blog redesign

okay, ya’ll.

(how’s that for living in the south for the last month?)

the blog is redesigned.

(as well it should have been).

and there’s even a new profile picture. i have to keep ben happy.

(which reminds me, daley hake took a few pictures of me last weekend. he’s amazing. hire him.)

anyway, i’d love to hear your feedback.

and that means if you’re an RSS reader, you need to click on over.

holla.

Comments

60 responses to “blog redesign”

  1. Rick Avatar

    Liking the new design – more and more these days I’m liking simple and clean. Good job!!

  2. Matt Singley Avatar

    Low saturation. Nice work. Very good looking!

  3. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    Very nice design Anne, congrats!

  4. mattsing Avatar
    mattsing

    very svelte.

  5. Joe Case Avatar

    New design looks great! Love your new photo…very nice.
    J.

  6. Dave Avatar

    I like it!

  7. Crystal Renaud Avatar

    love it. i love how clean it is. makes my eyes feel good.

  8. Jodi Avatar
    Jodi

    It’s cool. Like you.

  9. Tom Lister Avatar
    Tom Lister

    Looks sweet! I love the photos, I think I said that already but they are really good!

  10. randy Avatar

    looks good,

    Im a huge fan of simple and soft on the eyes.

  11. Jan Owen Avatar

    very nice….how did you come up with it?

  12. Yonas Avatar
    Yonas

    Cute photo :)

    What are we talking about? Oh yeah…nice cleaner look.

  13. Allan White Avatar

    Howdy. My wife (@kristicw) and I are fans; thought I’d stop by and comment, since blog design is a favorite hobby.

    Overall, I commend you for cleaning up the signal/noise ratio. There’s fewer distractions, and that’s great (esp. with so many social network widgets and the like these days).

    However, I think the type is way, way to light. It’s practically unreadable. It’s also much too small. With screen sizes getting ever bigger (I’m on my 19″ iMac, but kick it on dual 23″s at work), keeping type this small bucks the trend.

    Are there reasons you’ve kept the type so light, and so small?

    A great example of a clean, high-key design: Khoi Vinh’s Subtraction.

    Consider boosting the font size from 1.0 em to 1.2 or more. Let me know if you’d like some more detailed CSS suggestions.

  14. seven Avatar

    I love it!

  15. Phil Thompson Avatar

    Looks like a girl’s blog….oh wait, it is! —-(I like it, nice work)

  16. Tyler Avatar

    good look anne. you have to make your posts shorter now though, less room for text on this one. well….i guess that doesn’t matter.

  17. kristiapplesauce Avatar

    Yeah, I really like you in that purple shirt.

  18. Angie Avatar

    I keep coming back. :) Like the simplicity of your new design, and love your profile pic.

  19. Ken Storey Avatar

    Love the new look! Very simple and easy on the eyes. The picture is nice, it makes you the star of the page!

  20. Juli Jarvis Avatar

    I hate to be negative, but the type is very hard to see! Too small for me! Nice picture though!

  21. Andy Depuy Avatar

    It looks great

  22. Anne Jackson Avatar

    thanks everyone.

    i have been a user of this font size for the last three years so….not willing to budge that! :) especially since most of my traffic is RSS based so you guys see it first somewhere else. :)

    but i did darken the color to another shade of grey.

    muchas gracias!

  23. WES Avatar

    this will never work….this site is clearly not conducive to community….and with global warming things are even worse….clearly it isn’t working because you only had 22 comments in 5 hours in the middle of the night….this is going to so kill your influence…your blog queen title my actually be in jeopardy!

    :-)

  24. Brody Harper Avatar

    wait, the links are still rotating… ha.

  25. brandiandboys Avatar

    looks fantastic. love the simplicity, doesn’t over stimulate the reader! just my two cents! :)

  26. Heidi Reed Avatar

    I like it a lot. And the picture of you is my favorite of all I’ve seen so far.

  27. Rindy Walton Avatar

    I like the simplicity and the font/color works, even for those of us who are in denial about reading glasses ;) I read on a reader, but glad I clicked over here!

  28. Fred McKinnon Avatar

    Anne,
    Very cool design and great pic. I’m a RSS Reader, so thanks for the heads up to click over!
    Fred

  29. Chilly... Avatar

    I’ve got a group from lifechurch.tv (both Nashville & Oklahoma City) here in Detroit with me this weekend doing our worship. So, I’ve been thinking about and praying for all of my ‘blog friends,’ like you, all weekend.

    Oh, and I was also hangin’ out with the North American rep. for Compassion International the last few days – so, again, you came to mind.

    Have a brilliant Sunday Anne – and, oh, the new look is nice.

  30. Jenn Avatar

    Really love the redesign! Hope you are enjoying the South!!!

  31. Kenyon Avatar

    more flowery and less dusty…I like

  32. Sarah Markley Avatar

    I love it! It seems like everyone is changing their design right now.

    Its beautiful!!

  33. Molly Avatar

    I really like the re-design and the pictures are amazing. I saw one of them on his site earlier in the week…He is awesome!

  34. Chris Chowdhury Avatar

    Nice redesign. Very conducive to the heavy commenting you typically get. Plus, I’m a sucker for a minimalistic theme. You’re blog is great all-around.

  35. 6YearMed Avatar

    Come out of my reader? Only for you, Anne.

    Very cute!

  36. David Russell Avatar

    Cool new look. :) When you are in the South long enough, you’ll learn it’s really “y’all”. ;)

  37. karla | looking towards heaven Avatar

    love the new look. very classy!

    blessings,
    k

  38. candace Avatar

    anne – clean and simple. just my style. upgrade!

  39. Tom Soto Avatar

    Although I have been in the tech business for 15 years now, I am fairly new to blogging. I have visited hundreds of sites in the last few months and I really enjoy your style of writing. I am a fan of simple, clear and functional web designs and your new one has that. Now if only I can do the same!

  40. joshbrown Avatar

    Rockin’ design! Btw, it’s y’all, not ya’ll :) Love the clean look/feel! Definitely the way to go!

  41. Marla Taviano Avatar

    Love the pics! You’re awfully pretty!

  42. Debbie Avatar

    i like the picture…and the header, but I did like the gray (didn’t you have a gray background? now i can’t remember b/c I”m usually an RSS reader too.
    :-)

  43. Jim Henry Avatar

    Beautimous…i love it a ton :)

  44. tony Avatar
    tony

    you moved my cheese

  45. Kaye Avatar

    Love the new look!

  46. candyce Avatar
    candyce

    holla back. :)

    and i like the redesign. and profile pic. and you. :)

  47. amanda Avatar
    amanda

    love the redesign! when will you be answering some of those questions you had us ask? ;]

  48. amanda Avatar
    amanda

    oh…i see you answered them in the comments. i’m a goob. :]

  49. lorijo Avatar

    nice like a breath. of fresh. air. Happy sigh =)

  50. tam Avatar

    love your new pic. you are beautiful!

    really like the clean look.

    very nice!

  51. jon Avatar

    i’m diggin the new look!!!

  52. Renae Dupuis Avatar
    Renae Dupuis

    Awww. Pretty!

  53. JudiFree Avatar

    GREAT Pictures!

  54. nooc Avatar

    Minimalist. Me likey.

  55. portorikan Avatar

    Very nice. I like it. Good stuff.

  56. Carol ~ I Throw Like A Girl Avatar

    I like it very much, but I liked your previous pic better. I think you were looking straight at the camera. Very pretty.

  57. Kelly Avatar

    I love the new design!