Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Past headers

One of the changes we made when Michelle Davies revived NEPA Blogs this past April was to the header. For a few years a single image had been posted at the top of the page, separate from the "NEPA Blogs" title. Michelle worked out a way to incorporate the title into the image and post the entire image as a header in place of the text title. It then became a simple process to create new headers and post them on a regular basis. For a while this was twice a week, but as we went along we realized that we were burning up the available supply of iconic images of NEPA, and any submitted images weren't being displayed long enough for anyone to show off to all their friends. So now the image changes once a week, every Wednesday.

The image layout has some basic rules for consistency: all images are 72 dpi and 920 pixels across, with the height being no more than two-thirds of the width (or so.) The words "NEPA Blogs" appear in 96-point Times Roman Bold, while a description of the image and its location in NEPA is included on the image (whenever possible) in 18-point Akbar - a font based on the handwriting of Matt Groening, creator of the Life in Hell comic strip and "The Simpsons." If desired, credit, copyright, and website information can be included as well, sometimes in an appended bit of blank space at the bottom.

We're always looking for submissions for the header. Complete instructions are here, though these are just general guidelines; we can (and do) crop and resize images to fit the header, and creatively dodge around the image to avoid obscuring anything critical. Not all of these images actually come from bloggers; one of the most striking was posted to Facebook by a non-blogger in the aftermath of the September floods, and was used after securing permission from him.

We've been posting past headers to an archive on Facebook, but not everyone is on Facebook, so this isn't available to everyone. So, after the jump, I will begin adding all of the headers we've used in the past. This will be a huge and ever-growing post, so I may have to break it up. Also, I may have forgotten to archive an image here or there - it wouldn't be lost in that case, just sitting in the "unused/current" folder instead of the "past" folder. We'll post them all eventually. But please submit new ones so we don't have to start repeating them!

(Cick on images to see larger versions.)

May 2011

May 2011

May 2011

May 2011

May 2011

May 25, 2011

June 1, 2011

June 8, 2011

June 15, 2011

June 22, 2011

June 29, 2011

July 6, 2011

July 13, 2011

July 20, 2011

July 27, 2011

August 3, 2011

August 10, 2011

August 17, 2011

August 24, 2011

August 31, 2011

September 7, 2011

September 14, 2011

September 21, 2011

September 28, 2011

October 5, 2011

October 12, 2011
October 19, 2011

October 26, 2011

November 2, 2011

November 9, 2011

November 16, 2011

November 23, 2011

November 30, 2011

December 7, 2011
December 14, 2011
December 21, 2011

December 28, 2011

January 4, 2012

January 11, 2012

January 18, 2012

January 25, 2012

February 1, 2012

February 8, 2012

February 15, 2012

February 22, 2012

February 29, 2012

March 7, 2012

March 14, 2012

March 21, 2012

March 28, 2012

April 4, 2012

April 11, 2012

April 18, 2012

April 25, 2012

May 2, 2012

May 9, 2012

May 16, 2012

May 23, 2012

May 30, 2012

June 6, 2012

June 13, 2012


June 20, 2012


June 27, 2012

July 4, 2012

July 11, 2012

July 18, 2012

July 25, 2012

August 1, 2012

August 8, 2012

August 15, 2012

August 22, 2012

August 29, 2012

September 5, 2012

September 12, 2012

September 19, 2012

September 26, 2012

October 3, 2012

October 10, 2012

October 17, 2012

October 24, 2012

October 31, 2012

November 7, 2012

November 14, 2012

November 21, 2012

November 28, 2012

December 5, 2012

December 12, 2012

December 19, 2012

December 26, 2012

January 2, 2013

January 9, 2013

January 16, 2013

January 23, 2013

January 30, 2013

February 6, 2013

February 13, 2013

February 20, 2013

February 27, 2013

March 6, 2013

March 13, 2013

March 20, 2013

March 27, 2013

April 3, 2013

April 10, 2013

April 17, 2013

April 24, 2013

May 1, 2013

May 8, 2013

May 15, 2013

May 22, 2013

May 29, 2013

June 5, 2013

June 12, 2013

June 19, 2013

June 26, 2013

July 3, 2013

July 10, 2013

July 17, 2013

July 24, 2013

July 31, 2013

August 7, 2013

August 14, 2013

August 21, 2013

August 28, 2013

September 4, 2013

September 11, 2013

September 18, 2013

September 25, 2013

October 2, 2013

October 9, 2013

October 16, 2013

October 23, 2013

October 30, 2013

November 6, 2013

November 13, 2013

November 20, 2013

November 27, 2013

December 4, 2013

December 11, 2013

December 18, 2013

December 25, 2013

January 1, 2014

January 8, 2014

January 15, 2014

January 22, 2014

January 29, 2014

February 5, 2014

February 12, 2014

February 19, 2014

February 26, 2014
March 5, 2014
March 12, 2014

March 19, 2014
March 26, 2014
April 2, 2014
April 9, 2014
April 16, 2014
April 23, 2014
April 30, 2014

For headers from May 7, 2014 on, see Past headers, Part 2.


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