Sunday, February 21, 2010

New blog header graphic

We "enhanced" the header area of this blog, but then I didn't specifically address the concept of the  new design. So here it is.
  • The new design is one large graphic. That let us add some photos plus put a shadow on the title letters.
  • The first three "tall" photos on the left represent air, land, and water.
  • The fourth photo area (on the right) stacks three "wide" photos of creatures that inhabit the air, land, and water. They appear in order from top to bottom to parallel the environment photos at left (from left to right).
  • The color scheme uses hues from God's world -- primarily greens and blues, but the right sidebar area has sandy-colored title backgrounds. The position of the green and blue backgrounds remind us of the green grass of the land and the blue skies above. I guess you could even say that each posting's (article's) background color draws inspiration from the White Sands National Monument area.
  • The top (mandatory) Google Blogger bar uses a dark blue that's close to the page background in that area so that it does not "stick out" too much.
In an unrelated tidbit, I am also trying to use a photo for each blog posting, though for some it's tricky getting a decent one.

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