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So as i go along with the site redesign, I realize something...

I want CSS to be easier to use. I really want InDesign for CSS. (GoLive in CS2 may provide that, I dunno, all I have is CS 1). Right now, it's still far too manual, and tedious. There's no reason why this stuff should require me to know or care about as much CSS innards as I'm having to. Don't get me wrong, i LIKE it, but i'm not enjoying it. I want drag, drop, POOF, COLUMN!

maybe someday

Oh yeah, so the redesign is going to simplify things. I'm going to have a wider text area, because that's what the site is for, reading. I have to agree with Maddox, a three - inch wide text column blows ass, esp. if the fonts are like 6pts. I'm doing it all with CSS, no tables. Oh, if IE can't handle it, I don't care. If it works in FireFox, it's good. Since I'm not getting too jiggy, Safari should have no problem at all. The site is all going to be on one page, and I'll just use categories. I don't necessarily like that, but MT's site management blows, and if I want just one RSS feed, (which i REALLY WANT), then I have to do this. This won't mean I'll update at Scoblean speed or frequency, but it should be easier.

I'm also going to make sure that it's readable on handhelds, since I use my PPC-6600 more and more as i have it.

I do have a question, and please, don't answer just on principle. Knowing my verbosity, would full - text RSS feeds be better, or exerpts. Along those lines, should I have the full article text just there, or the standard "first n lines on the main page, click more if you want to read the whole thing? I don't care either way, but if anyone has any decent arguments for or against, let me know.

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