As you may have noticed (and really with so many of you reading via RSS or on LJ or Xanga), I changed my blog template. I’m not sure how I feel about it. This is why I changed:
- Everybody uses Mistylook and I’m contrary and wanted to be different;
- I wanted two sidebars and I like the widgetized footer;
- My blog was running slowly and has some bugs (the change didn’t fix those, by the way, but that’s why I started this mess);
- I wanted to add some bells and whistles including the similar posts, running my feed through feedburner (for more accurate tracking), and some behind the scenes stuff;
- I have mixed feelings about my kids being in my template.
I changed it so there’s only one day’s entries on the front page to try to speed up page loading and I know not everybody likes that. I also had to use a different plugin for the similar posts and this one doesn’t grab posts that are as similar as that first one was grabbing. Also I don’t think this theme is optimized. So I may change it again but I have too much to do to change it today. I hate that. I hate feeling like my blog is not quite right. I’m so picky!
I did add new archives — they look nifty now but I don’t know if they’re easier to read or not. Anyway — things may change. Again. Stay tuned.
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I like the new template!
Let’s see — the first reason to change is excellent (looking different) as is the picky-ness (I’m picky too, although not with the blog since I’m not very good about customizing it since it’s in blogger).
I completely understand your mixed feelings about having your kids in the header, but they’re absolutely, gorgeously beautiful so… that makes the blog beautiful.
I really would prefer more posts in the opening page, but if just a day’s worth is better, then I guess I can deal with it
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Ack! I hear you! I want to change from Mistylook too, same reasons, mostly I just get bored, and I too am uncomfortable with photos of my kids in my header, so I put a photo of mostly me with my kids, and guess what? I’M SICK OF LOOKING AT ME. I can only imagine how others feel…
so ACK, no time for me to fix mine, either. maybe soon. big empathy from me, and good luck to both of us!
Ahh, yes, this feels much more like you. I guess in my mind there simply must be a picture of either the kids or a typewriter at the top somwhere . . .
I like it and I’d swipe it but I found that on my MIL’s computer (old) the center column of three columns gets SQUISHED and she can’t read jack.
But I LOVE the colors.