Isa. 34-51 Audio Files

The audio files for Isa. 34-51 have been posted to the NWT Audio Files page.

The Look for the Rest

I decided to go ahead and update the look of the rest of my Links web pages while the technique was fresh in my mind. Besides hopefully being nicer-looking, they should be easier to read and better to use now too - form is often function, especially when it comes to the presentation of information.

Interestingly, since the Links web pages attached to recent Links emails get their style information from a central CSS file on the web like my other web pages do, they will generally get an updated look too when the computers they are on are connected to the Internet. So, if that Links email you received months ago suddenly looks different, don't panic. :-)

Since I am now boning up on modern web design for a current project, other design tweaks may also filter through to my web pages in the days ahead as I climb this particular learning curve.

The Look

As you can see, I have taken advantage of the new Blogger site's customization options to tweak the look of this blog to better match the look of my other web pages, while keeping some of the more modern web design features of the template I used.

Some of the highlights of the resulting design:

• The top of the page is no longer cut off in MS Internet Explorer.


• The title now has a more "solid" look.


• The more modern centred, fixed-width design was kept.


• The Blog Archive links are now arranged hierarchically, and can be revealed or concealed by clicking on the disclosure triangles, or "twisties".


• The font used for the body text has been changed to match the font used on my other web pages.


• I kept the dark grey colour of the body text, as it is a bit easier on the eyes than maximum contrast black-on-white.


• I increased the font size to that used on my other pages, as I know that many on my mailing list are not as young as they used to be. Interestingly, using bigger text for better readability seems to be part of the current Web 2.0 web design trend.

I hope you enjoy the new look of this blog. Perhaps I will migrate some of the design features to my other web pages in the future as time allows. Of course, though, content will still be king. I have been very busy with other things lately, but hopefully I will have more time soon to devote to that. I will especially try to beef up the amount of audio content available, as I have gotten requests from different ones about that lately.