yes, after a bit of post-election decompression i have re-entered my life, dragged out the old goals list, and am getting very, very busy.
i’ve wanted to redesign the site for a while now. yeah, the original template was cool, but also a little buggy, and i’m no back-end CSS expert: i needed a template that would work for me, not against me, so i invested in chris pearson’s Thesis theme and you are looking at the preliminary results.
what does all that have to do with you getting free shit? everything! two contests are in full force and effect on getangrywithme right now.
WANT TO WIN A $25 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE? then take a few minutes to browse around this site then leave a comment here with your best suggestions for how this design can be improved and the best suggestion wins! only two rules — the comment must appear on this post, and it must be at least somewhat within the realm of possiblility. for example, “make this site more like huffington post” are not within that realm, as i am one non-programming-professional blogger, not a cadre of geeks like what they’ve got working at huffpo. that’s it! easy, right? so put on your most critical and creative thinking cap, take a couple minutes to browse around the site, and make a suggestion or two. the winner will be announced on this blog on december 1st.
FOR BLOGGERS ONLY: COMMENTLUV IS GIVING AWAY iPOD SPEAKERS, HEADPHONES, MEMORY CARDS AND CASH! and they’ve made it really simple to enter. here’s what you have to do:
- register your blog at CommentLuv.com and get the url registered and verified (registration is free, of course)
- be sure to fill out a profile description
- you do not need to have CommentLuv installed on your blog
- then leave comments at any or all participating blogs – that’s it!
once you’re all set up at CommentLuv, visit the contest tab for a full list of prizes and participating sites. you can leave comments at ANY of the contest blogs, not just this one. the more (non-spam) comments you leave, the better your chances of winning. this contest continues until all the prizes have been given away. and it’s a good way to find interesting blogs that you might have come across otherwise.
of course, commenting daily here on getangrywith me increases your chances of winning! if you do win, of course, it would be mighty kind to leave a hat-tip for getangrywithme.com on your blog.
IF YOU HAVE BEEN READING CAREFULLY you will realize that leaving a comment here about the site redesign ALSO gets you an entry in the CommentLuv contest. nice, huh? just be sure to register your site at CommentLuv before commenting here, and then you’re off.
regular readers know that this is very new territory for me. a contest rather than a rant? giving away a gift certificate rather than drilling AIG a new one? likely not the kind of thing i’m going to do on a regular basis, but it did seem worth a shot, especially if i can get some great suggestions on how to improve this site and you can get some swag out of the deal. besides, as John P says in one man’s blog, ”specialization is for insects”.
ready? set, go!
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How about a rotating image blogroll? All it takes is a line of code and some screenshot thumbnails to go with your links.
witchypoos last blog post..How to stay busy while chained to the phone lines
CommentLuv is cool, but sadly not compatible with Blogger yet. The site looks very cool. I think it’s easier to read. My only suggestion would be to create a logo of some kind and embed that in your header instead of the big brick wall image, which, for whatever reason, took forever to load correctly. Could be a Safari thing. Idea for guest blog this week. Clinton is coming down to campaign for Jim Martin. I have plenty of thoughts.
popped in from Commentluv contest registered sites — admire your chutzpah (sp?) for moving to a new theme — I’m such a doofus, I’ve kept the same one for five years now. Ah, but there is a new year coming up and I have to move to a new hosting service so that’s probably my chance.
Good luck in the Commentluv contest!
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Is the image at the upper right specifically chosen or are there images just rotating through?
I like your blog layout, very nice and clean, and easy to maneuver. The only thing is the white background
I prefer a softer color with a good dark font. But honestly everything else is nice!
Spookygirls last blog post..I am all about making the holidays easier!
The thing I’d change? Add a widget for “Recent Posts”. I find that helpful as I’m kind of lazy and don’t always want to go to the home page to get to a different page of your site. By the same token, a link to the previous and next post somewhere on the post pages would be helpful.
Jeffs last blog post..What futility doesn’t feel like
This is the cleanest layout I’ve seen in a while; i’m bookmarking now and I’ll be reading…
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