Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!

If you haven't visited the blog site (www.guyvider.com) in a while, now is the time to do so.
I've just completed a weekend of massive changes:

• I now have 3 columns instead of 2.
• Plenty of little improvements.
  
• All icons will be loaded from a single location (speed improvement).

Still to come:

• List of favorite posts.
• Post briefs.
• Calendar.
• Tag cloud instead of archive.

Tools of the trade:

• Notepad++ - the best free text editor with XHTML capabilities out there.
  (A separate "Download This!" post coming soon).
• XML Notepad by Microsoft.
• SourceSafe 2005, so I can keep versions of the templates and revert back.
• FireFox and IE to verify the blog looks well in both.
• WinMerge , to compare versions and schemas.
  

I'd like to thank the following bloggers for their suggestions, hacks and code:

• BlogCrowds for the Blogger template.
  
• Deepa at BetaTemplateTesting for the ratings pointer.
• Tips for New Bloggers.
• Phydeaux3 for the calendar script (still to come!).