Hard Hats Needed Beyond this Point
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 22:40
Site will prolly go down at midnight CST.
Not really sure how long it will be down for…
It has been so long, I have forgotten how it is suppose to look when it comes back up.
No I haven’t taken anything yet, I am just oddly over it and ready for the site to be updated. Of course I am cynical and ready for it to just break, stare at it in horror, and figure out who to have fix it and really I have faith in the geek. And lots of xanax… Don’t be shocked if you hear screaming, see a blank screen or a ever changing template over the next few days.
It will prolly come right back up. I cry to think of what the format, linkage, pictures, tags… ok really tis ok as long as the database is there and the comments all stay where they belong and everything doesn’t dup again and oh god. I cry.
EC Sheedy says:
September 1st, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Breathe, Sybil. Just breathe and all will be well.
EC off to light a candle to the Blog gods.
azteclady says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:21 am
*whispering* it’s still here….
*steps in tentatively* hmmm
Sybil, I think you did it.
*checking time stamp* or not…
*off to light a second candle*
Sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:24 am
LOL I think we, as in someone not me, hadn’t started yet. I think WP is all updated now. Shocking as hell. No clue about the wigets. I would think that would crash the hell out of the template.
And the template ‘should’ change.
But honestly I am happy with WP being updated and if the widgets working. Would wait like a whole day or so before being annoying about the template
That is a lie we were down for a bit and that scared me. The geek prolly hates me.
Gwen says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:05 am
Holy schnikies! IT’S DIFFERENT AND IT’S STILL UP!
WOW! Sybil – you are a goddess. As is whomever helped to switch templates.
JenB says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:03 am
WHOA! *looks around* Where am I??? What parallel Duckie universe is this? LOL
BevBB says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:19 am
Hmmm, nice. This does remind me, though, that I need to update WP. I don’t even want to think about it right now. Can I have your geek? Oye, that sounds odd, doesn’t it?
I’m finally, officially back online myself after having to have my computer completely wiped. Long story. (Post coming later after I finish rebuilding said computer.) So, I can sympathize. On the flip side, I got a lot of reading done this week. Who’d have thought? The Internet is cutting into my reading time. o.O
sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 am
It just dawned on me, after I finally stopped looking at around 3ish, I should comes see the damage.
It isn’t done (I don’t think) at least I have things I want. Like uh, THERE IS NO DUCKIE ::pout::
don’t get excited gwen, I want mah duckie back
And the side bars will change a bit this is just what was there… but OMG the back end is like joy, and love and all that is grand. And it looks like the formatting that was here is sTILL here. Now just to see if the formatting that was fuck is still fucked.
The geek rocks. Hands off bevbb or at least not until I am done *g*. Glad to see you are back!
Gwen says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:25 am
I’m not real crazy about the gray in the banner. Can’t we make it a little more of a lavender gray, instead of an industrial rubber-looking gray? And it’s so dark, you can’t see the swirly bits behind the logo.
Sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
::gives gwen evol eye:: I know you had a lot a lot a lot going on
go search your email for The Carrington, you will find a shit load of emails from me from about a month or two hell maybe three ago that will give you links…
I think… there are tons of way it can look, it is a matter of how much the geek wants to screw with it. And then we bug bree! YAY
Sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:49 am
For anyone in the crowd who cares…
The header should change (I think I told you this, yes sandy my fave duckie). I want: purple font (I think vs a purple background… thinking of keeping that a white or whitish color), a tab box, will be tossing those drop downs (prolly in just a second),.
In that first column I am ‘thinking’ of putting the pondering column with maybe the last 3 posts title only. And the ‘buzz’ (uh or whatev I called it forev ago)same thing. I might put up a method to my madness type post to see what you guys think.
Pretty much I wanted to get back to basics. I want an ease of people to find the info if you guys want to play along with us but really at the heart of everything we do – we do to amuse ourselves and hope it amuses others too. That has always been my point to blogging, my want and as I started to think on coming back to blogging and well… honestly being to a point where I COULD. The old template didn’t work because I HATED it with an ever loving fucking passion.
