So I’ve been toying with the idea for a while about changing the look of the site. A part of me said no, it’s good enough as it is, it’s recognizable, it’s, well… me. But another part of me said to go for it and give it a cleaner layout, nicer contrast, and a more professional look.
Well, that part won. Here is the new NewbieDM.com, I hope you like it. All the same downloads are where they should be, nothing has changed as far as content. I did add a contact form to the site, as I didn’t have one before. You can find that on the top bar there, “Contact NewbieDM”.
A part of me will miss the old header with the continents, as it is my avatar in a whole bunch of places, but I’ll adapt. Also, someone asked where I got that graphic from, and the answer is that I made it myself, it’s the southern part of my homebrew world, Elderyn.
Enjoy the new layout!
www. Newbie DM .com 
viricordova
April 16, 2010
I love your new look. Black text on white is much easier to read!
newbiedm
April 16, 2010
Thanks Viri. I’m slowly getting used to it, but I have to admit, it does look nicer and it is easier to read.
You *can* teach an old dog new tricks. 🙂
Tourq
April 16, 2010
I honestly am new to the blogger world, so I don’t remember what your site looked like.
However, it looks good!
-Tourq
John Doom
April 16, 2010
I agree, much cleaner. I like it.
Tony Law
April 16, 2010
I like the new layout and look except for the white on black boxes on the left. They really take the eye away from the text of the articles.
newbiedm
April 16, 2010
Well, unfortunately there’s not much I can do, as I don’t self host… There are other colors available for the boxes, like a blue and green, which I think would look worse. Even then, I still think it’s an improvement over my old look. 🙂
American Nerd
April 16, 2010
Looks great! And I’ll use this opportunity to say how much I look forward to the mini-casts showing up in my iTunes each week! Thanks for all you do…
Cam Rawls
April 16, 2010
I like the dark text on light background for easier reading. Though I am partial to right sidebars. Just always made more sense to me being lazy and right-handed. =}
SpectacledBear
April 16, 2010
I very much like it!
The one thing I would change would be to put the navigation bars on the right. As I read from left-to-right, my eyes read the navigation bars first rather than the text of the article.
Pekka
April 17, 2010
The mobile version of the site looks exactly the same. Very good -_-.
Mazetar
April 17, 2010
Hmm your own world you say?:D
Well then, how did you draw it? that would be interesting to read beacuse that map looks awsome;)
Jonathan Drain | D20 Source
April 17, 2010
I like that the text size is bigger and easier to read. Overall, good job!
Sentack
April 17, 2010
I’m going to have to be in the minority here and say I don’t really care for it. The grid format for the posts is slightly annoying to navigate with the eye and the contrasting side bar to the right stick out rather sharply. I had no problem reading the light on dark although I have no real problem with reading white on black as well. Over all, I like the more standard layouts for blogs like your old style. But I’m clearly in the minority here.
cailte
April 18, 2010
I’m suddenly glad I passed on this theme for my blog 🙂
Colmarr
April 18, 2010
Love the black text on white background. I don’t personally have a problem with vice versa but the old text was just a little too small for comfortable reading.
I don’t however like that the posts snake down the blog like so:
AB
CD
EF
It makes the blog very difficult to read. One column in reverse chronological order would be much easier to follow. There’s a reason it’s the default 🙂
But overall I like the new format.
Adam
April 19, 2010
Much better look, easier to read and pleasing to the eye.
Ismael_DM
April 19, 2010
Much better! Easier on the eyes and not as gloom.