Comments on: Upgrades, Blog Skin, and Patience

By: kellypea

kellypea — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:26:00 +0000

Jen, Thanks so much. It’s been quite a chore to find the right blog wrap, but I’m really enjoying this one. There are still a few things to add or to tweak, but nothing major. I’m glad you like its welcome!

By: Jen / domestika

Jen / domestika — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:20:05 +0000

What a friendly blog you have — it tells me “welcome back” and calls me by name. Okay, I know it’s all cookies and plugins and whatnot, but I still kinda like it… ;-)

By: kellypea

kellypea — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:10:49 +0000

Hi Ev — I’m still working. I’m obsessed!

By: Ev Nucci

Ev Nucci — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 01:41:28 +0000

Here’s the other thing I love darling…the sections up top. When its time for me to do a redo…I’m coming to you.

You’ve give a lot of thought to this…it shows. Dear! Just keep making the font bigger…so I don’t strain my brain…there’s not much left to strain!

By: kellypea

kellypea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:40:22 +0000

Hi Cooper — I like the new one you’re wrapped up in today. It’s crisp, or something like that. The colors are great, and the features it contains are what I’m looking for, too. I do have the time to mess with it, am no where near as competent as I need to be, and am just avoiding the whole thing.

Thanks for the bow to my interesting family. That we are. If you only knew.

Hi Kelly — I agree with the dark background completely.

As far as the brain rot shows are concerned, I’m catching up from years of “reading thoughtful and beneficial” books while others in the house were relaxing and having family time. Better late than never, I guess.

I’m going to be doing a post for what I just finished reading, but there is a post somewhere in this blob about the more than 50 books I have to read before I purchase a new one. They would be all the books I purchased while I was working, and didn’t have the time for. Ugh. So many books.

By: Kelly Christopherson

Kelly Christopherson — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:12:24 +0000

I like either of the first 2, last one is too hard on the eyes. That’s my vote for what it’s worth. Actually, I’d of taken the “So you think you can dance” commentary - I find those shows to be such a waste of airspace. What book are you reading?

By: cooper

cooper — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:02:39 +0000

I’m playing with my template as well as I have not had a theme which is “me” since blogspot over a year ago. That was a design from now defunct Maystar designs. I think my readers are beginning to think I am a total crazy women.

I have found a couple of templates I really like and then they act-up for some reason. Not beibg a code junky I do not have time to play with them.

I like minimal myself.

I think your whole family sound pretty interesting btw.

By: kellypea

kellypea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:08:31 +0000

Hi Phil,
You’re so great! I agree with the dark. My eyes actually see double when I’m trying to stare at that white text. I chickened out on the 2.2 upload. Got all the way through backing up (at least I learned how to do that — Woot!) and have settled on a clean looking newspaper style with a white back ground and black text that is very readable. There’s a banner that I can change out the photo on, and it has three columns.

Yes, I do remember your post and will be referencing it. I also did some searches on CSS and bookmarked some good resources there, too.

Like I said above to EV. Sometimes, the writing is an excuse to avoid learning some of this stuff because you know how slow it can go at times. So I’m just sucking it up and getting it done.

Thanks for volunteering to check things out. I truly appreciate your “hovering.” :-)

By: Phil

Phil — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 11:38:43 +0000

Kelly, remember my post on color? Now I could not recommend strongly enough staying away from a dark background. First, it’s not you and second, very hard to read. If you like the organization though, you should be able to locate the color references in the style sheet and make the changes. However, there are a zillion WP themes, so you probably could find a similar one in a color scheme more akin to what you are looking for. BTW, if you need help w/ the CSS, i.e. identifying where the color references are for a skin, let me know and I’ll take a look when you apply it.

By: kellypea

kellypea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:10:29 +0000

Hi Ev — I agree it’s difficult to read. I was just so relieved to get my own domain up and running, I’ve been avoiding selecting a new theme, or working on my own header in photoshop. If I keep writing, I don’t have to do anything else!

The dark one is cool. If I could have it in a lighter color, I’d be there.

I tried on about 10 different skins today, so it was probably a bit strange for those who showed up and wondered what the hell was going on!