JollyBOX, the next generation
The original creation of this blog in April 2008 was the beginning of a JollyBOX.de renaissance. Maybe the key change was the usage of Serendipity, giving up on AFoC. Since then, I have created a new, simple and refreshing reference design with simple, regular logos for sub-sites. Nice.
Since not too long ago, the website has been hosted on an external server, meaning it's faster and more reliable than before. Finally, even JollyBOX code now uses the new design, and is based on PmWiki instead of simple HTML, which is a great help now that it's going to host information on software I write (previously at the now-dead zombieHQ). To celebrate this new splendor, the JollyBOX sites now all carry a bar at the top referencing each other.
The new face of JollyBOX
Having finished the blog's style, it is now time to implement a common theme out of that for all of jollybox.de (except maybe the zombieHQ). The designs will follow a common scheme, but not be identical—the blog is slightly wider (due to the sidebar), and they shall have different Tango-based colour schemes. The root logo looks like this:
This uses the Tango Butter
colourset, which was also used in the style sheet. Similarly, on this blog, the logo and style alike use the Tango Chameleon
colours. I have created logos in all Tango colours, but probably won't need them all ;-) The images were created in Inkscape, the fonts used are Gentium and Century Schoolbook.
Just for reference, here is what I used as logo before:
Any comments are, as always, welcome.