Like most every change I've made to this site, the next change arises from boredom. I've gotten bored with the way this site looks, so I decided to tinker with it. Some.
Many weblogs and photologs have user-switchable color schemes. Clicking one of the style links executes a javascript that forces the page to use a particular stylesheet. The script also sets a cookie, so once the stylesheet is changed, that change will persist when the visitor moves among other pages on the site.
It's actually quite simple; the instructions and the script can be found at A List Apart. What's not so simple is finding good color schemes that work well across platforms. Once I find some schemes I like, I'll implement the facility on this site, and probably on my photolog as well.
It does look like there are better ways to achieve this functionality. Guess I'll get around to trying it that way, eventually.
Posted by jbuie at August 5, 2005 03:23 PM