Template Experiments
If you’re reading this through some kind of feed-reader, would you do me a favor? Would you click through and tell me what you think of the new look? I’ve been messing around with it for awhile this afternoon, paging through all the free themes available on WordPress, feeling like I need a change but not quite thrilled with anything I’ve found yet.
I’m going to try a few different ones on for size, I think. This is the first one, which should have a grassy border image running along the type. So far, my misgiving is that the type is so small– I zoomed in a few times using the View function on my browser and that was better, but I don’t think I’ll want to do that every time I look at this page. I also feel funny having the sidebar on the left-hand side– it made me realize that my sidebars have always been on the right!
Times like these are when I get frustrated with myself for not knowing how to do anything beyond basic HTML, even though I built my first webpage nine years ago and have been blogging for years. I’ve always relied on free services, and every now and then I’ve gotten all het up about learning how to do more on my own, so that I could do more customizing and graphic stuff. Then I talk myself down and go back to the easy free stuff. At least this year, I did buy my own domain name and am finally “myname.com”.
Anyway, what do you think of this look? I’ll try a different template each day over the next few days, with a brief new post each time so you can tell me what you think. Even if you’ve never before commented on my blog, I would love it if you commented on these posts and helped me choose a new look.
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Love the grass, but not the rest. Tiny, tiny.
Yeah, kind of small. I like the font style, but not the size.
It’s too bad the gray bars on either side take up so much room. Without them, there’d be enough space for a larger font. I like the left sidebar, though.
I thought the grass one was too small, too. LOVE this one, though. Which one is it? I’m getting tired of mine.
Anjali, it’s on the last page, I think, of the themes– Toni, maybe? they show it in blue but I liked the green, it felt very springtime.