Apr 23rd Day Man! Fighter of the Night Man!
I’m currently finishing up the new design for Spokane Food Blog, one that will replace the rather ancient current design. The name of the template, “Day Man VS Night Man,” is not just a reference to everybody’s favorite Philly-based show, but also a reference to the design being based on times. More specifically, depending on what time of day you visit the site, the header will change accordingly.
This is the first time I’ve messed with time-based designs, though it probably won’t be the last. It’s a good way to kick up a site’s look, and make it more interesting, by having things change around depending on what time of day it is. It is also simple. You can find the time for sunset and sunrise by using Weather.com’s web services, which doubles as a great excuse to display weather on your site.
No.
Seriously.
People love weather. I’m going to say with some certainty that you’ll get return hits just because you display weather icons on your site.
But I digress.
By simply checking what time of day it is, I can decide to use either a “day” or a “night” CSS class. Using that, I set the background as well as other little details in the header. My personal favorite is changing the Twitter bird to a Twitter owl.
So for all my two readers, look forward to a brand new and exciting Spokane Food Blog early next week!
