And this one will stay! xD
The previous one stayed for only 3 days, but as I was building it I knew it wouldn’t stay for long, I just wanted to change it quickly, and also learn how to work with S2.
I finally figured out the wonders of what S2 and CSS can do together, it’s amazing and much more flexible to work with them, I wish I had changed it earlier (but even if I wanted I wouldn’t have the time).
Another good thing of working with this new design architecture is that I don’t have to worry about making wallpapers anymore (it was too much space to fill, honestly xD). Working with banners opens whole new design possibilities and I’m already having different and challenging ideas for my future layouts.
I chose this Tsubasa picture basically because of two reasons. The first reason is that I really like this illustration, I intended to use the Syaoran from this picture on my confessions on a dance floor Tsubasa layout xD But as I know I ended up not using it. The other reason is that this was the first Tsubasa illustration released to the public right after the series was announced, and since we are reaching the end of it after these 5 long years, there’s this nostalgic feeling around it.
Despite of being the very first Tsubasa illustration released to the public, it’s amazing how the art style hasn’t changed at all. If you look at the early illustrations of CCS or Rayearth, for example, and compare them to latter ones, you’ll notice significants improvements in CLAMP’s art. That doesn’t seem to be the case here.
I know there isn’t anything extraordinary in this layout, but again, due to time issues I wasn’t able to do anything extraordinary xD I promise, though, that I will push the edge further on my next layout.
The layout is not the only news today, from this day on I’m launching a new feature that I have developed, the CLAMP Widget, or whatever you would like to call it xD
This little flash application is placed on a fixed post on my livejournal and it shows the upcoming CLAMP releases (merchandises, events, media appearances etc) and the manga schedule for their current series, as a quick way of checking what’s coming next from CLAMP. The design was strongly based on CLAMP-NET.COM’s current design, as you could possibly have noticed.
You can also incorporate it into your own blog, website or anywhere else you might want to add it, and the information on it will be automatically updated from whenever you have placed it.
So browse around, welcome to this new chapter of my livejournal, always aiming to keep you up-to-date about CLAMP and their activities.
That thing is, like, the coolest thing ever. ö_ö Neko Seishirou approves!
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Thank you very much indeed! ^__^
Feel free to use it~!
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I’m glad to be the first one congratulating you for your new layout, it’s awesome! 😀
And the ‘CLAMP Widget’ you created is plain amazing! x__x You are really good with coding!!!
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oups, not first anymore aha~ while I was writing another post was posted already 🙂
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Wahh, thank you so much for your compliments!
And believe me, I am not that good with coding XD I am very proud of that little application because me and programming don’t click that well xD
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This is amazing. *____________* I adore the layout, it’s just.. fantastic ♥♥♥♥
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Thank you! *bows* It really means a lot to me!
Thanks for the feedback ^^
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WHY ARE YOU SO COOL. JUST. WHY ;A;
I love you, lksajdsajd thank you thank you thank you ;A;bbbbbbbb
For everything you’ve done ;A;bbb
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Me? No way! xD Just wanted to give a fresh air to my livejournal since I love it so much XD
Thank you for the compliments ^__^
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Love the new layout! It’s just clean and flowy and ♥
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Oh, flowy! Thank you! ♥
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Thank you a lot Kiki-chan. I saw your huge Sakura staff, that is so WOW xD Congratulations!
>Haha, I still love that little Syaoran wallpaper-thingum, too. :’D
THANKS! I love that layout too! Just imagine Syaoran dancing Every little thing that you say or do, I’m hung up! I’m hung up on you~
It matches perfectly xD
By the way, I gotta tell you, Syaoran is such a great icon-model.
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Wow! it’s so pretty, i really like it!
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Thank you very much! ^__^
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Wow, it’s fantastic! Great job!
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Thank you very muchly *bows*
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It´s so fresh and organized! I approve! ^____^
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Yay! Glad you approve it! xD
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New layout = awesome! The widget thingy is awesome, too. 😀
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Glad that you liked it, thanks for your feedback!!
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The new design is so cool…
…but the widget is just plain AWESOME O__O I’m amazed! Congrats for your hard work, it looks great! ^o^
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Thank you so much Lulu-san! Indeed it was such a hard work T-T but I hope it was worth it ^^””
Thanks for the compliments on my new layout too, very kind of you.
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Your designing prowess has come far. ^^ The new layout looks very refreshing and elegant. But I’m going to miss those collage-like backgrounds… XD
The widget is cool, but I think it might be better for wider screens… it keeps pushing the content section way down on my computer and leaving a giant gap from the header.
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Thank you Kaeyko-san, that means a lot to me!
