Bookjetty gets a fresh coat of paint and 3 new sections on the main page:
You might one to consider this if you can’t afford an iPod. Thanks to DesignSojourn.
I think a sevice website without a forum is just like a house without a host. So, it will be nice if BookJetty also has a forum, a place where we all can talk, review, and share anything about books.
I just completed the design of BookJetty Forum in Photoshop. And just some notes on the design: I love the floral pattern of Borneo art, so I’m still keeping it at the top. I introduced a sleek black bar for the menu to add some contrast to the light overall blue shade. The black bar is consistent with the black colour of BookJetty logo. A light gradient background for the forum category header, and it turns up pretty nice I think. :)
Now, it’s time to turn the graphics into vBulletin template, a very popular forum software (sadly, it’s not open-source, so I have to fork out some money for it). Anyway, hopefully the forum can be up by end of this week, as I have to split my time working on the other upcoming Jetty as well.
I was very excited yesterday because SimpliCity, a simple template that I designed for a contest was voted third.
And what excites me most is I am getting a 2GB iPod Nano. I have been eyeing an iPod for quite while, and nothing beats getting it this way. Though I wish for a 4GB Nano, I am a happy man with just 2GB. :)
The design contest was organised by Matt Raible, the developer for Appfuse, an open-source full-stack Java framework. The design follows a CSS framework published in Content with Style, and the winning themes are to be released to Appfuse users.
Thanks Matt, for organising the event, and thanks to those who have voted for SimpliCity.
