How Deep Is The Ocean?
The online portfolio & blog of Eric Ogburn

As some of you may know, but most don’t because I have no readers (I can admit it), the site has been down as I’ve been putting the finishing touches on the redesign. Sorry for the inconvenience, but it was necessary to hammer out all of the bugs.

Before I list all of the changes to the site, I’d like to tell you why I redesigned it in the first place. First, if this is not your first time here, you may notice that the site looks very similar to its previous version. That’s intentional. I’ve always like the original design. What I did not like was that it lacked the fluidity that it represented, in both layout and in implementaion. The new design is much easier for me to update, which should hopefully help me to update the content more often. But more importantly, the new design takes advantage of fluid layout.

NOTE: The site is not fluid for Internet Explorer users. Why? Because Microsoft’s ancient browser doesn’t support the same web standards other browsers support. The new Internet Explorer 7, due out any day now, fixes many problems, and will give you the same experience as the rest of us. If you must continue using Internet Explorer, make sure to update IE7 when it launches (you can actually download the beta version now). Otherwise, I highly highly highly recommend Firefox. You’ll thank me later. Moving on…

Give it a test. Make your browser smaller or larger. Neat, huh? What’s best is that all of the high res photos will scale with the size of the browser. This benefits those with lower resolution monitors, since the site will work just fine for you, and the pictures will be plenty big. But those of you with higher resolution monitors can really have fun, as the site will grow to fit your screen.

The other problem I’ve tried to correct has its roots in the site’s birth. The original site launched while I was evacuated from New Orleans during Katrina. What was supposed to be a window into my personality, which is far from being very serious, turned a little too staid. So I’ve added a few items that I hope will help express what I’m about.

Another thing I’ve changed is the distance between this site and pixelfork.com, my freelance web design business. Pixelfork had its birth after my return to New Orleans, and I rarely mentioned it here, thinking it best to keep the two separated. But I think since they live on the same laptop, they can at least recognize each other on the web.

Lastly, I have (hopefully) simplified the site’s navigation, and made the Photograph’s page more pleasant to use. If you have any problems or notice any issues with the new design drop me a line, or leave a comment.