Long time fans might not have recognized the place immediately, but I assure you, you are in the right spot; this is still the Art of Caesura you know and love!
I'm doing some pre-spring cleaning and with the third birthday just past, I thought it was about time to spruce up the blog a bit. I'm always looking for ways to improve The Art of Caesura, and in the past, have created a logo, added a search bar, and re-titled all of my posts to be more descriptive! If you have any other ideas for improvements, please feel encouraged to leave them in the comments section below.
Today is the first of two "behind the scenes" things that I've been wanting to do for a while: the first is to update the look of the blog! The second thing will be the topic of next week's post.
In regards to the "look of the blog," from the get-go I had always wanted a "landing page" for the blog; y'know, like a homepage for a website - when I set up the blog in the first place, I just didn't know how to do it. I think it's a bit more welcoming to first meet an introductory page with tabs on the side to give new-comers a bit of info about what it's all about, and a nice list of recent content to choose from (more inline with how the blog looks on mobile devices).
Currently (as I write this, though previously for you now) when you come to the blog (on PC) you're thrown in in medias res - right in the middle of things - greeted only by the content of the most recent post. For regular attenders (like myself) this is no problem, and may be even kind of handy, but for those just coming upon it, because I cover miniatures from different systems, beer, hiking etc... the first post they meet might give them the wrong idea about what The Art of Caesura is about.
I was looking into how to transfer my blog over to WordPress (but was not looking forward to paying a subscription fee or having minimal storage, and learning to use a whole new interface), when I found that there was a relatively easy way to do it through blogger. Hooray!!
So here it is, sleek and new: The Art of Caesura for the modern world! Some design elements to note in this new layout are: I have kept the red and black colour scheme that was previously present in the bokeh background. I have also created a header in the same style as my logo. I like the almost "comic book" feel of the panels and font, and think that this compliments the nerd themes that are common to this blog. I like that from the landing page you can get an idea of what the post is about: you see a picture and the flavour-text that I always start my posts with.
I'm sure that changing the format will introduce some quirks, but if you (or I) find any, let me know and I'll iron them out ASAP.
Thanks everyone, and I hope you like the new look of The Art of Caesura!
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