Hey there! Pruned one and added 3 new seamless backgrounds.

I've also made an RSS feed for the Layouts, PS Brushes, Transparent PNG and Tutorials sections. If you want to subscribe to them, here are their respective links:

http://blinding-light.com/feed/layouts
http://blinding-light.com/feed/brushes
http://blinding-light.com/feed/png
http://blinding-light.com/feed/tutorial

Or, you can just click on the RSS icon (it's usually colored orange) on your address bar and select which feed you want to subscribe to.

For those who are interested, there's less than 24 hours left until the deadline for nominating your sites to the Third Annual Blinding Light Web Awards. Submit your links while you still have time!

That's all for now. Have a nice week!
by Miko Reznor on 30 October 2006 [Post Comments] [Archive] [RSS]

Hello, everyone! I've added a new transparent PNG of Mikan Sakura from the anime Gakuen Alice or Alice Academy in English. Haha. I forgot this was in my HD. Good thing I remembered, right?

Lately, I've noticed this site is loading a bit slowly and I'm wondering if losing the view/download counters will help much. They are useful because they remind me when I need to update but they just take up database space... Or maybe this site's slow because of my *reliable* host? Oh, well. I'll just think some more on this...

Last call for entering the Third Annual Blinding Light Web Awards. The deadline for nominating your sites is on October 30th. This event only happens once a year so don't miss your chance in participating.

Edit: I've just read the Guestbook. Do not ask anything there because I will not reply. If you have problems with any part of this site, report them to me or post about it in Blinding Light MB.

Here are tips on removing borders from your images. You can add border="0" in the img tag or, you can use CSS: img { border: 0; }
by Miko Reznor on 22 October 2006 [Post Comments] [Archive] [RSS]

There's some problem with my server. For some unknown reason, sessions and parts of the database aren't working. I'm trying to send a support ticket to my wonderful (note the sarcasm) host but their form isn't working. I apologize for any inconvenience. Hopefully, this site will be back to normal shortly...

Anyways, I've been reading a lot on web site accessibility and I'm taking measures to ensure this site is accessible to all audiences. Here is the accessibility statement. There are still some issues that need to be worked on and I'll probably get around them on the next redesign (although it's still on the planning stages so I can't tell you when that will be).

There are some minor changes in terms of layout and navigation. Since parts of this site is not working, I haven't been able to check if there were bugs that came with this new update. If you see anything unusual, please tell me.

Edit: After several hours, it seems like everything's fixed around here. Let's hope we won't experience any more interruptions in the future.
by Miko Reznor on 15 October 2006 [Post Comments] [Archive] [RSS]

I've written another PHP tutorial: Randomizing With PHP. The code snippet for this was posted earlier in Blinding Light MB but this tutorial has a more detailed explanation of the code. Hope you find it useful.

This is a bit late but there's another version of the Naruto layout I added in the previous update. You can see it at DDG. You decide which one you like better.

And, you might not notice but I've also been updating the coding of this site for accessibility purposes. If you see bugs or anything that looks out of place which I might have overlooked, I'd appreciate it if you let me know. Thank you!
by Miko Reznor on 8 October 2006 [Post Comments] [Archive] [RSS]

Wow. I haven't updated in a while. I'm back with a new DIV layers layout featuring one of my favorite anime characters, Naruto! This is meant to be for those who have a good grasp of CSS. For those who are just starting out, it's best if you don't touch the CSS file to prevent any problems. Hope you like it.

I'd just like to remind everyone that the deadline for the Third Annual Blinding Light Web Awards is coming up this October 30th. This event only happens once a year so nominate your sites while you still have time!

Anyways, if you have time, come to Blinding Light MB (message board) and check out the threads there. If you feel like it, register and join in as well.

Edit: A couple of changes with this new Naruto layout... I've realized how boring vertical stripes were so I changed the background to diagonal stripes. The footer was also modified to make it more consistent with the design. There are some other minor changes but I'll let you see them for yourselves.
by Miko Reznor on 2 October 2006 [1 Comment] [Archive] [RSS]