EDIT: Still not 2 AM! But it might as well be, because the only possible explanation for the sudden disappearance of the Sceptile layout is that I am exhausted out of my mind and therefore hallucinating!
...or it could be that I made a new layout and got a styleswitcher, but that's nowhere near as interesting as hallucinations!
Anyway, yes! New layout, based on that picture of Lugia and Jolteon I drew and mentioned back in April (and not February as my memory continues to insist)! The structure of the pages is... well, exactly the same, but I figured it was high time for a lighter color scheme and this was the quickest way to get something semi-cool-looking. I do intend to drum up some new layouts that actually have new layouts before the end of the year, but those'll have to wait a bit.
If you miss Sceptile, though, he's still around! A new section has been added to the menu; just click the "Leaf Storm" link under Styleswitcher and everything will go back to the same soothing, sexy dark green you've come to know and love. I've wanted to bring the styleswitcher back for a while now, but the CMS is finicky when it comes to that sort of thing and I couldn't find a working solution until today. Hopefully I'll be able to keep it around!
While making the Storm at Sea layout I also took a minute to tweak bits of Leaf Storm. Namely, the subpages of sections like Fanfiction and Misc. Writing should not be so horribly spaced out in the menu there. That had been on my nerves for a while but I was too lazy to fix it until now. All better. Oh, and I reduced the number of news items shown per page to 5. No reason for the front page to be that damn long.
If you experience any problems with either layout or with the styleswitcher, contact me and give me a heads-up. I'll do what I can to sort it out.
Is it 2 AM yet? No? Oh, well, I'll post anyway.
Brief update to announce that dcNET is now affiliated with FireChao.com! Don't let the name fool you–this neat little (but quickly growing) site's content is primarily Pokémon-based. Of particular interest are their sections on the popular adoptable site GPX+; I'm not a huge fan of that sort of thing myself, but for those of you who are their GPX+ EggDex and other comprehensive resources should be a real boon. They also have forums, an oekaki, interesting guides... give them a visit!
Since that "setting deadlines" thing worked so well for the ref scale (what a concept!), I think I'll just go ahead and set myself another one for fixing that bloody awful ASB for Beginners page: October 4th. That's when my next school quarter starts, and I'd like to get some crap actually done around here before I get bogged down again. Hold me to it, please! (I'd like to get a few more things ready by the 4th, but I am a pathetic panda and probably shouldn't try to do too much at once. Baby steps, Phoenix, baby steps.)