minning.de 6.5

I know, I know… I should be working on more important stuff, but when I updated the site’s design last June it was missing some of the more interesting design ideas and refinements I had been planning. I finally got around to coding the site the way it was originally intended with nice typographic styles and – hopefully – better readability.

“Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign”

Instead of starting from scratch I built upon the existing design’s code and look, taking the good advice from A List Apart about realigning instead of redesigning; the foundation was quite solid, after all.

If you’ve visited my site before, you should feel right at home:

• The main navigation remains the same with an extra bit of polish.
• All links should still work.
• I’ve implemented a proper caching mechanism that should not only speed up page loads significantly, but will also prevent the site from stalling whenever Video Copilot links here.
• The cool AJAX page loading turned out to be a not so great idea overall, so that’s gone.
• Comments were a bit of an afterthought in the last iteration… this time they are fully integrated into the site’s concept.

Please bear with me while I iron out the last issues and enjoy the refined minning.de!