Just a word to my readers about the new redesign.
After 5 years of blogging, nearly 3 here, I keep running into the same problem. How can I keep the good stuff front and center? Face it, some of the best posts get knocked down to the bottom of the page before many readers can see it when posting is slower.
(Side note, every blogger has an ego. And we all go nuts when we write something that we think is great and no one notices. When it falls of the main page with a whimper, we all groan.)
When I found this theme I was thrilled. It allows me to take my favorite 5 posts and have them remain at the top of my front page! So when I write something that I think you the reader will really enjoy (and who knows, might learn something from), I can mark it as a feature. This means it shelf life will be extended (and my ego will be mollified).
It also means is that I can also start posting more on stories that will be interesting to a specific niche of the market without having my best content fall off the page. This has always been my conundrum. During the day I may have 20 things that I want to post on but know that it will inundate you and force you to search for nuggets. Never my intention or my goal.
So please let me know what you think of the new design. I will be tweaking it for the next week or so trying to make it as enjoyable for you read.
RSS readers, please stop in and take a look, your feedback is also greatly appreciated.
It has been nearly 3 years since I started the Real Estate Bloggers and it has been a wonderful part of my life. Thank you for being a part of it!
Tom
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Excellent, Tom. I love this theme. It looks clean, professional and organized. And I assume that since it's a "for pay" theme, the code behind it is very reliable, as well. Have to look into that for my blog. One suggestion though, if I may: Offer a subscription service for commenters that will allow them to receive an email whenever new comments are posted on a topic that they've subscribed to. There's a WP plugin for that out there. But again, great job, and keep up the awesome work.
I like it, Tom.
Like Mark said – it's clean and professional.
And you gotta love the reader up top… way to go!
I love the new look! I was especially struck by the featured post at the top of the home page — what a great idea!
As a real estate blogger myself I can totally relate to your conundrum — how to post everything you want without your meatiest stuff dropping off the radar too fast. I feel it myself.
Woud you mind sharing where you purchased the theme and/or what it's called? I'd love to see what else they have.
thanks — and great job on the new look!
…jp
JP – Sure, the theme is by Solostream and is called WP-Magazine. Here is a link. http://www.wp-magazine.com/
Thanks for the kind words Mark and Doug!
Tommy!
Wow I thought I was on some major media site that was going to swallow me up. Fantastic feature scrolling article library at the top. I too feel that some of the stuff gets buried and never read.
I love the new design so much I actually went in to take a look at WebEx as I am about to begin offering webinars as the next step for inner architect.
Very cool design Tommy!
dean