Oh. Right. Hi.
August 29, 2007
Uh. Surprise!
(Hit refresh if you don't know what I'm talking about.)
Should I have said something? Given you a heads up that omffffg, the site is going to look all different tomorrow? I actually meant to, but then I forgot. Also am ovulating, and thus very busy.
Anyway, yes. Site done got all redesigned all good and fancy like. Obviously, not by me, since I coded the last design, which I am pretty sure was held together with duct tape and DOS. Sean Slinsky did this one for me. (Sean is actually Nothing But Bonfires' Holly's Sean, which I'm sure he appreciates being called.)
I'm sure he also appreciated my input and instructions, which consisted of me saying things like: I don't want the site to be so damn pink anymore, but I want you to still use the same picture, which is damn pink, but you know, make it less damn pink.
And then I emailed him a photo of Jason's boxers. I am a joy.
But! As you can see, he did a totally kick ass job and I love love looooove it. He made Typepad do things that Typepad doesn't really like to do, and Typepad was all, Oh Sean, you're so dreamy, anything for you, Sean, and he added some cool thingies (check out the links to mah other stuff like Mamapop and behold the cool RSS feed; it's like I'm living in some kind of crazy futuristic world where information flows like wine) (also OH MAH GAH THERE'S A DAMN SEARCH FUNCTION), but for the most part I think everything is still where it used to be, so please no more disoriented weeping.
If something doesn't look or function right, let me know, but first know that I may only care if you are seeing it in Firefox/Safari/Opera/IE7, and even then I will only care a little about IE7.
PS Categories are only working for recent entries, since I went years without using them and it's a huge pain to go back and assign them now, but I'm working on them. For you! And your browsing pleasure.
PPS I am freaking exhausted now and need to go lie down, even though I did nothing more strenuous during the entire switch-over process than a thumbs-up, we're a go for relaunch, 10-4. But still. I HOVERED.
PPPS / UPDATE: Yeah. Let's just pretend I don't have a Links page right now. We will fix. Fixed and fabulous, dawgs.
Hey, wow! The link to Mom's Daily Dose. That some fancy interneting.
Love the new look!
Ahhh! Lovely! Very nice, indeed.
I love it! the links, the font, the design, the colors -- it's so perfect!!
I came here around 7:30 this morning and did a double take, then had to go tend to my kids... I think it looks awesome.
P.S.,
Alternately you could have used Noah's hair to break up the pink. A picture of his hair obviously not his real hair. Cause I LOVE his hair. If it were my son's hair I would lovingly run my cheek over it until he got angry and yelled, "mama no!" the way my own son does when I kiss try to bestow a million kisses on his adorable little face and neck.
Holy Pinky Tuscadero Batman! I LURVE it! Nice going!
oooohhh....sweet! It rocks the casbah.
I love it! Well done, Sean.
LOVE IT! It's so Amtastic!
Purty!
love!
Amy, this is my first comment, but I love your new design and I read your blog everyday I can away with it at work. Fantastic. And Congrats!
It's so pretty! Great work, Sean! And really, can there ever be too much discussion about the fabulousness of Flight of the Conchords? No there can not.
Delurking to say that I love the new look.
Oh, and that your son is beautiful.
Ooooh, pretty! I love it.
Super cool! Love the colors and the graphics under your photo!!
Love the new digs.
Aren't you missing a few links for your other blogs? You only write for four blogs? That's it?? I could have sworn it was more. :-)
Very nice work, Sean. Very nice ovulating, Amy. Good luck to the both of you--separately of course.
Very nice new look! Good luck with the egg. ;)
Oh so beautiful....but, Oh please if I pay you will you make the font a tad bit bigger or bolder or something. I cant see it.
Am I the only one that is seeing only two inches of written screen smooshed in between large spaces of pinkish colour? I couldn't even read anything... How do I submit when I cannot see the post button?
Ahh, there it is!
Is beautiful!!
Very nice, but takes for-EV-er to load. On DSL. And if you tell me it's because I am using Firefox, I may ditch this site, which I read EVERY day.(OK, maybe I won't. I'll just grump every day!) But if there's anything your guru can fix, he should.
Ooooh, love it! It's so cute.
I'm curled up with a glass of wine contemplating this change. It always takes me awhile to adjust to renovated websites.
I DO like the comment balloons, though.
Why can I see it full-screen at home but not at work, where I am diligently working and NOT, oh no never, looking at this website? Is it the pixels (as if I know what that means)? If I change the sceen orientation at work, everything becomes so damn small.
It's beautiful.
But I miss the little cherry I had in my address bar.
Oh well. Change is good, embrace it always.
Soooo pretty!
I like it. I want to eat it. Like cake. PINK cake! Woohoo!
Okay, so you dunno me but I've been reading you for awhile now. Nice to know I'm not the only SAHM that likes to get a nice buzz off a fine glass of wine. :)
It's purty! Love it!
I actually don't like the way the links pages fade in instead of taking you directly to the other sites. It's a bit cheesy.
At first I was all, "Where the hell did Amalah go?!?" and then I was all, "This IS Amalah!" and then I was all, "Niiiiice."
So awesome! So very Amalah!
Hi, I'm using Safari and can only see a strip about two inches wide....so...so far, so good, but Can't wait to see it in it's full glory!Go Sean!
Pretty overall, but I hate the Smackdown/Daily Dose/Mamapop popover thing. I use Firefox, and I usually click those sites open in new tabs so they're there when I get done reading this one. Now I can't open them in background tabs, and I have to click twice to get to them (once on the sidebar link and once on the post). And the popover itself flies in pretty slowly, so that makes it feel even more laggy.
Sorry, because it is pretty and the popover thing is always a cool concept, but still, HAAAATE. Please add back some direct links to the Smackdown and Daily Dose main pages!
Your new digs, are, in a word: rad.
I'm a big fan of the stars.
the pronunciation thingy doesn't give you a hint as to where the accent is, which is the most confusing part of the moniker.
I'm actually teaching a blogging class this semester, and last week I showed my students a few Web sites, including yours. They'll be blown away when they visit on their own!
Ok, through AOL, I don't see a new design. The page is kind of messed up. No new colors, just a eeny strip in the center. Is it just my computer. Or just stupid AOL?
Ok, apparently, now that I've commented on the lack of new design, I can now see the new design. AOL was listening?
!!! I love it!
Looks fabulous!