WN Update: New Design

As you’ve probably noticed, we have a new design on WritingNews.org. The old one was getting a little - well, old - after fifteen months of use, and I think it’s time for something different.

More information:

• We’ll continue to revise our new look based on any feedback received.
• Site tested in Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. (The 30% of our visitors who still use IE 6, though, should consider something else - it’s a pain to code for, and there are many better options available.)
• We’ve modified styles that others have made in the past, but the new design was made from scratch for WritingNews.org.
• It’s also valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional - that is, the design itself is. It won’t technically validate until I take the time to clean up a few posts and sidebar items.

For reference, this was our old design:

And this was the very first WritingNews.org layout: