Okay, the dropdown version of the Dramatic scheme is up for testing, if people want to go and kick the tires a bit.

I think the header, menu and footer CSS is done, unless problems show up or Squeaky has something else to add, so if anyone wants to grab a copy of the style sheet and start playing with it, I'd say go ahead. I'll mention any changes that may have to be made.

If you have any divs or ids you want added, this is the time to say so!

Note of interest: there's a bit of Javascript that the dropdown needs anyway that will make :hover work for list items in IE, at least in the menu div. It adds the class sfhover to the li.

I have not yet added all the classes and ids of the actual page content. Hunting all those down is my next job.

Also, blasphemy_blue, if you could look into a header image for this scheme, maybe something in yellow, that you think would go nicely, I was thinking we could try that and see how it looked.

Okay, I take it back. It looks like the header needs to be 120px high, to be on the safe side and make room for everything.

ETA: No, wait, I take it back again. It just needs to be 111px.

Okay, so this is where we get to toss around ideas and plans for new site schemes. Welcome, everyone, planners and commenters both! If any commenters would like to join in and volunteer time to work on this, please let me know.

Current State of the Scheme: I am working on a CSS framework that can be used to make a lot of different schemes, and will support both sidebar and dropdown options. It will have huge numbers of divs with unique ids and classes, so later designers should have all the parts they need to get just about any effect they want. The sidebar version is pretty complete, and I'm currently testing the dropdown version in different browsers. I think the header, menu and footer CSS can be set by the end of the week, and be ready for new color schemes to be started.

Anyone who wants to take a look at the current development can see my testing page here. Remember, this is a single sample page on a totally different server, so if you click any of the links you'll wind up back on IJ. Comments are welcome; remember, this is the in-development version to test concepts, and bugs may show up and go away without warning. Nothing is finalized yet.

Of course, if anyone spots a layout bug they know how to fix, please let me know!

General background: My thought, here, is to have the header (with menus) and the footer be include files on all the site content pages, so they can be easily edited at need. Personally, I'd like to get the page content re-coded out of tables and into lists and divs, but that isn't absolutely vital right away. I am writing for standards compliance, as much as I can, and for a minimum screen size of 800x600. Maximum, of course, is unlimited.

That's all the basic info I can think of right now. If any visitors have questions, let us know, please.