Site Update With Gusto
May 10, 2008 by John Hewitt
I Have a New Theme!
As many of the regular readers have noticed, I’ve installed a new theme. The theme is called Revolution Tech, and I actually paid money for it so I hope people like it. The feedback I’ve gotten so far has been positive. I’ll be tweaking it a little as time goes by, in hopes of getting it the way I want it. I know that some of you will miss the purple and red that dominated my last theme, but I know just as many of you are breathing a sigh or relief. I can’t please everyone, but I am doing what I can.
I’m Consolidating!
As some of you know, I have been been using a separate domain for my job postings. Now that I have a theme that can handle it, I am moving the job posts back to the main site. Those of you who are subscribed to the job feed should continue to get it without interruption. I am also expanding the site to include some of my creative work (poetry and short stories), which is something I had been maintaining on a separate site. Because I recognize that some people may not want all of these items in their feeds, I am creating several news feeds so that people can subscribe to what they want.
I’m Comment Friendly!
As part of my blog renovation, I have added a couple of new plugins. The first, CommentLuv, will link to your latest post (if you are a blogger and supply your URL). The second gets rid of the “nofollow” tag. I have always found nofollow (which tells the search engines not pay any attention to your link) to be kind of petty. The only reason I hadn’t removed it before was pure laziness. Finally, I added a top comment widget so that the people who comment frequently can bask in my love.
I’m Giving Away Money!
In case you didn’t catch this post, I wanted to let my blogging friends know that I am looking for guest bloggers for June and I’m even offering a $250 prize just to make it interesting.
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I love the new theme, John. I’ve used the Revolution (but not Revolution Tech) for several client sites and really like it. You’ve done a wonderful job.
One thing I’ve wondered about for years … and seeing Poe War so prominent in your new header brought it back to mind. What is the significance of Poe War? If you’ve explained it somewhere, I’ve missed it. And if it’s obvious to everyone but me … maybe I’m just dense.
Hi Lillie, I answered your question in a separate post.
http://www.poewar.com/why-poewar/
Thanks, John. I enjoyed the explanation.
I especially appreciate the separate RSS feeds! Thanks!
Looks like simple but cool theme.
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Nice jobs by state feature.
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