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Fresh Paint

  • I switched hosts today and spent a good portion of it tweaking things here and there. I’m still not satisfied 100 percent, even so, I didn’t want to keep the “maintenance mode” sign up any longer.

    For some reason I can’t get my categories to work and I’m still working on my header image.

    Feel free to notify me of anything that’s broken or let me know your comments overall. :)

18 Comments
  1. #1 Jos (23 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 1:06 am

    Hi Mark, I see you’re drummin’up a nice and clean new look, here. Lookin great!
    -Jos:)

  2. #2 Brown Baron (192 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 4:09 am

    I like the new look. As to the categories not working, maybe the link structure changed?

  3. #3 Brown Baron (192 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 6:59 am

    Categories are working now. You’re almost there buddy :grin:

  4. #4 Snoskred (6 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 7:18 am

    Looks great so far! ;)

    I love the new header graphic but by the sounds of it you won’t be keeping it long? :cool:

    Cheers!
    Snoskred
    http://www.snoskred.org

  5. #5 Jos (23 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 8:51 am

    Hi Mark, I don’t see that search box your 404 is mentioning. You afraid some paint dripping out of it? :)

  6. @Jos: Thanks! It’s sort of a mixed set of emotions changing themes. On the one hand, it’s exciting to have something fresh, but it’s the tweaks that get me. :wink:

    @Baron: Thanks buddy, but I haven’t worked on the categories since your last comment. And I’m not sure how the link structure would have changed. It’s quite possible I didn’t carry over something correctly. Right now, when you click on a category, it takes you to a page explaining it’s not found but within my theme. Aaarggh! :evil:

    @Snoskred: Much appreciated! Yeah, about the header, I’m thinking of a new logo and colorizing the background. I spent so much time on that last night I just said, “Forget it for now and come back to it.” :)

  7. @Jos: hehe…thanks. I forgot that I had removed the search widget.

  8. #8 Kyle Eslick (35 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 9:36 am

    New host or new theme? I think the theme looks nice

  9. #9 Mike (143 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 11:29 am

    Look good, buddy! Very clean. I like :)

    Which host did ya end up switching to? I’ve noticed a lot of bloggers switching hosts lately. There must be something in the air..hehe.

  10. @Kyle: new host AND new theme. Thanks!

    @Mike: I went with Host Monster. I considered the one you posted about earlier, Host Gator, but I didn’t like that they restricted you to one domain for their cheapest account.

  11. #11 Malin (11 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 2:10 pm

    It looks great so far! :D

  12. #12 Mike (143 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    I’ve heard pretty decent feedback about Host Monster as well, so I hope it goes well for ya :)

    I’m paying 10 bucks a month on Host Gator and have the unlimited domains. That does kinda stink that you can’t have that with the cheapest :)

  13. @Malin: that’s very kind of you! :grin:

    @Mike: Yeah, the way the hosts feature things ends up being a wash here and there. Cheap price, but less of “whatever”. My main goal for moving was because my old host was a little slow and sometimes had my blogs down. So far HM has given me great support with their live chat. :smile:

  14. #14 Christy (45 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 6:05 pm

    I think it looks pretty snazzy so far! You’re very smart to have your blog privately hosted. :smile:

  15. @Christy, Why thank you ma’am. :wink:

  16. #16 Forest Parks (22 comments.) says:
    September 2, 2007 at 8:41 pm

    Hey there, I like the clean new look too. I’m on blogger and keep meaning to update my look.

    If I start any new blogs I’m definitely going to choose wordpress as it looks much nicer for most blogs.

    I guess it has better functionality too.

  17. Hey there, Forest. Thanks for the compliments. I’ve never used anything other than WP, but it’s definitely something that offers a lot of flexibility and functionality.