I grabbed the background pattern that I created last year, and used it as a foundation of the new design. I didn’t want it to be too distracting so I toned down its opacity quite a bit. I’d like to work on a new background sometime soon because I feel this one is a bit too disorganized.

I went through various variations of the design, getting feedback from friends and coworkers. Mark Dunkley gave me a lot of quality feedback, as usual. I really liked the idea of having a 100% width <div>’s for the headers and footers. Later on I felt that having multiple <div>’s spanning across the page was a bit overkill, so I decided to keep it for just the footer.

Big props to Steve Hatcher’s CSS Sticky Footer, which I’m using using for this site. I can’t even think of how much time I would have spent if I were to figure out how to make a sticky footer on my own. Thank you, Mr. Hatcher!!

I think now I can finally say that I’m content with the design of my blog. Any feedback/comments would be greatly appreciated! I also have a pretty kick-ass Shopify tutorial coming up, so stay tuned!

UPDATE (11/20/2009): Taking Caroline’s advice, I decided to make it so that my logo is only present on the index page. This should make it easier for visitors with smaller laptops to browse my site :). Also, created a 404 page.

I know I know, it’s looking rather empty in here right now, but starting this month, I’ll be writing about web design, music, art… pretty much anything that I think is awesome.

I’ll also be writing a lot about Shopify. I plan on writing a lot of tips & tutorials on using Shopify’s Liquid templating system. I think Shopify is the best e-commerce solution out there, and my goal is to help more people get started with their Shopify stores.

By no means am I a web design or e-commerce expert. However, I think I have enough knowledge on both of these topics to help those who might be a little nervous to start out on their own. With that said, if you see something in my code that you think can be improved, please feel free to notify me. I enjoy learning as much as I enjoy teaching!

Thanks again for dropping by – don’t forget to check back!