Bhudeva is undergoing some changes and I found some time to make a quick update on it’s current evolution. I feel that two major forces have shaped these current changes. One is the natural passing of time which has led to both an expansion and refinment of the subjects covered in Bhudeva. The other is that we are actually making great progress (in real off-line life) with making Bhudeva a physical reality.
So now rather then being one pile of blog-based content, Bhudeva has been divided into a few clear sections. The site header now has a smaller menu for pages like about & contact. Then, the more prominent navigation menu reflects the different content areas within Bhudeva.
I deliberated for some time on using images in the section-navigation and in the end I came across a visual language that felt both clear and appealing. Then I used my Thections code to create the sections themselves. I then had to review and organize the categories to match the sections and to review the existing posts to make sure they were properly assigned to their categories (most of them were, though some updated were needed). All the sections have a languages-widget that links the Romanian & English sites (as I write these words the Romanian website is still using the previous theme). Then each section has each own widget-area which, for now, have a single menu-widget based primarily on categories.
There are a few things that we still need to do:
Re-organize and prepare the Romanian website (posts and categories) for the new theme and then add and adapt the new theme to it.
Review and reconsider the use of tags (which are now presented only on the main page).
Continue to explore and apply some user interface refinements to the theme.
We started off with a clear direction in life but a vague notion of where the website would go. We kept it simple at first and watched to see what happened with the content. The content then gradually took shape and this redesign is a reflection of that.
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The Bhudeva Story – Adding Sections
Bhudeva is undergoing some changes and I found some time to make a quick update on it’s current evolution. I feel that two major forces have shaped these current changes. One is the natural passing of time which has led to both an expansion and refinment of the subjects covered in Bhudeva. The other is that we are actually making great progress (in real off-line life) with making Bhudeva a physical reality.
So now rather then being one pile of blog-based content, Bhudeva has been divided into a few clear sections. The site header now has a smaller menu for pages like about & contact. Then, the more prominent navigation menu reflects the different content areas within Bhudeva.
I deliberated for some time on using images in the section-navigation and in the end I came across a visual language that felt both clear and appealing. Then I used my Thections code to create the sections themselves. I then had to review and organize the categories to match the sections and to review the existing posts to make sure they were properly assigned to their categories (most of them were, though some updated were needed). All the sections have a languages-widget that links the Romanian & English sites (as I write these words the Romanian website is still using the previous theme). Then each section has each own widget-area which, for now, have a single menu-widget based primarily on categories.
There are a few things that we still need to do:
We started off with a clear direction in life but a vague notion of where the website would go. We kept it simple at first and watched to see what happened with the content. The content then gradually took shape and this redesign is a reflection of that.