From dc6db80fa72286704849ef61ee0e5ccb5841cb09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bradley Taunt Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 14:28:49 -0400 Subject: Conversion to barf for testing purposes --- _posts/2021-05-19-personal-website-opinions.md | 26 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 _posts/2021-05-19-personal-website-opinions.md (limited to '_posts/2021-05-19-personal-website-opinions.md') diff --git a/_posts/2021-05-19-personal-website-opinions.md b/_posts/2021-05-19-personal-website-opinions.md deleted file mode 100644 index 86c9db6..0000000 --- a/_posts/2021-05-19-personal-website-opinions.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: post -title: "My Changing Opinion on Personal Website Design" -date: 2021-05-19 ---- - - -Hey would you look at that - my personal blog has been redesigned *again*! Although I am still using good ol' Jekyll for the backend, I have now added a more fleshed-out CSS design which also includes a set of open source custom typefaces. - -**Gasp!** "How *could* you?!" I hear you ask. Let me explain. - -## Personal sites should feel personal - -I can see how this change might seem hypocritical (it took some convincing myself) but I decided to follow in to footsteps of Kev Quirk and [added a little whimsy and character](https://kevq.uk/adding-some-whimsy-character/) to my website. After all, personal websites should *feel personal*. My obsession with barebones HTML & CSS serves its purpose on other public projects, but seems limiting for my own little space on the interwebs. - -## Banned from my own club - -I had originally converted this blog's design to use *zero* CSS and instead rely solely on default browser styling. The main reasoning for doing so, was to have the ability to include my own personal website in the [XHTML Club](https://xhtml.club) project. (I never said it was a *good* reason) - -After giving it some thought, I've decided that this limitation seemed too extreme even for me. - -## Moving forward - -I know I always say "With this new design, I can finally focus on just writing content!" - but this is a lie. I'll probably be fiddling with my personal website until the day I die. The good news is that I *do* have a few tutorial blog posts lined up to publish soon - so be on the lookout for those! - -Thanks for reading through my pointless ramblings about personal websites. It's good to just vent about these things sometimes... -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf