A while back I mentioned that the much delayed redesign at Wizbang is back on track thanks to Sadie and Phin at Apothegm Designs. We’re still hard at work on the new layouts, but I did want to give you a draft preview of a portion of the new header.
One of the goals is to move content up the page and better utilize space, while retaining a unique and stylish look. I think we’re well on on our way toward that goal.
More updates soon…
I like it professional and sharp, but please capitalize the W. I hate it when someone goes all out to be professional but fail to follow one simple rule that helps bring respect to a brand.
DKK
I like the look as well, although when looking at it for too long one can see the muslim crescent and star, but that is probably because I have been reading about the way they are trying to “honor” the victims of the Pennsylvania flight and also because I look at everything way too closely.
Please put the bang back on the logo. Something about that ‘!’ makes me laugh, like it’s making the ‘bang’ louder or something :). Other than that, it’s very nice!
Ooh, also, dot the I with that lit fuse. That would look cool. And try to work in a picture of Bucky Katt from that ‘Get Fuzzy’ comic strip. He tests well on the east coast.
And it never hurts to add a little Homer Simpson. Here, I did it for you. Feel free to use it if you want.
… And what are you going to replace the pink-bikini girl with?
throwing in bucky from “get fuzzy” was pure and utter genius Kevin M.
Kevin M I dig your design minus the cartoons. I like the dotted I with the “bang” as some have called it. I would also say Wizbang not wizbang.
Kevin, after being a parent for almost 20 years and doing web design for about two years, as well as a host of other things in life, I know this: if you ask ten people their opinion on something like this, you’ll get ten answers. I shudder to think how many opinions you’ll get here, and there is NO pleasing us all!
(My two cents worth is that I LOVE it, and I love the small “w”. It looks great. But do whatever YOU like – it’s YOUR blog.)
I was just kidding of course. I had a bucky katt all chopped out of the cartoon and needed a picture to put him in is all 🙂
Even without a giant homer head, Mr. Aylward’s pic is very nice.
I like it. Nice and neat.
I always wondered what that thing was around the “W” in your logo. Doh…
Very cool, though I’d cap the “W”, add a degrading, shaded colorfill inside the bomb, and pick a different font.
Other than that? Golf claps!
Needs more cowbell.
J.
Tea wins the thread.
Jay Tea, thanks for making me spit coffee all over my screen!
I gotta fever! A fever for more cowbell!
Kevin, it looks great, as a daily reader I’m looking forward to the new design.
…not that there was anything wrong with the old design…
Looks nice Kevin.
I look at this RSS feed and my eyeballs practically weep scream “Christopher FARKING Walken.”
New tagline to replace “Explosively Unique”: “Blood for Odin!”