Just Completed Some “Major” Minor Changes to Gentle Nibbles

OK, I just wrapped up some “major” minor changes over at Gentle NIbbles.  What I mean by that is hopefully they are relatively unnoticeable to the average repeat viewer, but have potential to “break” some things I am unaware of at the moment.

The one I am most worried about is the font size change of the overall “body” content in the blog.  Either I am getting older or for some reason I just have been feeling like the blog is tough to read lately due to the smaller font size.  In an effort to make it a little more friendly I upped the fontsize from Arial 12px to Arial 13px in the CSS.

It is not a big change, but I think makes a lot of difference.  The worry comes from anywhere I may have text that will become to big for the space I have put it in.  It may have fit when it was 12px, but will not after the increase.  I looked through a lot of the blog and did not see any problems, besides the subnavbar which I overwrote in the CSS to stay at a 12px.   If you notice anything that looks “funny” over the next couple of weeks please give us a shout at: thenibblers@gentlenibbles.com

Other changes include:

Adding the RSS from The Daily Nibble to the bottom center of the Homepage.  This will be a good way to get updates about the site out without having to work up a fancy post.  I also hope this turns out to be a more socially rewarding piece of the whole “blogging” thing for me as I can be much more conversational.

I also implemented a much more professional look of the buttons in the “Gentlenibbles elsewhere on the Web” box.  They are standardized now and I think look much better!

I added a notice bar at the top of the blog that will be a good way to make important announcements.  Right now it is announcing the sign-up for the contest.  Please let me know your opinion on this bar, as I am a little worried it is too obtrusive and bringing down the look of the blog.

Lastly, I added a “Special Links” section above the polls on the right side.  This is where I can put links for special friends as well as Blog Directories and Toplists.  These toplists and directories give more traffic the more you give them.  I did have these links hidden on the “Blog” page where they were virtually ignored.  Hopefully now, readers can not only enjoy finding a bunch of new blogs, but will improve our rankings on these sites and bring us more traffic.

I think that is about it….

~Mr. Gentlenibbles