I just changed the "theme" of my site. How does it look?

[brainshrub]

www.brainshrub.com

Last week I asked DUers how my site looked in their browsers. I was surprised at the answers: Some of you said that the layout was awkward, others noticed a ton of white-space at the top of the screen. Still others complained that the font was to hard to read.

I scraped that old "theme" and have a new one I would like your opinion on.

Please visit my site: www.brainshrub.com and let me know if it looks okay on your machine. Then vote in the poll.

If there is a problem, please describe it and mention the browser and OS you are using to view the site.

Suggestions & misc feedback are welcome.

Thanks in advance.

[hickman1937]

1. Looks good to me, but I'm compustupid.

So take it for what it's worth.

[brainshrub]

2. You are exactly the kind of person that I've designed this for.

Straightforward navigation, easy fonts, simple color scheme and a logical layout.

If the "compustupid" can understand the site, then it's perfect. My target audience is the politically literate, not the cyber-literate.

[hickman1937]

13. Thank you, you are so kind!

:rofl: You nailed me exactly.

[SeattleGirl]

3. Looks fine to me. n/t

[flvegan]

4. Perfect! Color, design, format

AND a token photo of Lindsay Lohan in a bikini. You nailed it.

I'm going back there now...

[brainshrub]

8. Boobs trump news.

While my site had good traffic before the Lohan picture was posted, it's funny to see how many return-visits I get from a stock photo of her in a bikini.

That was one of the more modest pictures of her I could find.

[TroubleMan]

5. I like the color scheme

Easy on the eyes, which is important in a website.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

6. Here's part of what I'm getting.

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Precondition Failed
We're sorry, but we could not fulfill your request for / on this server.

We have established rules for access to this server, and any person or robot that violates these rules will be unable to access this site.

To resolve this problem, please try the following steps:

Ensure that your computer is free of viruses, Trojan horses, spyware or any other sort of malicious software.
If you are using any sort of personal firewall or browser privacy software, check to ensure that its settings do not cause your web browser to inadvertently violate any of the rules listed below.
If you are behind a Web proxy or corporate firewall, the proxy must conform to the HTTP specification with respect to proxy servers. Contact your network administrator if the trouble persists, or bypass the proxy and connect directly if possible.
Disable any download accelerators you may be using. They don't speed up your downloads anyway; in most cases, they actually run slower!
If all else fails, try using a different Web browser, such as Firefox.
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[brainshrub]

9. You don't say?!!!

Well, I've never gotten a complaint like that before! Are you at work? What kind of browser and OS do you have?

Do you have FireFox? Can you try viewing the site with that?

If you still have problems, I can make an exception for your IP address.

A heavily-trafficked political site gets all kinds of troll-attacks so I've been forced to take extra-precautions. I use Drupal (An OpenSource CMS) because the security is great and it's easy to spot trolls.

It would be a shame if DUers couldn't see the site. Y'all are my favorite kind of visitors!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

10. I use IE and have Windows XP. I also tried it again with cookies

unblocked.

[brainshrub]

11. Try this:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Install this and see if it works.

Trust me: Firefox is easy to install. Once you use it, you don't go back.

BTW: Is your IP: 67.169.168.53 ???

[ZombieNixon]

7. I don't use browsers

I am the Internets. I can view any site at will just by thinking of it. I inherited this ability from my father, Al Gore.

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Looks fine to me...

I'm using Firefox 1.0.7 with Windows XP Pro.

[swimboy]

14. Looks good. Clean and straightforward.

It's good to see the Pattern Recognition post. It's brilliant.

Also it was good meeting you in Washington.

[brainshrub]

15. Same here.

I wish we could have talked longer. So much was going on.