Drew 3.0 Redesign

The site got a much needed redesign, in order to add more links, clean up the HTML, and to make it more contemporary looking, with more white space and higher resolution. I tried to keep the "Big Blue" look I've been going for, but add more features to the home page, and make navigation easier by adding expanding menus. There's still a lot to do, and I haven't migrated over to a decent template (I'm still using Word to lay out the pages graphically). The design is much cooler in Word format. I put navigation links on bottom as well as on the left side, and in keeping with the previous version of the site, I left the links on the left the same on every page.

The new design uses smaller text and smaller headers, to get more stuff on each page, and is optimized for higher resolution. I used Veranda 10 point instead of Arial 12 point for the body text. I tweaked the color scheme, getting rid of the green bar and put borders around the menus. I updated the header, but what you see after the conversion to HTML is different.

The big change is all the new pages; the What's New? page (this page) tells you everything that has changed since the last update. I also added a Site Map. I added pages for Bass Guitar, Computers, Cooking, English, Fantasy Football, Music, New House, Photography, Skepticism, and Skiing. I also added a Legal Disclaimer page. Be sure to agree to the Terms and Conditions of Use!

On the Home page, I added links for various current events, such as Houston weather, the official US time, the Internet Movie Database, reverse phone number searches, a link to track my 401k investments, a TV guide, word of the day, Dilbert, today's horoscope, and some other cool sites. I also added a map to my house and a satellite view of my house. I hate links pages, but I have some that are worthwhile, so I added a Cool Sites page and a News links page, mostly for my own benefit. I am still working on some pages for an automated fortune cookie, a Poll and a Quiz, and maybe a "Drew on the web" page.

And lastly, I added links for some of my friend's web logs and personal web sites.