Well, I’ve finally gotten around to it. As you can see, I’ve just rolled out a new look for this blog using a new blog theme called Thesis. and a new custom logo design, courtesy of some awesome logo designers — David Clearwater of Logo Design Shopper, who provides helpful logo design resources, and Andre, the actual graphic artist who designed my header and logo and who runs Biz-Logo.com (see his profile).
A few days ago, I had hoped that you (my dear readers) could help me pick a new logo design and I was glad to have received such a great response! So I’d like to thank everyone for their votes and now you all know which logo won!
It took some work to do this port and I had to rely on my stalwart husband to lend a hand in the process because it took a lot of time to sort out the mess I had going with my old blog theme. After all, I’d been living with my old theme for over TWO years now, and I desperately needed to “get with the times”!
I wish I could have done this earlier, but the stuff behind the scenes and under the covers just grew and grew and got very ugly. The PHP code, CSS layout, templates were a mess and needed to be cleaned out. You know how it is — much like clutter we accumulate over the years, it becomes tougher and tougher to take the time and break the inertia to focus on clearing things out and changing things up, so we end up growing piles of more clutter (or crazy code) over time. Aaargh!
A fresh look at Ugly Betty!
Well, I’m happy that things are so much cleaner now and I can join the ranks of many bloggers out there loving and appreciating their Thesis theme. I’m also truly grateful for the help I got from those who contributed their time to this end result — the digerati spouse 😉 and the awesome logo design duo — David and Andre, and well….all your opinions helped tremendously. I can’t thank you all enough.
I shall also be grateful to those of you who can report any problems and issues with the new site design, as I am sure there’ll be glitches hiding here and there. Do pass me your thoughts via email at thedigeratilife [at] gmail [dot] com or drop me your comments below. I’d love to hear your feedback! Many thanks in advance everyone!
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I love it, love it, love it! The colour scheme is great and it’s well laid out.
-Laura 🙂
The logo design is fine and the blog theme too. Simple is best.
Lookin’ awesome. It’s amazing how much cleaner Thesis makes things behind the scenes, isn’t it? It helped me clear up a bunch of clutter when I switched over to it too.
Absolutely! Though I’m also noticing that there are a lot of niggling little details I still have to address and fix up. But definitely much easier on the eyes, I believe! There are many other outstanding Wordpress themes out there to use, but I like Chris Pearson and his designs — have been a fan of his for a while now (even before Thesis).
I’m going to be doing this soon and I’ve been dreading it… Did you find any helpful posts or anything on making this a smooth transition?
It looks refreshing 🙂
I’m liking the new look and feel of the site, feels softer and funky.
I’m a fan, I like the new look 🙂
Pretty spiffy. I like it a lot.
Looks fantastic. Great job.
I love the new look. I noticed a slight glitch on a comment form, the left side was cutoff. Seems to be working right now though. I want to move my blog to its own domain soon and I’m dreading the work and hassle.
Love the redesign! Looks great and always very visually sooooooooothing! Great work lady!
I love your new look! It is clean and crisp.
Best Wishes,
D4L
Looks great!
Excellent! I love the logo and fresh theme. Easy on the eyes and very clean! 🙂
Fantastic logo, clean layout and wonderful use of Thesis. Congrats!
Nice! Simple design yet with a touch of elegance. I like it. 🙂
love the redesign 🙂
Love the new look SVB! Really looks nice and clean, too!
I like the new site. Also, I love the new comment box. Much more visually friendly and larger. I’m excited to catch up on things. I was out of pocket for weeks so I need to explore the site some more!
Joe
nice change… i feel like changing my face after looking this
Beautiful re-design! Probably the best-looking blog I’ve seen in a while. Very crisp, clean, uncluttered.
Thanks Bill! Wow, what a great compliment! I very much appreciate your feedback — you made my week! 🙂
Great Job! I really like it, its simply the best.:)
of cor’z everyone would love your new look! and this page is awesome. as gorgeous as you are!
Clean content is king (say that 5 times fast!) Nice blog! I’m impressed with the caliber of blogs that use the Thesis Theme.
Great work Dude. It’s really beautifully redesigned.