Just a quick update about how I'm getting on here. As you can see, things already beginning to look a little bit different. Note that this isn't the new design yet but rather a realigned design. Most things happened behind the scenes. I upgraded the backend and also removed the multi-language plugin. On the front end I fixed some CSS quirks (though there are still plenty of them) and changed the typography which is now using the CSS3 font-face and box-shadow properties for progressive enhancement. The logo has been replaced with the one that I've been using on my CV and printed portfolio recently. On the content side a massive search & replace mission in mySQL eventually removed all evidence that a German language blog ever existed. This was necessary so the layout doesn't break in the monolingual design. Although the parsing and display was done through a plugin, every post contained both language versions in the database and therefor would be displayed together when the plugin is disabled. I also went through the projects again and removed some embarrassing work that was left over from a certain university module. And finally I've rewritten the intro copy to keep it up to date.
In the next phase I am going to merge some areas and work on a new layout for the portfolio pages. I can't say when this is going to be finished as I'm rather busy with other work at the moment - which is still a good thing. I'll probably update the portfolio with new work before the new layout becomes apparent though, because I feel that I've held back some projects for too long now and I'm dying to share them with you.
Feel free to report any quirks or leave feedback in the comments.
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