As you can see, I’ve unveiled a new look for my blog!
Around this time last year I posted an ad on Craigslist looking for someone to transition my blog from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress blog.
The move was successful but my blog-guy took the money and ran and offered little to no post-transition support.
Thanks to Google and YouTube I was able to make some minor changes but not before spending many days and nights banging my head against the wall. It was time for me to be realistic. Cracking code wasn’t exactly my thing. After all, I majored in Journalism, NOT C++!
It was during a recent, nightly head banging that I asked on Twitter how to change the size of the # of comments, you know because I get SOOO many. No really, I don’t, but I do dig how it looks when the number is bigger. I didn’t expect anyone to respond but then Dave Clements of Do It With WordPress Tweeted me down from the ledge.
I never figured out how to change the CSS class even with Dave’s instructions but I did begin talking to Dave about going in a new direction with my blog. We decided to move to a different framework and I chose a theme which would allow me to control the majority of fonts, coloring and sizing.
So now I’ve got a second blog-guy, one who is extremely accessible and reasonable and I’m really hoping he’ll stick around! If you’re ever looking to do something with Worpdress, or well, Do It With WordPress, definitely contact Dave.
I would be remiss if I didn’t give the ultimate shout out to my husband Jason for designing my logo/header. The Brooklyn Bridge has a TON of scaffolding on it right now so Jason actually sat there in Photoshop and removed each iron bar after each iron bar. Tedious and time consuming and not at all easy in this demanding household. Not to mention that I drove him bonkers while trying to decide on just the “right blue” in Photoshop’s vast color palette.
The iconic Brooklyn Bridge is undergoing a bit of restoration.
I look forward to playing around with my new blog. Just bear with me as you see some things change, because as you may or may not know I am a bit decision-phobic and tend to change my mind more than once before settling. (I’m talking about my blog of course, not my husband.)
LOVE IT!! Jason did a great job on the picture, and you chose just the right shade of blue, in my humble opinion.
I’m so sorry you had such a rough time with the Craigslist jerk! Sounds like your new blog-guy is much, much better.
I’ve been working on a new header for my blog, off and on – you’ve inspired me to try to go back and finish it!! (Really, what was I thinking with the scrapbook-y thing? Just because I find an online tutorial does NOT mean I need to try said tutorial…)
Congrats on the new look. I have been trying like HELL to get commentluv installed- but the system I have to do it with, intense debate won’t let me do it. Yours is so nice and simple. I wish I could get it that way. Sigh.
Anyhow, happy ICLW
Hi Aisha! Thanks for coming by my blog and for your comment. I used to be on blogger, too, but I found you can do SOOO many more nifty things with Worpdress, like Commentluv. If you ever want to make the switch, I couldn’t recommend my blog guy more! He’s excellent!! ~Ree
The site looks great! I started with WordPress and found it pretty easy to navigate. I got stuck uploading the header to my site though and called in a pro from Craigslist. He was good, though.
Here’s to more comments and traffic!
I am not computer savy, nor blog savy. I wish I was, though. I do love the pictures for your header.
Stopping in from ICLW
Hey Carrie! Thanks for coming by my blog. If you are ever looking for someone who is blog savvy, I couldn’t recommend my blog-guy enough! His contact info is in my post. ~Ree
Hi Reedu,
Thank you so much for your kind words about the service I was able to provide you with. It’s nice getting to work with people who appreciate the level of effort that goes into web design.
I really like the new look, the new logo and when we get the last few tweaks done, I think it’ll look just like home for you.
It’s been a pleasure, thanks again.
Dave
The blog looks great!!! Glad you found a nice guy to help you with the technical side of things too. I’m not very technologically knowledgeable either…
I also wanted to let you know I have given you a blog award! I had to spread the information out over two posts so here are the links:
http://pursuingparenthood.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/a-day-of-good-things/ http://pursuingparenthood.wordpress.com/2011/04/22/making-up-for-my-lazy-moment/
Love the look of the blog! I just revamped mine (but still in blogger, much easier job!). And congrats to your husband for photoshopping that pic! It must have taken forever.
Happy ICLW!
Fran
ICLW #131
Looks good! Very clean. (Although I see some warning error messages at the bottom of this page…just FYI).
Hi Marilyn… thanks for the heads up, but I do not see any error messages. I see something about email addresses being redundant — is that what you’re referring to?
No that’s not what I was referring to, but now that I’m back I don’t see the error messages. There were two. They were along the very bottom of the page where it now says “Return to Top”, etc. They’re gone now!
Love the look. If you’re looking for help in the future, I’d suggest Plaid House Designs http://www.plaidhousedesigns.com/–it is a business started by women I met in an infertility support group, and they are ALI bloggers, too. I haven’t done anything with them, but I’d trust them to help me if I was looking for something, and I like that they are part of the ALI community.
Hi from ICLW!
Thanks Lucy for coming by my blog. And about the Plaid House Designs tip! ~Ree
Babes! Love the new look, great stuff! Looking forward to reading more terrific entries!