>But I’m going to miss those collage-like backgrounds… XD
Hahahaha I love collages so I might do something similar someday =3
>The widget is cool, but I think it might be better for wider screens…
Humm… indeed. It’s quite large (almost 700 px). I was worried about that, I tried to make as much compact as possible.
I only checked it with 1024×768 resolution on Internet Explorer and Firefox, and it looks good on both.
What’s the resolution and browser you’re using, do you mind telling me?
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Hmmm… I’m using 1024×768 on IE.
I have no idea why it’s moving all the way to below the sidebar on my computer. XP
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eeeeehh o.o IE 7.0 or earlier?
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Ah, so that’s probably the reason. I’m using IE 6 because I have stubbornly refused to change to 7.
But never mind this, tis but a trifling matter. ^^
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Oh I do mind this, I don’t want anyone having troubles on viewing my layouts ^^
Could you please take a screenshot from the lower part of the sidebar? Basically where the posts “begin”? I think I might know the problem.
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Hmm… well, it looks like this:
Hope that helps. ^^
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Yes it helps!
I’ve tested it in a machine with IE 6 and indeed the problem is there.
I will try to find out what is the problem (I have an idea), and I’ll let you know if I can fix it ^^
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I’ve fixed it! I’ve fixed it! Please check it and tell me if now everything is on their place X3
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Bravo! Everything looks fine now. ^^
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Great! ^__^ Thanks for your help!
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Love them!
The layout is so clean, I love the colors *-*
The CLAMP Widget is son handy, I’m definitely putting it in my forum ^^
Thanks a lot ^^
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Thank you tehanu-chan!
Do feel free to use the widget! If you’re really putting it in your forum, can you show me later how it looks like? ^^
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Sure!
It’s an spanish forum though: http://hnafansub.net46.net/foro/index.php?topic=122.0
Since we translate some of CLAMP’s works this is very useful ^^
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Oho! It looks so neat! XD Great! I hope it’ll be somehow helpful ^^
I noticed your nickname in your forum is Keane, is it because of the band?
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It sure will! You have no idea how people can drive you insane if there isn’t Tsubasa some week. So now they have this to get depressed before hand XDD
Regarding my nick, yes it is 😀 Keane is AWESOME *O* I can’t even try to describe their music…
Is weird as a nick, and people have a hard time deciphering wether I’m a girl or a boy, but I like it 😀
Thanks again for the widget and for the news as usual ^^
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Ohhh so you like Keane! Have you heard the new songs? I’m addicted to The Lovers are Losing xD
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Oh, The Lovers are Losing is magnificent *O*
I admit I did’t like Spiralling that much, but The Lovers is great. And you can really feel Tom’s energy from his voice *O*
Either way, my all time favorite is Bedshaped *O*
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Wuoh~~~ Cool widgets! ^_^ That’s the best part of this new layout! ^___^ It’s awesome! :DDD I like it very much! =^_^=
I don’t know how to say it, though this is your new technique using S2 + CSS, but I feel the same vibration with your old journal layout. 😀
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Thanks ! Glad you liked it, I made it for you guys ^^
>but I feel the same vibration with your old journal layout. 😀
That’s a good thing, right? XD It’s different but the same xD
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WOW~~ You new layout is SO amazing!! ^O^ Especially with the little “update” news section right at the top!! Very convenient,good references and very neat features!! ^___^ You are truly living your reputation as “Chibiyuuto: The key informational person for MOST UPDATED news and releases about CLAMP”.
You designing and programming skill are amazing!!
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Thank you for the compliments ^___^ You’ll make me blush like that xD *embarrassed*
I’m just doing the best I can keep people interested in reading my LJ ^^”
Thank you again for the kind words, I’m flattered ^__^
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tak sabar
hope they have a video to show the event clamp in youtube can’t wait ^^
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Re: tak sabar
That will hardly happen, but we can always hope ^^”
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Great layout, simple but nice.
The widget is made of win! Just a curiosity: how do you fetch the data for the releases? Do you put them in the .fla and regenerate the .swf everytime there is an update?
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Thank you Shinigami-san! *bows* ^__^
>how do you fetch the data for the releases? Do you put them in the .fla and regenerate the .swf everytime there is an update?
I would go nuts if that was the case xD The trick is read an external HTML file. All I have to do is to update the files and the swf will automatically update by extent. In other words I don’t need to have flash installed in order to update it, just a notepad and an internet connection xD
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Congratulations for your new layout! I have only made a couple of comments through the years, but I have been a fan of your livejournal for a long time. The new layout looks very neat and professional, and the widget is really cute and useful.
PD: I miss your comments on TRC and XXXholic chapters.
