (15)
*grumble*
I know that there were persistent concerns from other fogeys and me about contrast between text and background in some spots....
Hope that is all good now.
dinotrac: I worked on the contrast in the sidebar, and hopefully it will be sufficiently readable. :) If not, you could always bug Dave about it!
It seemed fine the last time I checked it.
Cool. If I can read it, I'm happy. Or, at least, any unhappiness is due to content, not presentation.
For sure, billbar. Cruel, very cruel.
Now if it had been the one showing his legs, you might have a point :D.
Y'know, it ain't all bad having fuzzy old eyes.
Don't forget the bright orange accents (pauses to puke).... Oh for the visually stimulating world of MS!
Nice
Lxer's new look is a great idea, I will enjoy reading here as always.
You'll see the link to the beta site in the first post. :-)
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Can't wait for the new theme to go live.
Thanks for all the hard work.