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New layout! » February 8th, 2009 · See comments

Seeing as making new layouts is the fashion these days, have one from me! You might not like it, but I personally love it. I love it because it’s pink, and yellow, and disgusting, and HUGE. There might be a couple of bugs here and there as I haven’t done too much browser testing. However, there’s barely any code so there’s not a whole lot to go wrong.

Let me know what you think!

Edit: So there’s a slight problem with nested comments not displaying properly. I shall have to look into that. Feel free to offer assistance.

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  1. Minmin says:

    It’s looking great on my browser. It’s spunky <3.

  2. Peter Green says:

    Love it!
    Love the BIG header text,
    Love the footer text,
    Love the Music page layout and taste!
    Just love it!

  3. Rob Hawkes says:

    Loving the new layout Rachael! I feel extra special being able to see a behind the scenes peek when you came to visit. Now please stop it, you’re making me want to redesign Rawkes!

  4. Aisling says:

    I like it much more IRL than in screenshotness, and I quite liked it in screenshotness as well, and yes, I do often use too many letters to convey what I am trying to say don’t I? *deep breath*

    Oooh, lyrics. *pokes*

    <3

  5. Andie says:

    Wow! You weren’t kidding when you said your title was in your face! I love it!

  6. Kaylee says:

    I like it :) I only wish there was a hover effect for the navigation links at the top.

    And I love the footer!

  7. Crystal says:

    It’s so funky! I loooooove it. Everything screams funk and groove =D

  8. Hev says:

    I love it Rachael. Though I think it needs a little banana on it, lol. It simply screams of Rachael. It is perfect for you.

  9. Kycoo says:

    First reaction: Whoa!

    I like it! Cute font. Although I was expecting the navigation at the top to turn yellow or something when I hovered. :P

  10. Christine says:

    Love it!! I’m all about the white and bright and bold and beautiful!! Looks fantastic!

  11. Tracy says:

    Love it too! The colors are awesome and the font looks great. I agree with Kaylee on the nav though. A yellow hover would be even awesomer :P

  12. Jennifer says:

    I personally love it. I love simple. More simple more love. :)

  13. Sarah says:

    I like the simplicity of the design, but I feel the header image is too large and bright. The pink text at the bottom of the layout is quite difficult to read, too.

    I like your links page, quite different.

  14. Hanna says:

    Danke Schön, looks a lot better now. :) (I may have steal your footer idea :P )

  15. Rob says:

    Love it! What is the font you use on the header? Also minor buggette in that it doesn’t quite fit (width-wise) into 1024.

    Good shit though.

  16. ErisDS says:

    I love the header and the boldness of this new layout. It’s mental.

    I too noticed the 1024 bug when browsing on my EEE pc last night – there’s lots of padding on the left and it butts up right against the right margin… so it’s nothing major.

    I must crack on with mine – you’ve definitely given me some inspiration!

  17. Maggie says:

    I love it too!

    And love it even more that there’s SP lyrics! <3

    Awesome work :)

  18. Rachael says:

    IN YO’ FACE.

  19. Rachael says:

    You don’t need a redesign, you need TO BLOG MORE.

  20. Rachael says:

    Me too. Thank you so much.

  21. Rachael says:

    Tracy wants them yellow too, so… I shall do that.

  22. Rachael says:

    Ah, thanks for reminding me! *adds favicon back*

  23. Rachael says:

    You don’t want much, do you? I shall add a hover. Just for you.

  24. Rachael says:

    And Simple Plan Love too. :)

  25. Rachael says:

    The header is SUPPOSED to be large and bright and difficult to read!

  26. Rachael says:

    Steal away, just don’t hotlink the image. :P

  27. Rachael says:

    The font’s called “robot head”, and is free to download. I got it from dafont.com. And… ack, I shall have to work on getting rid of that buggette. I’m on a low carb diet.

  28. Rachael says:

    You’re mental! I got rid of the padding – is it fixed now? I don’t even know why I had that padding in there. I am glad to be of inspiration, and wish to see your layout when it is done.

  29. Rachael says:

    Yay SP lyrics!

  30. Rachael says:

    Yellow you say? Okay!

  31. Tanya says:

    I really like the new layout, but would agree with the other comments about maybe adding a hover effect for the top navigation links. :)

  32. Yos says:

    wow! It’s awesome!!! I declare you teh awesome-sauce! :D :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

  33. Vera says:

    That font style has something odd that just keeps attracting my gaze to it… well aside being huge and pink, that is :P

    As for style, we-ell… I don’t really like it, my current tastes go more towards cutesy air-icon style layouts (the shiny stuff with rounded corners and 3D looking graphics).

    Also your footer note is way too long.

    But…. congrats on taking less than me to make a new layout :D

  34. nadine says:

    I like the yellow hover effect too, less pinkness. :P

  35. theSpud says:

    I loooove the new header. It’s funky and adorable. SP lyrics on it too. Way to make it more attractive. ;)

  36. cheeseburger says:

    ZOMG! The layout is totally awesome! I love the huge pink words and how cute they look with those funny quotes at the bottom of the page. The SP lyrics are pretty cool too. It makes me wanna go, “Hey! It changes.” The icons are sweet too.
    Rock on. xP

  37. Regine says:

    Well, I like it! I was trying to pull off something like this, but I gave up. You did succeed.

    The only thing I’d modify is the navigation. I think it looks a bit anonymous where it is and with its style. Other than that, I love it! It makes me think of spring, and I so long for spring right now.

    Kudos!

  38. Melissa says:

    I LUV THIS!!!!!!! :D It is very “Rachaely”. :D

  39. coke says:

    Beautiful design! I love the HUGE header, congrats