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New Layout

March 21, 2015 5 Comments

RHWAD New LookWe have a new theme on our site! This is BIG news (for us – at least)! I had to share a little bit of what happens behind the scenes.  I have been sitting on the idea to change up the look of the site for a few months.  I don’t have any sort of background in IT, only minimal WordPress knowledge which I have acquired over the past year with this site.  The idea of switching made me very nervous.  Sure we could have easily hired someone to make the changes for us, but this is something that I really want to learn and the only way to learn for me is by going through the process myself.

I was quite lucky that I found exactly what I wanted from the get go.  I must explain that we changed the theme which is only the look of the website.  All the content remains the same.  I ran the idea by Vanessa and sent her a demo of the site, she loved it too.  Then I just sat and waited.  The only thing that was stopping me was that the theme that I wanted required me to make changes in areas that I didn’t even understand.  Two months had passed and I found myself saying the same thing, “We are going to update the site, ” but no REAL action had been done.  Sure I had emailed several different forums asking questions about making the change but still didn’t really understand.  I was scared.

 

Finally, last week I decided to take the plunge.  Do you know what?  It was actually quite easy to make the changes.  It’s working out the little tidbits here and there can be time consuming.  Lucky for me I have an amazing support network that I can go to for IT questions. There are also tons of tutorials online so I google a lot of my questions.  I did have a major scare one night (at 12:30 am) when all I saw was a white screen.  So I googled “white screen” and the search resulted “White Screen of Death.” Uh oh. Time to walk away from the computer and get a glass of wine.  It was one of those moments when I started questioning my entire involvement in Real Housewives of Abu Dhabi.  Is it all gone? Do I have to start all over?  What have I done? Fortunately, I had support from an incredible woman who fixed it in no time at all.  Crisis diverted!

Which brings me to now.  If I have learned anything from this entire process it is to just do it! With feedback from friends, other bloggers and writers,  I have made changes which I hope improve our site.  It is ready…for now.  I am happy to start sharing posts again.  Please keep in mind that this is a work in progress.  I am still learning everyday how to make improvements here and there.  I have more enhancements that will be coming out in the near future.  Also if you find something that is not working – PLEASE let me know.  Let us know what you think of the new layout.

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  1. SabrinaKM says

    March 21, 2015 at 7:02 pm

    Hey Inez,
    Love the new look web site. I really admire your courage in taking the plunge to learn a new technical skill. So inspiring! Well done x

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    • Inez says

      March 21, 2015 at 7:09 pm

      Thank you! Still have a lot to learn – all in good time.

      Reply
  2. Amanda says

    May 9, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    I have just been on and seen your new layout! What an amazing job you have done! Tell me the theme layout as I love it 🙂

    Reply
    • Amanda says

      May 9, 2015 at 4:20 pm

      But it won’t let me leave a comment without filling in a website? Hence the strange link to Amanda recently posted above…..

      Reply
      • Inez says

        May 9, 2015 at 8:39 pm

        Thanks Amanda. The theme is from http://restored316designs.com. Love them. So many gorgeous designs.

        Thanks for letting me know about the comment. I think that may have happened because the Comment Luv plug in had not been updated.

        Actually not sure. Just noticed down in the RSS feed that the Birthday Party link was selected. That may be why it showed there. Going to have to look into that.

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