I reorganized the site. Everything seems to be working adequately now, although the AJAX search is flakey in IE. Also, I had to simulate position:fixed using javascript for IE, which is pretty flickery. I will probably put up a notice to let users know why.

So far I’ve been concentrating on layout and functionality; I’m going to spend some time prettying it up during the week.

Notes on decisions:

• Optimized for 1024×768 resolution
  • Content pane is wider, allowing me to more easily post code samples without wrapping
  • Degrades to 800×600 gracefully
  • Google/amazon ads are now off to the right edge for wide monitors
  • Ads can be seen at 1024×768 if user scrolls right
• Search / Categories navigation is emphasized
• AJAX search preview (NB flakey in IE!)
• Amazon ads on single post page instead of google, since they’re more easily contextifiable
• Content sidebar is on the left, emphasizing it

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