Site of darkness – tips from a graphical blogger.
I have been getting many emails lately of people asking me to change the template or make my blog template a little lighter. Especially the reading part. I am sorry, but I cannot do that. I got many reasons, but if you are having hard time viewing my site, then you are not using Firefox or Internet Explorer 7. So why the darkness?
Firefox and IE 7 representation of my site on a PC. If you can’t see it this way, then tell me please.
It’s not that I am a gloomy person and want to represent my self with darkness. On the contrary, I only prefer dark colours because I have very sensitive eyes. I am supposed to wear my glasses, but I think I have a pair at work which I don’t wear unless my eyes are having a fuzzy blind day, and at home, I have no idea where my other pair is. My glasses could be anywhere on my cluttered desk.
Last night, I changed the text to white so it will completely contrast the dark background instead of the off white/grey colour I had before.
I am sorry for those people whose pupils have dilated interchangeably while blog hopping to my site, it is just I like it this way. I like my eyes not hurting.
Also, for those people who think that my site is too graphical. People, hello, I AM A GRAPHICS person! This is normal for graphics people’s site. This is the way we represent our selves. If you think it is taking too long to load, well, then you are not on high speed internet! 
I am thinking in the future to have a text based site or a very low graphical representation of my site for those on dialup. I apologize, I didn’t know my fan base was that diverse, and I cannot satisfy everyone.
Also, my site can be seen with a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768. If you don’t know what I am talking about, then hmm, then.. aaah.. don’t ask.. look it up.
In my ideal graphical blog world:
- I like all websites to be mostly dark, and text area to be readable enough for me. White text, or white text box with black text.
- Bloggers and other site owners in general should spend time developing their site and have some creativity. You dress your self in the morning with matching colours, so why can’t you make a site with MATCHING colours! Dark navy does not match with phosphoric green! It’s not cool! It’s fucking hideous and looks like vomit. It makes me cringe!
- If you want to represent your self in the internet world, do your self a favor and do it right! People don’t only judge your site content, but also the way you graphically represent your site.
- Don’t put too much text on your site! People get confused and don’t like to read everything! Make sure you have a sidebar of other things you want people to see. Also, I suggest that you have a [read more] on your articles. If you are using wordpress, there is a plugin for it. Give people the choice to read the entire article or not. Don’t put it all in their face.
I got more tips and other site suggestions, but I am lazy and hungry now. I want to eat lunch. 
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I hate blogs where there are loud busy backgrounds. It is like looking at somebody who got dressed in the dark and put on clashing patterns and colours. I don’t know how they expect anybody to read their blog when their background is about to give me a seizure. People should never use loud animated backgrounds. Also, I don’t like when people use a 9 pt font size. I don’t like the eyestrain.
You see I like Black o dark colors too bas the blog turned out to be Pink! next theme
you are not gloomy *hug*
Sapphire.. is my font 9pt? lool I have to check.. If you don’t like small fonts, you can adjust with the browser. I like small fonts because more space to write!
Chicka.. I like your site for two reason.
1. It is very clean!
2. The pink is not that flashy. It is quite nice. I like soft backgrounds as well. I had a theme similar to yours a while back, but the background was black, with pink flowers!
yea I always wondered about your site, but then I got used to it so it doesn’t bother my eyes anymore
No, it looks like you are using a 10 pt font size, which is not bad for the type of font you are using. Some fonts can go smaller because they are not a small kind of font to begin with.
Got the Firefox this site is so much nicer now, but really slow all of a sudden…
My work monitor is a reeeeally old CRT on it’s last leg where everything is darker than it should be and can’t be adjusted right. Even with that it’s still very readable.
I like the dark. I’m not afraid of the dark.