The new look website.

We’ve had a bit of a spring clean here at Ostomyland. The Oland main site is often peoples first contact with our site and it’s community as it houses the majority of our article-based ostomy information. Whilst I’ve been very happy with the performance of WordPress – the software which powers this part of Ostomyland – the theme on it was a heavily edited existing theme, and so it didn’t fit in with the look of the other major part of Ostomyland; our community portal, powered by Invision Power Board. So, this time around I’ve rolled up my sleeves and given the main site a visual overhaul.

The main aims of which were to try to give as “clean” look to the site, as well as being visibly more identifiable with the community board’s existing look. This means there’s more dark blue and white areas, and ofcourse our usual logo is still sat at the top in pride of place. Our little mascot – the ever loveable and furry “Fuzzbutt” is also clearly introduced to our visitors as being part of the header, as she sits there welcoming everyone to the site.  Continue reading →