Is simple better?

thanks, mike! i’ll reply to your post on your site a little later.

It looks like the “simple” design has taken the lead!

i prefer simple theme!

I have that they both looks the same. Did you already choose one?

@esta: Thanks!

@gavin: I’m not really talking about the whole theme, but really just the header. If they look the exact same, you need to use these links: https://jackosh.com/?wptheme=regular and https://jackosh.com/?wptheme=jackosh.com2

I actually have not made my decision yet.. I still plan to work on the less simple theme to try and make it look better..
Thanks!

https://imodder.com/something.png

That’s what I meant with my previous posts.

@wibu: I see what you mean, that does look good! I think that if the bar is colored (like you suggested), it looks best as a solid bar (like you have tried), and not 3 disconnected ones (like I have)!

The blue one is so … blog. I’d go with the simple one but make it look better (more solid bars, make it more editorial I guess).

@gavin: so blog?? haha! Whats that mean?!?! It IS a blog!

I actually made my decision to stick with the simple theme, but also began to work on styling it. I posted my progress here: https://jackosh.com/?wptheme=jackosh.com3

Any thoughts or suggestions? Better or worse than current theme?

So much better man!! That is what I’m talking about. Looks good; reminds me of the rainy day windows theme.

Hehe “so blog” refers to the typical blog site with the templated “blogspot” style top.

ooooh haha, I do see what you mean by that! Thanks, I think I’m going to keep building off of what I’m working with now. Anyone else?

OK, to anyone interested I have made my decision. I stuck with the third theme that I brought into the mix. I consider it a hybrid of the first two. It’s simple like the first one (actually, simpler with only a tiny tiny .gif). But at the same time it’s way more styled so it looks more like a blog and less like just a white page with some text on it.

I’m still going to use my current theme for a while while I “perfect” the new one: work on validation issues, fix minor details, and check compatibility with all browsers!

But, in the meantime, any thoughts?

https://jackosh.com/?wptheme=regular vs https://jackosh.com/?wptheme=jackosh.com250

Thanks!

I like com250, but the white vertical bar in the middle seems out of place. Other than that, beautiful. ??

hmm, the white vertical bar is there to separate the content from the sidebar.. its not necessary at all, so I’ll play around with taking it out!

Thanks for the input ??