One has created version 4.0 of the not-so-venerable “Greywater” WordPress theme. New layout, new feeds from external sites, FF Meta, more hubris, white background, search is back… and I even removed the border on the header image (thanks Lyds)!

Need to figure out what to do about images in the new default column width. For CSS nerds the layout is my own, largely untested version of “liquid-elastic”—it shrinks or expands to fill the screen up (or down) to a point. Works okay on Safari (Mac, iPhone), Firefox and Camino. No idea yet how it looks on PCs. I will go ahead and assume that it’s pretty much a disaster on Internet Explorer right now. Plenty to fix and fuss with, ad nauseam, over the coming weeks…

Oh, and um… happy new year!

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Believe it or not I used a grid tool when I made the most recent layout for this site. I can’t remember how I found ctrl+shift+g, but it’s surprisingly useful for aligning elements on the page, even if said page includes (ahem) one column. It’s a JavaScript implementation of Khoi Vinh’s clever background image technique.

More recently I came across The Grid System, with it’s complex and highly controlled grid layout. I really like the “Show Grid” feature (top right) because it highlights horizontal as well as vertical sections. The site bills itself as “The ultimate resource in grid systems.” It’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for ’em. (I’m pretty sure I won’t have to star any others.)

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