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Thank you maru-san for reading my journal all this time *bows* ^__^
>PD: I miss your comments on TRC and XXXholic chapters.
Ohh thanks! I miss them too! I will try to find more time to get back to those ^^
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Very clean and nice layout (I did love the yellow one though bye bye nice winged egg XD)
The widget _is_ wicked cool. I might do something like that for my tv show viewing schedule.
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>bye bye nice winged egg XD
LOL!
Glad you liked the widget! XD
>I might do something like that for my tv show viewing schedule.
It could be very useful! If you need any help just let me know ^^
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Wow *___*
Yiu did an amazing job** I love it!^^
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Thank you muchly! ^^
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It looks really nice, and I love your idea of the flash aplication, I think I will add It to my journal, crediting you of course!! Nice job!
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Feel free to use it! And there’s no need to double-credit me since there’s already my LJ URL on the widget ^_^
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Your layout looks fantastic and I ADORE YOUR WIDGET!!! It looks so cool + shiny!!!! I envy your design/programming/CLAMP-ness skills!!!
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Hahahaha thanks! I’m very happy! ^^
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AWESOME! Your layout rules! And the widget is so coool!!!! =D
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Thank you loads for the positive feedback! ^__^
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So cool! It looks really professional!!
‘Legal’ as my brazilian friend says XD.
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Legal! Ha! xD Thanks ^___^
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Wow, I like it!
Thank you for all your hard work in bringing us CLAMP news ^_^
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Cool layout and cool widget! XD
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I know you’ll go “O__O” at me, but can I express here all my compliments to you for this neat new layout and the amazing widget? Your skills improved a lot, and that thingy is so useful!! No more going crazy to check if a new chapter is coming out or not, hehe! I was impressed, and if I’m writing it here you know I MEAN it! XD chuuu!
P.s. indeed that illustration puts a great amount of nostalgia on me, we’re reaching the end..
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WOW!!!
Wow!! you absolutely changed your webpage. I’m still used to the previous one, but I hope I get used to this one really fast. I have to admit that it has style.
I actually like it more that the first one. Seems more mature, more formal, more elegant.
I previous one you put before this, a couple of days ago, in yellow seemed to childish. In some way I’m glad you changed it before this one is better.
One of the differences I notice also between this modern version and the first one is that the wallpaper is about Tsubasa now(which I love) instead of Sayaka from Kobato. So the change is better!
Even though the changes, the webpage is the best so I will continued visiting it for sure…
kisses
Marilyn
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The new layout seems so professionnal, it’s amazing.
It is the official CLAMP fan blog ♥
And the CLAMP Widget…you’re a genius ?
So I’ll look for your site more than ever !
Great job ! Very cool !
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Fantastic new layout Yuuto-san! So swish and flashy with the interactive box at the top! I love it!
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*O* the layout is awesome, i love it because it’s simple and clean but it looks good, and i love the colors too XD, i thins it was a good idea to change to this format, and the widget it’s awesome too, thanks for offering it to everyone, definately there’s no other way to keep us updated 😀 thank you chibiyuuto chan n_n
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Olá de novo, Chibiyuuto!!!
A wonderful design, and the CLAMP widget will be useful!!
Thanks for your hard work sharing CLAMP love!
:D/
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Wow, congrats on the new layout, I like it a lot! and the widget is VERY VERY useful!!!!!!!
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Wow, cool!! It looks awesome~ And that Widget is really useful 😀
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I was on vacation for a few days and I was shocked about your layout has changed!!(in a good way)
It’s very nice!!
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i love it chibiyuuto sama!!!
i’m comeback from the ill and very busy island!!
i can ask you how one possible change it into spanish??? is possible???
the events one at least???
i love to have it!!! can i??
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Thank you for the compliments!
Were you ill? Are you alright?
A Spanish version? Hummm.. Right now I can’t do it =/ But maybe in a 2.0 version? xD
Thanks for your imput! More suggestions are welcome!
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in the event will be very good if you can teach me to change it i can do it in spanish, about the shedule is not important
yes i was very ill for the past 4 months i been diagnosticated with high blood pressre, hypothidoisdm, plus my diabetes, so i had a really bad time, now i have new medication working at last and i’m better, but i hate takeing so many pills for my entire life!!
but is better that than die so i take the meds
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Oh I’m so sorry to hear about your illness, I hope you get better =/ Indeed it’s much better to take the medication, even though it must be painful to do so.
>you can teach me to change it i can do it in spanish
It’s not that simple xD I would have to add a few new code lines, maybe in a 2.0 version xD
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Wow! You never stop amazing me with your skills. The lay looks wonderful, I think you’ve done a great job.
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