So, I came home from work, and someone had redecorated the house without telling me…
I don’t know if this is our permanent new look or not. Hell, I don’t even know who did this.
But my guess is that one of my co-bloggers (probably Fubar) decided the best way to overcome our technical problems of the last couple of days was to start fresh with a new design theme. I have to admit it’s an improvement in some ways, though (hopefully) not a finished work — I think the intent was just to do something quickly to get things halfway readable again.
Or maybe it’s a desperate ploy to increase repeat readership (“Hey, come back tomorrow and see if the site design changes again!”). Hmm…
Stumble it!
Tags: site admin
June 11th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
At the risk of having my DNA traced back to Ned Ludd, I confess to liking the old, old format, with jaunty Needlenose himself presiding. That format had a definite identity (persona and presence) to complement the high octane posts.
Maybe this new layout can head in that direction once the stability issues are resolved.
PS: Isn’t there a WP template for “scathing brilliance”?
June 12th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Yeah sure you bettcha, just don’t get rid of Freddy Kilowatt’s evil twin.
June 12th, 2008 at 2:34 am
The layout is nice, but I also agree with rota on the presence of the old format. You need the needlenose logo back. Oh and one more thing. Two words:
Post authors
June 12th, 2008 at 6:52 am
Poking around behind the scenes, I have reason to believe some of the changes mentioned above are already in the works.
Update: I am pleased to announce that I added post authors without blowing up the site (yet).
June 12th, 2008 at 8:34 am
Mea culpa. I wasn’t able to figure out what else might have been changed in the css files, and fearing that there might be more malware code embedded, just threw a temporary theme in place.
If I didn’t have a more than full-time job, or if I had the assistance of a PHP-literate web developer, I could probably fix this faster.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I think it was a good solution — definitely better than our CSS-free look last night.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Thanks. We could probably just edit this new theme to restore all our friends, like Sparky and John Brown.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
It definitely looks better than yesterday. Thanks for putting up the post authors. I was previously at a loss who to direct my adoration (or scorn) at
I’m sure the new format will be a change for the best.
June 14th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Maybe tile the page background with a jpg of the Needlenose guy until you get the bugs stomped out.
I like to know what site I’m at, and he’s how I know I’m HERE