Extreme Makeover: Blog Edition
Ta Da! So, what do you think of the new me?
After many hair pulling hours and a thousand expletives, I managed to finally figure out how to hack into the layouts and templates on Squarespace and customize them enough for my own look and feel. I had to redo the generic layout from header to footer and this is the end result of my extreme make over. But, I could have never done it or survived through the frustration without the help of these cyber assistants:
Exploring Squarespace: Great advice on working with Squarespace and tips on customizing template, modules, etc.
Citris Moon: The creators of the cool "Overall" background you see here (it changes colors according to my whim). Also offer great advice, tiles and other neat stuff for web designing... Great styles with impeccable taste!
Photoshop Support.com: Photoshop help (couldn't made the Momish header graphic without the help here). They also give great advice and tips for working with blogs designs and template.
And finally...
Miss Zoot: Fantastic advice on how to start your blog. She makes it sound easy, and guess what? Just follow her directions and advice and it is easy! She also has really nice templates, but mostly for Blogger :(
I am sure I am not finished yet, so don't be surprised if you come back tomorrow or next week and things have changed yet again. I can't get enough of this stuff and learn so much in the meantime. If you too are feeling stuck with a generic template on your blog, check out the above links. You will be amazed at what you can learn. Feel free to shoot me an email. Although I am somewhat new at blog designing, I would be more than willing to pass on what I have learned.
P.S. Here is a snap shot of the old blog to give you an idea of what the stand templates look like (although the Momish header was my own). If you have a weak stomach, don't look!
Old Blog Screenshot
Momish
As Andrea informed me, I sound as if I am giving an Academy Award acceptance speech in this post. After re-reading it, she is right. I never meant it sound so, so, so... obnoxious. I simple believe in giving credit where credit is due. I may have gotten carried away and over exaggerated my achievement, to the point where my head swelled a tad too big. Instead of rewriting it to change the tone of the post, I am going to leave it as it is. Consider it as a list of people who are indirectly at fault for turning me into a pompous ass.
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One afternoon, I was in the backyard hanging the laundry when an old, tired-looking dog wandered into the yard. I could tell from his collar and well-fed belly that he had a home. But when I walked into the house, he followed me, sauntered down the hall and fell asleep in a corner. An hour later, he went to the door, and I let him out. The next day he was back. He resumed his position in the hallway and slept for an hour.
This continued for several weeks. Curious, I pinned a note to his collar: "Every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap. "
The next day he arrived with a different note pinned to his collar: "He lives in a home with ten children - he's trying to catch up on his sleep."
I cried from laughter
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