So feel free to toss out idea, god knows I will forget things and since it took me forever to change the last one who knows when we will change from this one…
c2 says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Ooooooh…it’s so clean and shiny!
Excellent!
Suggestion: Making the little link words purple instead of red.
Sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
YES I agree… all font should be purple with the links being a darker purple don’t you think? Or keep black and just purple the link?
limecello says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:01 pm
oh em gee. the back end O_o
Foreign. Heh. And we’re all into the negative space, huh?
I can’t wait to see what it looks like when everything is done!
EC Sheedy says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I think it all looks great, Sybil. And the purple idea should work. Congrats on a job well done–you and your geek!
azteclady says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I vote for purple links and otherwise black text.
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Sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
I might be driving the geek to drink…
Lynne Connolly says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:05 pm
I want the duckies!
And it’s a bit – well, staid and serious. Is there going to be a new header? Grey is supposed to be one of my colours (I’m a Clear Winter, apparently) but I’ve never been that struck on it. And I still wear yellow, even though I’m not supposed to. Purple, now, can it be purple? Or red?
The structure is nice, though I kinda miss the old template now. Loved the feel of all the duckies quacking around the pond, doing this and that.
Sybil says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Yes way too serious isn’t it? I went back and forth with that… I like the purple background. Then it starts to annoy me. The white though I don’t know… maybe a light purple if we keep black text.
The header will change. Not sure if the where the duckie will go (hopefully in the header) if that isn’t possible it will be in the top sidebar. Gwen is the duckie hater.
All in all I am shocked it got this far for the longest time the template would crash when the database hit it. So all in all we are SO much farther along than I thought we would be.
BevBB says:
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:14 pm
It’s not bad. Personally, I’m all for white (or simply light) background behind text for readabilitiy. Maybe you could turn the duckies into a logo? And nothing says they have to go in the banner up top. Or that they have to be large, either.
Sometimes smaller can be better. Well, in some things.
Sybil says:
September 4th, 2009 at 12:25 am
For anyone wondering, there is an open issue with dotster we are working on (HA! we… I make me giggle). As soon as that is fixed we will be able to move forward.
I am not freaked because hey we are up and running! Formatting seems to be ok or as ok as it was before (I admit I haven’t checked old stuff yet cuz that would just make me sad).
And it is my mommy’s b-day today. So I have been offline most of the day. I know, you were wondering *g*. I have been the go ahead to touch things, just not widgets, so I might get brave and try to figure out how to change the font myself.
Ok I prolly won’t, I will just find someone else to while the geek works the dotster ticket *g*.
Sybil says:
September 4th, 2009 at 12:26 am
BevBB, doll… have I told you lately how much I love you ::bats eyes::
BevBB says:
September 4th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Uh, what did I say? (looks around innocently, maybe somewhat guiltily) Now she’s got me worried…
azteclady says:
September 8th, 2009 at 7:54 am
Hey!!!! Some warning before moving stuff yet again would be nice!
(me like, by the way, lots)
Sybil says:
September 8th, 2009 at 10:21 am
but I like this one and think I will keep it
BevBB says:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Hey, I like it. Simple yet colorful And still readable. And the duckies are back!
Although the font on the post and comments are a little greyed out–was it like that before?
Sybil says:
September 8th, 2009 at 11:25 am
nope and in fact I was just talking about the font *g* I think I need to figure out a good color (cuz really not loving the blue but maybe) for the font. And up the size.
Haven’t even noticed the grey in the comments…. and was thinking isn’t there a plug in something where people can up the size? I think I would like that.
Gwen says:
September 8th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Hey! It looks fab! Not sure about all the little bitty boxes in the right side bars, but the rest looks great. Love the single list of posts on the left. Love the “recent posts/recent comments” on the right.
You guys are doing good!