Comments on: Thinking about Changing Themes http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/ Turning Dreams into Reality One Step at a Time Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jim - Just a Guy http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Jim - Just a Guy Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:54:57 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-400 Anytime I get some one thinking I smile. Thank you for the smile. :grin: <em>Jim - Just a Guy's last blog post..<a href='http://thedudesdad.blogspot.com/2008/03/net-neutrality-makes-for-strange.html' rel="nofollow">Net Neutrality Makes For Strange Bedfellows</a></em> Anytime I get some one thinking I smile. Thank you for the smile. :grin:

Jim – Just a Guy’s last blog post..Net Neutrality Makes For Strange Bedfellows

]]> By: Mirjam http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Mirjam Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:12:13 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-397 cool Carl, I might just take you up on that offer! ;) cool Carl, I might just take you up on that offer! ;)

]]> By: Carl - Thatblogsite.com http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Carl - Thatblogsite.com Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:17:55 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-386 Drop us a shout if you need any help customizing your theme Mirjam! I'd be happy to help. :smile: <em>Carl - Thatblogsite.com's last blog post..<a href='http://www.thatblogsite.com/my-experience-why-you-should-backup-often/' rel="nofollow">My Experience: Why You Should Backup Often!</a></em> Drop us a shout if you need any help customizing your theme Mirjam!

I’d be happy to help. :smile:

Carl – Thatblogsite.com’s last blog post..My Experience: Why You Should Backup Often!

]]> By: Mirjam http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Mirjam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:25:12 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-379 Good to see you around again ;) I understand what you are saying, but I still believe a theme is really important no matter how good the content is. If the theme is a complete turn-off most first time visitors won´t even get to reading any of the content... so it should atleast be good enough, attractive enough to have them not run out the door;) Spending as much time as I have the other day, trying to get a feel that I wanted in Stephan´s theme, in the end I decided to take it slow and just change when I come across something I feel okay with, meanwhile trying to improve on other areas like, as you mention, the content;) Thanks for you comments, very helpful :) Good to see you around again ;)
I understand what you are saying, but I still believe a theme is really important no matter how good the content is. If the theme is a complete turn-off most first time visitors won´t even get to reading any of the content… so it should atleast be good enough, attractive enough to have them not run out the door;)

Spending as much time as I have the other day, trying to get a feel that I wanted in Stephan´s theme, in the end I decided to take it slow and just change when I come across something I feel okay with, meanwhile trying to improve on other areas like, as you mention, the content;)

Thanks for you comments, very helpful :)

]]> By: Mirjam http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Mirjam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:21:36 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-378 Hey Stephan :) for me it was the first theme that I found that offered more features and a seperate control panel to play around with the colors. Really liked it but after playing around for a few hours I just could not get the right feel about it. I completely understand your comment on a theme being right at first and than after a few months this feeling coming up of needing to change things. The more time you dedicate to your blog, the more hickups you start to find and the more critical you become, or atleast that is what is going on in my case. I would love to be able and spend money for somebody to make me a custom design for this blog, maybe in the future when Project Wonderful brings me more than 2 cents a day :lol: :lol: Meanwhile I am still stuck with this theme and first thing is first, having to figure out why it does not show correctly in IE5 and 6 :( Hey Stephan :)
for me it was the first theme that I found that offered more features and a seperate control panel to play around with the colors. Really liked it but after playing around for a few hours I just could not get the right feel about it.

I completely understand your comment on a theme being right at first and than after a few months this feeling coming up of needing to change things. The more time you dedicate to your blog, the more hickups you start to find and the more critical you become, or atleast that is what is going on in my case. I would love to be able and spend money for somebody to make me a custom design for this blog, maybe in the future when Project Wonderful brings me more than 2 cents a day :lol: :lol:

Meanwhile I am still stuck with this theme and first thing is first, having to figure out why it does not show correctly in IE5 and 6 :(

]]> By: francetales.com http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-376 francetales.com Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:23:26 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-376 I agree, themes are important but I look for content. I will visit an ugly page with good content before I go to a flashy page with no content. Remember individual users can set their browsers to display in a certain way so that your hard work at making your blog "just right" can be overridden. Keep focusing on good content and you cannot go wrong. <em>francetales.com's last blog post..<a href='http://francetales.com/2008/03/11/elliott-sptizer-hires-a-high-class-escort/' rel="nofollow">Elliott Sptizer hires a high class escort!?</a></em> I agree, themes are important but I look for content. I will visit an ugly page with good content before I go to a flashy page with no content. Remember individual users can set their browsers to display in a certain way so that your hard work at making your blog “just right” can be overridden. Keep focusing on good content and you cannot go wrong.

francetales.com’s last blog post..Elliott Sptizer hires a high class escort!?

]]> By: Stephan Miller http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Stephan Miller Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:44:43 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-375 Finding the right theme is can be fun if you have nothing else to do, but to tell you the truth, the perfect theme is only perfect for a few months and then you start seeing issues and start looking for a new one. Yes, I am even considering another for my blog. And on my other blog, I switched from creating one to buying one. Time. To tell you the truth, I created my theme on a laptop with the resolution set to the max. When I look at it on other computers, the font is bigger than I expected. I actually started with something like yours in mind with two left sidebars, but with the size of the fonts on mine, it didn't look right. It's my first theme. What can I say, my first theme. :) <em>Stephan Miller's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/StephanMiller/~3/249461628/' rel="nofollow">A Bunch of Random Links</a></em> Finding the right theme is can be fun if you have nothing else to do, but to tell you the truth, the perfect theme is only perfect for a few months and then you start seeing issues and start looking for a new one. Yes, I am even considering another for my blog. And on my other blog, I switched from creating one to buying one. Time.

To tell you the truth, I created my theme on a laptop with the resolution set to the max. When I look at it on other computers, the font is bigger than I expected. I actually started with something like yours in mind with two left sidebars, but with the size of the fonts on mine, it didn’t look right. It’s my first theme. What can I say, my first theme. :)

Stephan Miller’s last blog post..A Bunch of Random Links

]]> By: Mirjam http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Mirjam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:58:29 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-374 :roll: you must be telepathical or something then, since I haven´t yet changed my theme .... :roll: :roll: you must be telepathical or something then, since I haven´t yet changed my theme …. :roll:

]]> By: Mirjam http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Mirjam Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:55:26 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-373 not cringing yet :P Interesting comment ... "reflect me, not the one I want to project" ... that got me thinking ;) Thanks for the feedback! not cringing yet :P Interesting comment … “reflect me, not the one I want to project” … that got me thinking ;) Thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: 1990 toys http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/thinking-about-changing-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-372 1990 toys Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:15:31 +0000 http://www.memyselfandiblog.com/2008/03/10/thinking-about-changing-themes/#comment-372 I really like your new theme! Any with regards to your questions, i have to say its your great content and the way you say it. It's just dead easy to read/understand. What make me come back - probably the same reason :lol: <em>1990 toys's last blog post..<a href='http://1990toys.com/do-anyone-remember-the-slider-burger/' rel="nofollow">Do anyone remember the Slider burger?</a></em> I really like your new theme!

Any with regards to your questions, i have to say its your great content and the way you say it. It’s just dead easy to read/understand.

What make me come back – probably the same reason

:lol:

1990 toys’s last blog post..Do anyone remember the Slider burger?

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