New link, new look, same old me
October 7, 2008 by Nicki
Well, the new design is finally up and running. I had a few minor hiccups here and there, but nothing major. I’m pretty pleased with the way it turned out, but I may continue to tweak little things here and there. My main goal was to cut some bloat from this site and organize it so that the more popular areas are easier to find. I’ve also switched to a new URL, nickifaulk.com. All of the old links still work and I plan on keeping them. This was just another step towards moving in a new direction — some growth that this site has been desperately needing for quite some time.
All in all, I originally thought this endeavor would prove more difficult, but so far it’s been as easy as sweet potato pie. 
As you can see, I’ve added a “Blog” page. This was available on the old theme but was a bit wonky, so it was never a “public” link. I’ve managed to get things working a lot more smoothly. (Though I may change it to display excerpts so that the page isn’t quite so long.)
Please feel free to comment and critique (constructively, of course). Let me know if anything looks “off”! I am aware of the gap at the bottom of the page in IE 6 and will work to get that fixed. Otherwise I have seen no serious problems, so holler at me! 
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LOVE IT
Ooooh WOW, that picture of me popping up like that scared me for a second. LOL
oh, the comment count for users in the “last 5 comments” just displays “0″
LOL @ C.A. - Thank you.
@Ben - Hrm, I see what you mean. Looking into it. Thanks!
I like it!
Thank you
@Ben: Never found a working solution that did *exactly* what I wanted, so I decided to go another route.
I ran across WebGrrrl’s Top Comentators Widget. It shows the top commenters for the month, and if a link is entered in the website field when commenting, the commenter will be linked.
Me likes link-love solutions. :mrgreen:
Means I should get a meanignful website setup then. lol.
I’ve been so busy with holiday planning recently i’ve barely had time to sit at the pc and so any programming.
LOVE the new look! I always wanted to know who created that image of you in the banner?
I love the new look!
My only complaint is when I click on the “Most Recently Blogged” links, they don’t change color so I can easily differentiate what I have already read. I guess I could put more effort into remembering the titles, but sometimes I have to go a while before I can sit down and read again and by then I have forgotten what I’ve already read. 
Otherwise, looking good! Hope all is going well!
“My only complaint is when I click on the “Most Recently Blogged” links, they don’t change color so I can easily differentiate what I have already read.”
I adjusted the CSS so that visited links are now crossed out.