Front page is done with just a few details and artsy bits to finish off. Working on the off pages tonight. I’m making extensive use of transparent png files. It really adds so much to what we can do with design now. I’m also using the new tags for rounded corners, granted only Mozilla/Firefox and Safari 3 users are going to be able to see them but I see that as incentive to get a standards compliant browser (IE I’m looking at your slack ass here) that is making the new CSS3 and HTML 5 tags available.

If you’re interested in the corner trick this is how easy it is to code:

–div style=” background-color: #ccc;
-moz-border-radius: 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000;
padding: 10px;” –

The radius option will adjust the amount of the curve. I’ve used 10px through my new design.
You can also target specific corners by using -moz-border-radius-topleft / -webkit-border-top-left-radius in your code.

sample design

I’m looking at writing up a bit about the process I used and tricks to amp up the visuals using very little other than basic css tags. Here’s a taste of what I’m going to have in a few days. You may notice there are some similarities to the current theme. I do love elements of this layout but I wanted to start from scratch because it’s far easier for me to write css than to figure out what the hell someone else did.