Posts Tagged ‘design’

I hope you enjoy the new minimalist design of subversiveREFORMATION.com. Please remember to check the tabs at the top of the page and utilize the links in the sidebars to connect online or check out some quality links to the right. Please comment suggesting any pages that you think should be recommended. Buttons will include links to sites about theology, church, family, parenting, history, philosophy, environmental sustainability, emergent. I’m also hoping to include organizations and ministries that seek to bring peace in our world. Sarcastic comments are welcome, too – but hopefully I’ll also get some quality recommendations.

I have read a number of articles about using a reader in order to keep up with blog content when wanting to read numerous blogs. Tyler Braun wrote about using Google Reader. I think if I were to use a reader it would be one from Google since they, in conjunction with Apple, do in fact run the universe (by which I mean, if Google and Apple didn’t exist there would be a cosmic implosion causing all things to move to a higher state of order which is simply unacceptable and perfectly acceptable in the postmodern era).^ I have elected, however, to avoid using a reader. Part of the blogging and blog reading experience extends well beyond the content hammered out on a keyboard. A reader delivers the content of individual posts but does not capture the fullness of a blog. Many bloggers spend hours designing layouts, color schemes, and headers (or is that just me) in order to 1) provide the reader with a pleasant and artistically engaged online experience; and 2) offer content and links that enhance the message of the written material. Unless Google’s Reader has a content feature that I have yet to explore I would suggest that one simply use the bookmarking and RSS features found in internet browsers in order to directly visit the sites about which you care. Appreciate the art. Appreciate the feel. Don’t just read it. Experience it.

^ For those needing explanation due to the sarcastic language concerning existentialism, postmodernism, and theology(ism), I may write another post with a more modernly-toned explanation.

subversiveREFORMATION.com has been under construction with a hosting location change and CSS and subscription edits. The site is not yet fully customized and/or functional. Thank you for your patience during the downtime. You will continue to see edits and updates to the site with full functionality restored on August 1. Also, keep checking back for the beginning of the “On Church” series with contributions from various individuals including Chris Heuertz from Word Made Flesh and Adam Walker-Cleaveland from pomomusings.com.

What do you think of the new logo and the subtitle for subversiveREFORMATION.com? What do you think the image means? What are your thoughts on the phrase? Please comment.

I’ve been in the ever so slow and tedious yet sometimes creatively stimulating process of updating the design and layout of subversiveREFORMATION.com . One thing I haven’t figured out yet is getting the feed icon in your browser address bar to sync with my FeedBurner account. If you don’t mind, please cancel any previous subscription you have had whether that be via e-mail, a reader, or a bookmark and then re-subscribe using the "SUBSCRIBE " link button to the right rather than the RSS icon in your browser. THANK YOU.

I’m also trying to adjust some CSS to give the header and page buttons and more streamlined and clean feel. I’ll also be incorporating a custom Google search bar along with addtional Google Ads to enhance the monetization for our adoption fund (link to right to make a donation). You may also notice some of the buttons to the right looking different. Please add a comment to let me know of any good sites that I should link to from subversiveREFORMATION.com.