New Custom Blog Theme is Finally Up

February 12th, 2008 | 15 comments

After a long wait and some issues, caused by myself, the theme is finally up!! This theme was created by Sean Lowery, who does most of the amazing graphics you see on the blog. There are several small tweaks and bugs that will be worked out in the next few days, but overall it’s complete and I’m extremely happy with it.

As you see, there is a “featured product” section in the header, which I’ll be replacing with new products as I find them. It’s hard to find products I honestly recommend though, so you’ll probably see the same one for weeks at a time.

I’ll also be implementing the Gravatar system into the comments field soon, which I initially found over at SlickMania, so be sure to go sign up for a free account there so you don’t have a blank face when leaving comments

I’ve been busy working on several different projects lately, so I apologize for my lack of posting. I’ll be doing an in-depth write-up on duplicate content tomorrow, so stop by to see that!

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15 comments

cenourinha (1 comments.)
13th February, 2008 at 12:17 am

Great theme inded…
Ruck (9 comments.)
13th February, 2008 at 1:18 am

Holy Sh%tballs,

Clicked over here and what a freshing blog Josh. Seriously, I love it. Them glossy sidebars are slick. Hot damn, what a change!
Caroline Middlebrook
13th February, 2008 at 10:43 am

Cool, very nice theme – I see that the tri-section headers and footers are getting really popular these days.
A. Marques (4 comments.)
13th February, 2008 at 11:29 am

Looks fantastic. A huge improvement.
Chuck (70 comments.)
13th February, 2008 at 11:51 am

The theme looks great, Josh. I’m really impressed with it now that I see it in use.

Thanks for the tip on Gravatars. I’d heard the term, but never taken the time…but I just put them into place on my blog as well.

And dude…your subscriber number just keeps crankin’…that’s more than just slow and steady growth. It seems like you have 10 more every day lately….you must be doin’ somethin’ right. Or else you found a way to BUY subscribers.
Kyle Eslick
13th February, 2008 at 3:16 pm

Josh,

Glad to see you are joining the Gravatar revolution!

Now that Automattic (WordPress) owns it, I think it is great to support them by using Gravatars. They also load much faster than MyBlogLog since Automattic fixed it up.

I think the new theme looks incredible. Very smooth look. Did you know that your links seem to blend in with the black font? Or at least they do for visited links. Just an FYI…
Josh Spaulding
13th February, 2008 at 3:37 pm

Thanks alot for the great compliments everyone. I’m very pleased as well It was well worth the wait!

@ Chuck – It’s natural growth I can assure you lol I’m somewhat happy with it, but when you look at the growth of others, like Carolines, it’s like nothing.

@ Kyle – Yeah, there are a few other CSS issues being worked out today.

- links will stand out more
- text around images
- blockquote resize

I’ll also be using a custom button for the email RSS form, once I figure out how

Couple other things as well, like the related posts plugin that I need to plug into this theme.
bed and brekfast new delhi (1 comments.)
13th February, 2008 at 9:14 pm

the new look to your blog looks good – i come via Ruck’s blog recommendation!

Nice to see someone with ethical principles in the cyberspace!
will come back for more!

abhishek
Jeremy Hier
19th February, 2008 at 2:18 am

Where is an affordable place to have a custom wordpress blog installed, I’m having a tough time learning to do it myself.
Josh Spaulding
19th February, 2008 at 4:58 am

Hi Jeremy,

If you just want WordPress installed put in a ticket at http://www.askjoshspaulding.com and I’ll do it for you free of charge.

If you’re looking for a custom theme I used http://www.wpcreations.com/ Sean is an outstanding designer!
Stephen Cronin (34 comments.)
20th February, 2008 at 8:18 am

Josh,

Great new theme! Looks fantastic. Now, I’m going to have to do something about mine – although I don’t have the time.

One comment: when leaving comments, it’d be good to have some space between the paragraphs. I leave a blank when typing, but there’s no blank line when I post. Apart from that, it’s great!
Josh Spaulding
20th February, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Thanks alot Stephen. Get busy on yours

The entire comment sections has work to be done. I’m outsourcing it because we all know I couldn’t code if my life depended on it (not even CSS.) It looks like the person I paid to make these tables around the comments somehow got rid of the command that inserts < br > for spaces. There are also a couple other things I see. Hopefully we get those worked out today.
darshanz
20th February, 2008 at 3:48 pm

hi , Josh was working on it this morning but had to go out for some emergency work.
will continue working on it soon.
Maurice - TheCaymanHost
21st February, 2008 at 5:43 pm

Hey Josh,

Sorry, finally got by to have a look and it’s mighty slick my friend Looking back at the way your blog started out, it’s a whole new world.

Anyway, I’m impressed along with all the others and still enjoying your great content too – yeah, I know you’re more than just a pretty face!!
Josh Spaulding
21st February, 2008 at 6:04 pm

@ darshanz, looking forward to it, thanks.

@ Maurice, I was starting to think you fell off the face of the earth. Thanks for the compliments! Sean did a great job with it indeed. Still a couple things to work out though.

I’m glad you see beyond my pretty face lol