Site Update- 05 Feb 2012

Life is full of changes and growth. That goes for websites as well. Last month, I posted a poll about whether or not I should have seperate pages for my book, game and movie reviews. The majority of those that responded said, "Yes". So I made some changes.

What used to be "The Crypt"- where I listed ALL of my reviews, is now broken down into three seperate pages:

Theatre Morte- This is where you'll be able to find all of my movie reviews. They're all alphabetical, so you can quickly find the movie you're looking for. From this page, you can quickly find out my Terror Scale rating for them, and access the review for the particular title you're interested in.

Dark Tomes- This is the page where I'll be listing the books I've reviewed. As with "Theatre Morte", you'll find the rating and link to the review in addition to the name of the author.

Arcade Morbid- Same as the other two pages, but listing the games I've reviewed.

I also added a "Search This Blog" widget just above the "Film Reviews From the Basement" podcast player in case you're looking for something other than a title- say, films starring Bela Lugosi.

So, those are the changes I've made so far. I do intend to make a few more changes to enhance the functionality of the blog- as well as the look. Such things are:

Menu Bar- I want to make the Menu Bar listing the pages a bit easier to use. I want to place "Theatre Morte, "Dark Tomes," and "Arcade Morbid" in a drop down menu- under the old, "The Crypt" title.

Graphics- I haven't been able to focus much on the graphical aspect of the blog due to constant problems with my computer- and having to constantly reinstall my Photoshop. I'd like to do a bit of a redesign on the banner at the top- possibly incorporating a logo of some sort. I also want to update the graphics I have seperating my various widgets too. In addition, I want to design an appropriate background that fits in with the rest of the blog.

Well, that's it so far. As time goes by, these changes will occur- and hopefully make this blog a bit more enjoyable and accessible for readers.

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