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:title: H3RALD.com v8.1 Released
:subtitle: Featuring a a brand new newspaper-like design, powered by HTML5 and CSS3
:type: article
:toc: true
:date: 2010-09-15 14:24:25.052000 +02:00
:permalink: h3rald-81
:pdf: true
:tags: 
- website
- webdevelopment
:intro: |
  Just "over a year ago":/articles/take-back-your-site-with-nanoc I released the 8th version of this web site. The biggest change then was abandoning the Rails-powered "Typo":http://wiki.github.com/fdv/typo/ blogging platform in favor of "nanoc":http://nanoc.stoneship.org/, arguably the most versatile static site generator out there.
  
  A year later, I am still very happy with nanoc, hence there's no need for another major release. Nonetheless, I decided to improve the site's overall design and image, making it (hopefully) easier to use and more pleasant to the eye. 
:extended_intro: |
  I always had a problem finding the right theme for my web site. I always wanted to find something related to the word _herald_, so in the last release I went for a herandry-oriented theme. For this release, I decided to go for a newspaper-style layout: after all, the word _herald_ is often used in newspaper titles, and I picked the name "h3rald" after the "International Herald Tribune":http://global.nytimes.com/?iht.

  Also, I was desperate to try out the new features offered by HTML3 and CSS3, and a newspaper layout seemed a good excuse to use columns. 
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