2007-08-22
New front page
Another day of layout refinement. Apart from the usual dwelling in the site's stylesheet, I have entirely reworked the front page of the site. I'm quite pleased with the result. The new layout is markedly simplistic, much simpler than, for example, my previous work at the IPMS Stockholm site. However, for this very reason it should be easier to overview. Also, an important aspect of a site like this is clear information about what's new, and this has now taken a prominent place at the top of the front page.
Another new addition today are the yellow sidebars asking for visitors' (meaning your) input - here and here. Indeed, I believe that the raison d'etre of a site like this is to develop into an open collaborative project. So please sent me your opinions and suggestions to editor@spitfiresite.com. No critique or suggestion is too small and all will be used to continuously improve this publication.
Lastly, a comment on one of the images added today, the small vignette of the Spitfire Site News. I have been looking for a suitable symbol for site news/blog other than just another Spitfire photo. The idea came in the form of a notebook and pencil, which is no coincidence. One of my favourite activities as a schoolboy during long and boring classes had been drawing sketches of aircraft. I think I was pretty good at this, judging from the few drawings from that time that are still in my possession. Naturally, the Spitfire dominated the lot as a subject, along with many Mosquitoes, Hurricanes and an occasional Curtiss P-40, Tempest or Stuka. Having found a stock image of a notebook and a pencil, I couldn't resist fabricating a "sketch" of a Spitfire as a tribute to these cherished memories.
Another new addition today are the yellow sidebars asking for visitors' (meaning your) input - here and here. Indeed, I believe that the raison d'etre of a site like this is to develop into an open collaborative project. So please sent me your opinions and suggestions to editor@spitfiresite.com. No critique or suggestion is too small and all will be used to continuously improve this publication.
Lastly, a comment on one of the images added today, the small vignette of the Spitfire Site News. I have been looking for a suitable symbol for site news/blog other than just another Spitfire photo. The idea came in the form of a notebook and pencil, which is no coincidence. One of my favourite activities as a schoolboy during long and boring classes had been drawing sketches of aircraft. I think I was pretty good at this, judging from the few drawings from that time that are still in my possession. Naturally, the Spitfire dominated the lot as a subject, along with many Mosquitoes, Hurricanes and an occasional Curtiss P-40, Tempest or Stuka. Having found a stock image of a notebook and a pencil, I couldn't resist fabricating a "sketch" of a Spitfire as a tribute to these cherished memories.
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kiwikitbasher on 23-Aug-2007 06:41:00
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I too spent many a school lesson drawing planes, usually late model Spitfires like the Mk XVII and Mk 24. I also used to "design" new MBT's as well. The only lessons I didn't sketch in were science and maths as both were taught by my father!
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Martin Waligorski (editor) on 24-Aug-2007 11:24:00
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Thanks for the post, Kiwikitbasher. I found it interesting that it were the late-mark Spits that catched your imagination. In my case, it were the books about BoB and fighter battles over the Channel that served as the original source of inspiration, so my sketches always showed something between Mk. I and Mk. IX. Actually, I wasn't even aware about the existence and look of the Griffon variants until much later!