New digs
Tuesday, Oct 2, 2007
You might have noticed a few design changes around here. I’ve kept the same layout for two and a half years, because I’m not inclined to fix stuff that isn’t broken. (I’m also not able to keep a reasonable blood pressure while fighting HTML.) But things started to deteriorate. It was time to make the Wordpress upgrade and a few other changes, as continually patching things and fighting spam took too much time. Please let me know of any problems, noting which browser you’re using. Then, I’ll tell Valerie, because really, I just blog. She’s the one that makes it appear.
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Love your new look, Amy! Peaceful, cozy and reminds me that it is time for a latte!
Comment by Marsha (October 2, 2007 @ 10:07 am )
Oh very nice!
Comment by Janel (October 2, 2007 @ 10:18 am )
I’m #2! Wow, this has never happened before. Usually my comments are in the 20’s or something.
I like your new look, too. Although I’ve never been a lover of brown, the site is appealing and comforting. Don’t ask me how a web site can be comforting, because I don’t know. That’s just the word that came to mind.
Jennifer
Comment by Jennifer D (October 2, 2007 @ 10:27 am )
Looks great, Amy! Er, I mean Valerie.
Comment by Jeana (October 2, 2007 @ 10:36 am )
Gorgeous. The browns are very ’simple’ and I love the pics at the top.
Comment by Carrie @ Three-Girl Circus (October 2, 2007 @ 10:45 am )
I love the pictures in the header. Very beautiful!
Comment by Amy Wilson (October 2, 2007 @ 11:58 am )
I have been reading in RSS, so had to pop over and see what you’ve done. Looks great!
Comment by Gem (October 2, 2007 @ 12:01 pm )
Amy, you mention spam, are you combating comment spam? We have a WordPress plugin on Sallie’s site that has worked flawlessly. Drop me a line and I’ll send it to you (see my email address in your Dashboard).
David (husband of Sallie at A Gracious Home)
Comment by David (October 2, 2007 @ 12:02 pm )
David, Email sent.
Comment by Amy Scott (October 2, 2007 @ 12:11 pm )
By the way, I forgot to say that the colors are taupe and brown, not some pinkish version of it. It appears pinky in IE 6.0 and might also in some other browsers.
Comment by Amy Scott (October 2, 2007 @ 12:13 pm )
Looks great! Love the new header pictures.
Comment by Jana (sidetrack'd) (October 2, 2007 @ 12:21 pm )
I love the new blog design, especially those homestead pictures on the header! It’s almost like being there!
I know what you mean about the correlation between html and high blood pressure! Fortunately I have a 17 year old that is an html genius! She designed our old blog and our new one! It’s great when your children surpass you in computer literacy and ability… especially because it means I don’t have to try and learn it myself!
Comment by Lady Why (October 2, 2007 @ 12:56 pm )
Really like the new look.
Praying for you for the days ahead.
Comment by Mummymac (October 2, 2007 @ 4:57 pm )
Very nice new look - In IE it’s like rich chocolate milk and cheap dollar store cover girl foundation, but somehow it works! I come for the content and the packaging is just a bonus anyway!
Comment by Heather (October 2, 2007 @ 8:32 pm )
Heather,
I do believe that’s the exact shade I use.
Comment by Amy Scott (October 2, 2007 @ 9:41 pm )
This is a truly lovely layout, Amy. It is peaceful and makes me think of a nice warm cup of milky coffee.
Comment by Emily (October 2, 2007 @ 9:45 pm )
Well, I too love it. It makes me wanna BE THERE — no traffic, no buzzy busy — peace! I remember that; I think I was ten.
BTW, what is comment spam?
Love ya, Miss Amy.
Miss Meg
Comment by LadyMother (October 2, 2007 @ 10:30 pm )
Dear Amy,
I love your new look. The picture of the house really makes it look like you might indeed by Anne with an ‘E’.
Comment by Lisa W. (October 3, 2007 @ 7:44 am )
Amy- you want feedback, so
Here’s what I get on my RSS feed:
You might have noticed a few design changes around here. I’ve kept the same layout for two and a half years, because I’m not inclined to fix stuff that isn’t broken. …
Am I stuck with this for my using Firefox?
PS your website and home look great! God just moved us to NC.
Comment by Carrie (October 3, 2007 @ 3:03 pm )
It’s when robots leave comments on your site, linking to their trash.
Is this a firefox feed??
Here’s what Valerie had to say:
My thunderbird feed is working the same as it did before and the new theme should be using the same set of feed files as your other theme. IOW, there are no special feed files in your old theme set (feed files are located in the top level of the wordpress files), and thus I put none in the new. And I have not (yet, at least - I haven’t determined if/when I will do it) updated your blog - everything is the same as before except for the theme files.
I don’t know what feed reader she is using (not certain if it would help me much to know) and I currently am unable to speculate what could be causing a problem now if there was none before. Could it possibly be in her feed reader? An update there?
I think that means that the short answer is “yes.”
I’ll try not to use so many apostrophes.
Thanks for the feedback!
Comment by Amy Scott (October 3, 2007 @ 5:18 pm )
Hey! I had no idea you were going to post that, Amy!
Carrie, I wanted to let you know that I am a dedicated Firefox user.
And I seek to make my code “work well” in FF as well as IE (since I know that’s still what most people use). So I had verified that Amy’s design looked good in Firefox both in my Windows XP and Vista computers.
I am not certain what FF feed reader you might be reading blog posts through. On one of my FF installations, if I click on the Subscribe button, it brings up a cleanly-rendered “feed” page, with summaries (Edit: Well, not actually summaries, just the first few lines) of Amy’s latest posts. All apostrophes and quotes show up as they should. Are you using a feed-reader plug-in for FF?
I really am interested, and would like to help if at all possible.
Comment by Valerie (October 4, 2007 @ 4:51 pm )
Thanks, Jeana! I really am pleased that everyone seems to enjoy it so much. But, in the main, the credit goes to Amy. She was the one who chose the dominant colors, photos, and basic structure. My job was to figure out how to make it all go together in a way that was satisfactory to her (and she really does tell it like it is - for which I’m very thankful, it allowed me to get the job done cleaner and quicker).
Comment by Valerie (October 4, 2007 @ 5:49 pm )