Several have commented both on and off-line about the new look of our humble abode — many thanks to all!
The Phoenix Real Estate Guy is undergoing a little cosmetic work. The spiffy new header graphic was done by a graphics guy found on eBay of all places. Steve's eBay name is bladoww. Does great logos too. Insanely great service and prices. Highly recommended. (Hat tip to Ron Tarvin for finding Steve!)
The rest of our little face lift, lipo and tummy tuck is being done by yours truly. I grew weary of the same blue link colors that 40 bazillion other sites/blogs have so I matched some of the colors up with the header colors (ColorPic is a wonderful tool for this type of thing. Cost $0.) This requires heading into the CSS stylesheets, but it's not too painful. Put in a few new plugins, took a few out. Wayback is kinda neat - puts up a list of posts from a year ago (or whatever period you tell it to).
More to come. Steve's stretching the header graphic a little to see how that works (done. I'm telling you, this guy is good) there will be more shifting and shuffling, but the bulk of it is done.
All the work should be complete by the time TPREG celebrates it's 2nd birthday on May 8.
It's entirely possible that in my tinkering under the hood I've rendered something non-functional. If you see anything, please let me know!
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Maureen Francis 04.14.07 at 2:23 pm
Hey, May 8th is MY birthday too (not my blog’s). I like the way back plugin. Noticed it the other day and thought, “that’s cool!” Might have to borrow it. You are brave for delving into the colors. Maybe I will have to try that too. Dang, a blogger’s work is never done.
Austin Realtor's Wife 04.14.07 at 3:19 pm
Hey- we all need a little nip/tuck sometime, right?
We’ll bear with you during your blog’s facelift for its birthday!
Drew Meyers 04.14.07 at 8:26 pm
Jay-
I like it - congrats. I just went throught he excercise of changing my own blog design this morning (though i still need to get a good header on it).
Christoph Schweiger 04.14.07 at 10:10 pm
Something must be in the air. I am working (correction: I have somebeody working) on a complete redesign for my blog as well.
Ron Tarvin- Your Katy Texas Agent 04.14.07 at 10:31 pm
Great Stuff Jay. Looks good! And yes, I was truly lucky to find Steve. I’ve hired others to do graphic work for me but none have been as good, fast, affordable and CREATIVE as Steve.
Sock Puppet 04.15.07 at 10:07 am
Looks good Jay. It’s always a much bigger job switching things than you tink it will be.
-Athol
Norm Fisher 04.15.07 at 7:23 pm
I like it Jay. Nice job!
Farooq Mohamed 04.16.07 at 4:11 am
Cool and calm Look Nice Job and customization.
Charleston Real Estate Blog 04.16.07 at 2:49 pm
Jay, your site looks great, congratulations, Howard
Stacey M. 04.17.07 at 6:42 pm
Jay, I love it. The new colors and the header are wonderful. Just as Chris S. said, I’m also in the process of making improvements. It’s like owning a home, your just never done with improvements.