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What do you think of the new theme?

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Well, as you can see, Fresh Perspectives gets a new theme couple of days ago.  The previous theme BloggingPro worked fine for some time but I used it for too long, more than a year and I needed a change.  This theme, Options by Justin Tadlock as you can see, displays a lot more content for you to browse through and I'm loving the navigation.  

I had tremendous help (truck loads of it I should say) from my dearest friends Mig from Online Public Relations and Deborah from Life In The Fast Lane.  So, although I was a bit afraid of the change,  I'm starting to really like it. 

There are some features that are not working right now and we are trying to fix them but in the mean time, would love to hear from you guys.  Please let me know in the comments if you find something broken or not working.   If you are seeing this post via RSS, you'll definitely have to come out here to see it.

One of the things that's not working and it has nothing to do with the theme, is inserting images in WordPress 2.5.1 If you follow that link, you'll see so many others who are having problem with inserting images. Some have found the solution by modifying the .htaccess file which I want to refrain from since WordPress 2.6 has been just released today and I am hoping the upgrade will solve this problem.

So, then.. what do you guys think?   Are the colors okay, better or worse than the previous one?   What would you like to see and what feature can be remove?   

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Pearl

Thanks Steven… I like that feature too.. the theme is filled with a lot of great options – may be that’s why Justin called it Options too :)

RT.. hehe theres an option to have those multiple tabs right below the featured image section too if you want to display more of the stuff.. I love that rotating header feature too :)

Hey Alina… glad header images are getting positive reviews.. do you use Options theme or structure? I couldn’t tell…

Jacob from Group Writing Projects

The new theme is very clean and I actually like gray themes because they emphasize color. I also like the tab usage on the HP.

I’m not crazy about the font. It’s not so to read in black or red on gray, and I think you should bump it up one say.

Also, I think you need your own logo, whether you design it with software or not :)

pearl

Jacob: I agree with you completely.. increase font size, and a lighter gray may be?

Oh the logo, I’ve thought about it and will be working on it soon – and if you have any ideas, please feel free to share .. I know you’ve got graphic design skills Jacob :)

PixelHead(Adam)

The new theme looks great. Man, I have had the same theme for almost three years…hmm…maybe it is time for a change. I guess I should just stop being a wuss and do it.

Jacob from JobMob

It’s true, I have a PhD in Wannabe Design. My thesis was on Design Inspiration: Copy or Clone? :)

More seriously, it’s all about branding. You need to decide (perhaps you have already) how you want to brand yourself on the Web, and then sync your blog from there.

One problem you have is that your url is about “fresh perspectives” but then the site is called “interesting observations”. Why is that? They could mean the same thing but they’re different, and shouldn’t be.

pearl

@Ben.. it does feel like a new blog now :) hey Ben.. I browsed around your both blogs and didn’t see updates… hope you are still blogging

@Adam… go for it..change is scary but it feels good. I like looking at different shades around here

@Jacob.. They are different and we were thinking about changing the name of blog to fresh perspectives too this time but then only God knows how this interesting observations slipped in there… will do something about it, Dr. Share :)

Justin Tadlock

Pearl, I just wanted to say thanks for using the theme. It seems like you’re getting a lot of positive feedback here. I also want to echo what everyone else has said about the header — it’s great! I’m a big fan of the blue colors you’ve added too.

Feel free to stop by my forums anytime you have questions about the theme, even though it looks like you have everything worked out here.

Justin Tadlocks last blog post..New WordPress.org theme directory

Mike Scott

Pearl, I love the new theme!

I usually check the RSS reader for new content, and I followed it over for the guest post. I noticed the theme immediately!

pearl

hey Justin.. I’m so glad that you like the way the theme came together, it’s an honor to have your input. I really appreciate your offer to help out in the forums too and thank YOU for letting me use such a nice looking theme for free :)

Mike: My RSS feeds weren’t working for some reason and I only noticed it after this post, but as soon as the original feed’s url was fixed, all posts came thru immediately..so you might have missed couple of posts

so glad you like the theme too :)

RennyBA

I just love the new look Pearl! Nice, clean, readable and easy to navigate. I also love the top pictures – yea; have reloaded a couple of times and seen some of them – as a Norwegian, I love the beauty of pure nature you know :-)

RennyBAs last blog post..Torsö island at Mariestad, The Pearl of lake Vänern