Web Site Redesign
I finally got around to re-designing my web site as well as this blog. Several folks have written in asking how I did certain things. It’s virtually all XHTML and CSS,with a lot of CSS doing the hard work of the rounded corners. There isn’t an external style sheet since the inset boxes with the pics are specific to each page - so I’ve included the styles in each file. If you’re running IE6 or earlier, you’re out of luck…but then again, there’s no good reason to be using IE as a browser.
The effect for the examples of student work comes courtesy of a javascript called Lightbox. You’ll find it on numerous sites. You can achieve a similar effect with straight CSS code, but I thought the js was less tedious to implement. I tend to avoid javascript whenever I can, but convenience and lack of time won the day this time through.
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Comments:
I like the new design. On this page, I like what shows up when you move your cursor over about, contact me, etc. On the main The Fee site, I like the pictures down the right-hand side bar. Classy! I also like the page that displays student work.
On the other hand, I did click on the Arranged Delirium header expecting to be taken back to the main page of the blog, but it didn’t take me anywhere. A few years ago, I would have thought it was my mistake, but lately I’ve been taught to consider such things page design errors. 
Nice job on the re-design, Sam! So far I am really liking it, and it seems faster than the old system as well.