A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

New theme!

Mostly things are a little bigger, the XML is cleaner, and from an end-user point of view, the really good news is that there’s a search box. If you’ve got feedback on the change, suggestions, or find a problem, please post them here! Thanks! (PS. Theme care of Jon)

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Comments

84 responses to “New theme!”

  1. ella minnow pea Avatar
    ella minnow pea

    haha, I second Viking’s Valkyrie comment – it feels backwards or something, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it. Overall, I love it, and am so happy about the search box!

  2. ella minnow pea Avatar
    ella minnow pea

    haha, I second Viking’s Valkyrie comment – it feels backwards or something, but I’m sure I’ll get used to it. Overall, I love it, and am so happy about the search box!

  3. Aaron Avatar
    Aaron

    It’s 291.994751 feet, haha

  4. Aaron Avatar
    Aaron

    It’s 291.994751 feet, haha

  5. stormy Avatar

    New modblog = super modblog

  6. stormy Avatar

    New modblog = super modblog

  7. Eric Avatar
    Eric

    Awesome changes, the only other thing I could think of is a threaded comment system, but thats just fluff stuff.

  8. Eric Avatar
    Eric

    Awesome changes, the only other thing I could think of is a threaded comment system, but thats just fluff stuff.

  9. albeans Avatar

    YAY SEARCH BAR!!! You have been hearing my silent prayers 😉

  10. albeans Avatar

    YAY SEARCH BAR!!! You have been hearing my silent prayers 😉

  11. albeans Avatar

    and lol @ 17′s Waynes World reference!!

  12. albeans Avatar

    and lol @ 17′s Waynes World reference!!

  13. Samantha Avatar

    Thank you 😀

  14. Samantha Avatar

    Thank you 😀

  15. Jaaqo Avatar
    Jaaqo

    Looks good, but the black bars are quite distracting. Also it’s impossible to read text before the site has completely loaded, which makes my blood pressure rise every time. It’s one of the most annoying there is when it comes to websites. Use light grey or something.

  16. Jaaqo Avatar
    Jaaqo

    Looks good, but the black bars are quite distracting. Also it’s impossible to read text before the site has completely loaded, which makes my blood pressure rise every time. It’s one of the most annoying there is when it comes to websites. Use light grey or something.

  17. vegenero Avatar

    Nice one.

    By the way, I made search plugins months ago already for BMEzine, BME Encyclopedia.. and ModBlog! While the first two only work with Firefox, the ModBlog plugin also works with Internet Explorer (as if anyone would like to use such a thing ;P – since it follows the newer OpenSearch standard).

    All three can be found by following this link:
    http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=bmezine

  18. vegenero Avatar

    Nice one.

    By the way, I made search plugins months ago already for BMEzine, BME Encyclopedia.. and ModBlog! While the first two only work with Firefox, the ModBlog plugin also works with Internet Explorer (as if anyone would like to use such a thing ;P – since it follows the newer OpenSearch standard).

    All three can be found by following this link:
    http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=bmezine

  19. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Black bars changed to light gray 🙂

  20. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Black bars changed to light gray 🙂

  21. haha Avatar

    the grey is much better

  22. haha Avatar

    the grey is much better

  23. Catherine Fertel Avatar
    Catherine Fertel

    A+ in Opera.

  24. Catherine Fertel Avatar
    Catherine Fertel

    A+ in Opera.

  25. MrWill Avatar
    MrWill

    i prefered black sides. black red and white was nice.
    i am a fan of minamalism. clean and simple. keep colours out of the main thing and photos will stand out more.

    only other sugestion is trim the menu/index thing down by 10 or 20 pixels. drop the font size a little. shades of grey and the chunky side bar distract from the entrys a little for me.

    but i love the search. no more will i have to look through 20 pages to find something i want to show friends. great work on this. better than the old for sure.

  26. MrWill Avatar
    MrWill

    i prefered black sides. black red and white was nice.
    i am a fan of minamalism. clean and simple. keep colours out of the main thing and photos will stand out more.

    only other sugestion is trim the menu/index thing down by 10 or 20 pixels. drop the font size a little. shades of grey and the chunky side bar distract from the entrys a little for me.

    but i love the search. no more will i have to look through 20 pages to find something i want to show friends. great work on this. better than the old for sure.

  27. Terri Avatar
    Terri

    grey is much much better than the black, it feels less claustrophobic now 🙂 and THANK YOU for the search tis very helpful!

  28. Terri Avatar
    Terri

    grey is much much better than the black, it feels less claustrophobic now 🙂 and THANK YOU for the search tis very helpful!

  29. Eric Avatar

    I love the right justified column…I read modblog in an RSS reader..and the window is a little small. The new layout also seems to render faster.. It’s Great!

  30. Eric Avatar

    I love the right justified column…I read modblog in an RSS reader..and the window is a little small. The new layout also seems to render faster.. It’s Great!

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