When It’s Time To Change…
Posted: February 9th, 2009 | Author: Agitationist | Filed under: blogging, design, wordpress | Tags: blogging, design, wordpress | 2 Comments »
If you’ve been here before, you’ll notice a major change in the look of this site. Yes, this blog has reached puberty.
After about a month of writing this and looking at it every day, I decided I had outgrown the old theme, Split Personality by Wordpress Diva. I still think she did a wonderful job on it, and I love the concept of a theme that’s split right down the middle. However, the limited screen real estate for the actual content became limiting, and felt a bit claustrophobic.
And so, after trying on about 15 other themes for size, we move on to Clean Home by Bryan Helmig of Mid Mo Web Design. I’ve made a few changes to his typography, substituting the oh-so-trendy Helvetica where he used the more classic-looking Georgia. Just to be even more trendy, I’ve reduced the letter-spacing, to give the headers that squeezed-together look. However, Bryan’s layout is intact, and I think it will serve this site well.
Thanks very much to Bryan for the theme, and I look forward to hearing your suggestions and/or feedback, positive or otherwise.
As a reader, I liked the other theme very much. It really seemed to fit the brand of your blog. Quite frankly, I’m not quite sure that this one does much to differentiate you in terms of the design. But I will keep coming back because I enjoy your posts!
You make a great point, and that’s exactly why I liked the other theme – it was different and edgy. Maybe I’ll take another look at it and perhaps I can make it work with some adjustments. I think the biggest flaw was having the sidebar take up the entire right side of the page.
Thanks for the feedback – love your blog too!