May
15

Trying a New Theme

Filed Under (Technical Questions) by Melissa Lynn Pomerantz on 15-05-2008 and tagged

After receiving feedback from Christine Martell about the visual noisiness of my blog, I spent 9o minutes testing and re-testing every theme on the edublogs site. I wish I knew how to design a skin and I could submit it to edublogs.So I am trying this new one and will see if anyone mentions or notices or cares that it is new.

The picture of the eagle is one I took with my boys and Deb and her kids over Presidents Day Weekend. We went to Alton, IL where many eagles winter on the ice flows of the Mississippi River.

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Sue Waters on 15 May, 2008 at 5:56 pm #
    

Hi Melissa — if your previous template was the one with images behind the posts than Christine was correct :) . I’ve seen a few people have been using that one and it does make it really hard for readers to your site. This is a really nice template — very clean and I love the customisable header.

How do you feel about your new theme?


Christine Martell on 15 May, 2008 at 6:11 pm #
    

Melissa,
This is much better. I can see things, and I find it inviting. I like the photograph of the eagle.

This leads the eye in an interesting way. I’ll talk more about it in another post soon.


Melissa Lynn Pomerantz on 15 May, 2008 at 6:53 pm #
    

Thanks Sue and Christine for your feedback. I feel like I got a new haircut and I’m not sure if I like it and I’m not sure if anyone will even notice :-).


inpi on 15 May, 2008 at 8:47 pm #
    

Melissa,
I love this theme, I’ve chosen it too; your blog helps me to imagine how mine could be in the future;your header is very nice; I like to change the photos once in a while; do you?
Ines


Melissa Lynn Pomerantz on 16 May, 2008 at 7:11 am #
    

Ines,
Thanks for visiting. I wish I knew Portuguese a) because it is so beautiful and b) so I could read your blog. I’ll have to play with Google translator.

Your blog is very appealing, visually. You’ve been doing this for quite awhile!

I haven’t uploaded any more photos to change in and out, but I will.

I haven’t decided if the pulldown menu for categories makes it too difficult for readers or not. Yours is so easy to see and I know exactly what kinds of posts you have.

Maybe I’ll revise that option.


Tom Tiernan on 18 May, 2008 at 2:03 pm #
    

Hi Melissa

This template is a major improvement! In all honesty, when Christine showed me your original site, I refused to read it. The visual noise stopped me in my tracks.

I like your foto and the fact you tell your readers something about it.

As a photographer, let’s just say that jealousy isn’t a pretty thing.

Your blog is much more approachable with a sense of space that allows me to take in all you have to offer.

Nice work!


Melissa Lynn Pomerantz on 18 May, 2008 at 2:36 pm #
    

Thanks, Tom.

I appreciate your giving it another go :-)


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