Manly Pink #1
That was fast!
Mere hours after I put up my silly little challenge, Matt responded with a ready-to-go stylesheet that’s very pink!
I’ve dropped Matt’s stylesheet in, so in theory, it should be what everyone’s seeing right now. In practice, though, as of 10:30pm May 11th, the new stylesheet doesn’t seem to be getting served. Eventually it should kick in, though, and “Manly Pink #1″ should be live! Okay, the stylesheet finally updated after about half an hour — we’re good to go.
The call for submissions is still open, of course, if anyone else wants to play. Should I get any more concepts tossed my way, I’ll put them up when I get them, and in the meantime, I’ll start looking for a good stylesheet switcher (Javascript or pure CSS [I think that's possible…]) so that there’s a choice between the old default design or the Manly Pink version(s).
Of course, now I need to go get those t-shirts and put the photos of me wearing pink up….
Update: Now that new designs have started to appear, here’s my original stylesheet: styles-default.css.
iTunes: “We Must Awaken” by K.M.F.D.M. from the album Money (1992, 5:02).
You really don’t notice just how pink it is until you go somewhere else and everything looks blue-tinted.
Honestly, it looks really good! Nice work Matt!
(laughs) Kinda like lying on your back with your eyes closed on a sunny day, then getting up, opening your eyes, and suddenly walking around in Smurfland…
Don’t forget to grab the images that went with the stylesheet, it’ll make things look a lot better. To get browsers to realize that there’s a new stylesheet, try naming it something other than styles.css. To offer multiple stylesheets, link to one as you would but use rel=”alternate stylesheet”.
It’s a better fit for your tagline, but where’s your doll with the big hard nippleless breasts?
nice… you should keep it for a while, funny though, it looks hotpink on my laptop screen but a deeper purpley number on the second CRT monitor
Y’know, it was a little shocking at first but I’m getting used to it and it looks really good. Great job Matt.
Its startling at first, but it works. The strips remind me of wallpaper for a house. Also, the way the center seems to float over it is cool as well.
The doll will appear as soon as I can get a good picture to use. I’m a bit short on plastic dolls lying around my apartment (rude comments from my friends notwithstanding), so I’m on a search for a good shot to incorporate.
I laughed last night when I noticed how my “too sexy” tagline suddenly seemed to “fit” with the new design, too. Little serendipities can be fun.
You are looking good! Puts my little half-measure to shame.
Okey dokey! I just got back from a three week holiday in the UK and couldn’t work out what happened from the usual design of your blog I had grown to adore (more the blog itself mind you) and now I know! Ten points for sticking it to dem sticklers for pink as a girlie colour!
Looks great! I’m loving the new stylesheet.