So, starting is apparently the right word here. I'm driving myself up the wall with the lay out choices, but I have a few solid things together.

First off, that box that cuts off a small portion of every direction of the screen? That's gone.

The header up top with the links to more or less everything, that'll be expanded to include filters and any functionality from the current index that isn't in it now, and be given its own background. Expanding from one side of the screen to another. It'll be a band of functionality and information related to the current page across the top of the page.

That's actually a majority of the layout, but being me I can get caught up in details till the cows come home and complain at me for not picking them up from soccer practice. Which I have done with the quote layout. The way I see it I have these chunks to work with:

Quote Content

Author, Location[link to URL] Posted Date

Comments (Count)

Index + Voting Mechanism

Tags

Submission Details

And that's roughly the order they're in now, but I have two big questions I've been considering. Do I promote Author/location/date line to a header like thing, or keep it after the quote as it is now. Also, where should I present tags. As they sit above they're good for looking at something similar after reading the quote, but they don't serve as possible warning for terrifying content all the way at the end of the quote. There's also the matter of possibly presenting tags as small images, but I think I'm on the outs with that idea after trying to figure out how to present a few of the tag ideas as images.

But, what I do know is that I'll be breaking up with the break line when get the new lay out together. Each 'Content Entry' (Be it quote, comment or search result) will be its own div, maybe even with rounded corners or at least a little gradient separator, and details within that will be given their own panels to make it more readily clear that there are different parts to a single entry while still keeping it all as a single entry.

Anyway, all this said, there's also the matter of keeping my favorite CSS joke I've ever managed, that grey that borders the entire site, its color code is #666. That amuses me far more than it should this many years after first doing it. I'm thinking I may use it as a basis for my color selections, but it does seriously limit the range of colors I have to pick from. So, continuing to muck about with this. May be posting praises of Solomon Kane mid week as he seems to be pretty awesome for a puritan, otherwise I'll be back next weekend.