A Bit of a Re-design!

So, if you've been to the site since I wrote this you'll notice a few things that are a little bit different about it. We've had a bit of a design refresh.

I've looked at the stats for the site, and they tell me that only about 3 visits in every one thousand (0.3%) are using the 800 x 600 resolution or lower; which the original design would fit into without needless scrolling. For the sake of the other 997 of that one thousand, i've widened the site to give more screen real estate which should be especially useful on screens like the ship list and comparison tools. (There are a few visits from mobile devices and i'm not sure what it looks like on your PDAs and Phones, but its really not optimized for that - so, i'm sorry if its not good!)

I've played about with the header a little bit as well. The previous site header was quite large, overly so, I think - so i've trimmed it right down. We still have the PotBS logo, and i've had another go at creating a believable title graphic. I quite like this one. Apparently the ship you can see faded into the title bar is the HMS Victory (Admiral Nelson's famous ship) - Ideally, I wanted a picture a ship rocking over to the side as it unleashed a mighty broadside, however since nobody thought to take a digital camera to Trafalgar, my choices of art were rather more limited. What we ended up with looks alright though, I think. I definately prefer it to the previous site header.

Additionally, i've lightened the main background a bit to make it easier on the eye, and simplified things quite a lot. Less is more, as they say - and I think everything now looks just a little bit more mature and professional, without losing the gamey touch - I hope, anyway!

Its not the last change you're likely to see, there are some other colours I may want to change to see how it looks, I think some of the table backgrounds and headers are a bit dark. But let me know what you think.

Oh - I almost forgot - one other major development is this very blog. I thought it would be nice to document all the features as I write them into the site, and probably the odd commentary on what other things related to PotBS and gaming - it also gives you a place to add your own comments and thoughts on the site.

I'd be honoured if you added this blog to your subscriptions list, and if you spread the word amongst your PotBS playing friends!