New Look Unveiled Plus Giveaway!

Posted November 15, 2013 by Jen in Giveaway Tags: , ,

I’ve got a NEW LOOK!

Welcome friends! I’m am super excited to present to you the new look of That’s What I’m Talking About. This is something that I’ve been working towards for about a year now, and I am SO PLEASED with the outcome. I want to thank Parajunkee Design for her hard work making my dream come true. She listened to everything I wanted and got it done for me. *LOVE*

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There is so much to explore!

This all started in earnest this summer when Google/Blogger flagged my blog as spam and deleted it. That was not fun, but luckily I was able to get back my content fairly quickly. It was then that I finally made the decision to move away from Blogger to WordPress. At that time I started changing the look of our reviews – making things more streamlined and sleek. I was able to add some features that I didn’t have on Blogger. And now I’m at the final stage with a completed new design, including new buttons, avis, and signatures. You’ll not only see the new look here, but also on Twitter, FaceBook, GoodReads, Google, etc. I’ve also included several easy ways to follow the blog (see the sidebar).

Added Security…

Now that I’ve got the design and format I want, I need to protect it! Parajunkee helped by added a few security plugins. I’ve also changed the commenting system to Disqus, which is actually pretty simple to use. I was scared of it at first, but it’s really not bad at all! Please let me know if you have any issues trying to leave a comment.

New Rating Scale!

I’ve also finally changed to a letter rating scale. For a while now, our reviews have included both a letter and star rating. Now we are moving to letters only. Take a look at the new scale. What do you think?

GIVEAWAY!!!

In celebration of the new look here at That’s What I’m Talking About, I’m giving away a $20 [US] Gift Card to Amazon! To enter, fill out the Rafflecopter form, below. As part of your entry, please leave me a comment about what you like about the new look, layout and/or design.

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Note: Contest open to all, where not prohibited by law. If you have trouble with the Rafflecopter form, please email me at twimom227 (at) gmail (dot) com.

So please take time and look around. The changes impact every page and every post. There will be new graphics coming soon when I post features like Author Guest Posts, Saturday Conversations and Sunday Snippets. I may tweak with the look of the posts, too – but not too much. I am very excited about the new design and I love sharing it with you all! Thanks so much for stopping by and your support!
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68 responses to “New Look Unveiled Plus Giveaway!”

  1. miki

    the new design is easy on teh eyes, sobre and elegant but i adlmit i’m not that fond of your avatar
    thank you a lot for the giveaway too

  2. Felicia S

    I love that the gal looks like you! I think that has to be my favorite new element of yours 🙂

  3. Sariah Walters

    I love the new look! It is very eye catching. I do like the new avatar. That caught my eye on FB, I think it looks like you! Very pretty.

    • Jen Twimom

      Thank you!! How have you been? Miss chatting with you. I do love the new look – I think my favorite part is the color scheme and the new fonts and sleek look.

      • Sariah Walters

        I have been good. Things have been busy since the move. How have you been? I miss chatting with you as well. I am happy that it all came to together and looks great!!

  5. Beth Haney

    I love the colors and the tabs! The blog is easy to navigate and it doesn’t slow down my browser like your old blog used to do. I like it!!

    • Jen Twimom

      Thank you! Being faster was important to me in the new design. People won’t hang around to read a review if it doesn’t show up on their browser quickly!

    • Jen Twimom

      Thank you! At first I wasn’t a fan of disqus because I had issues with it a couple months ago trying to comment on another blog. Now I’m loving it!

  8. Christi Snow

    OMG!! I love the new look. The rich jewel tone colors are GORGEOUS!!! Hmmm, it’s past time for me to do a redesign…Wow! smiles…

  10. Jess1

    I like the cool tone colors and the clean, easy readability of the website. Also, your avatar is cute and fun to me. Your new grading scale is good with the letters and pluses, minuses, easy to understand and a nice change. I’m so super happy that I can sign in as a guest without having to register with Discus, Google etc, so that I can comment!

    • Jen Twimom

      Thanks so much, Jess1! Those are all things I was aiming for. And I’ll keep open “guest” commenting as long as I don’t get tons of spam, because I hate having to always sign in for things as well!

  11. elaing8

    The blog looks great. I like the header. And that it has all your social media buttons right at the top of it.

  12. Laura HK

    It’s very clean–I like that! 🙂 Sometimes there is just too much going on, but I can find things easily. Your old design wasn’t bad, but I like this one better! 😀

  15. B.

    Hey! I LOVE the new site! I love the avatar, the fonts, the colors, the navigation…The whole thing is beautiful. I’m so excited!!! Congratulations!! <3

  20. Deelylah Mullin

    I absolutely **adore** the new look! My new signature is totally BOSS, too! I think that Parajunkee did a FABULOUS job listening to your vision for design! I think that my favorite part is that your avi look soooo much like you! My favorite spunky redhead! <3

    ~*VampBard*~

  21. Jennifer @ The Book Nympho

    I like the new design. The colors are probably my favorite thing and I love that your Facebook and Twitter match.

  26. Stephanie F.

    Love the new look. The header and avatar are really cute. Main thing i love though is it loads really fast. Too many sites right now take forever to load so that’s a huge plus. 🙂

  27. Patti (lovesfabromance)

    It’s a little thing, but I like how your drop-downs turn red when you scroll over them. With the turquoise, it’s pleasing to the eye.
    Love the new look – Rachel does such amazing work!

  28. littleread1

    I need to update my look too – something more sleek and professional looking, JUST LIKE THIS 🙂 Love it lady!

  29. Judi L

    Love the new look of your blog. The colors are great and your picture really looks like you. Good job by Parajunkee.

  32. Kai Charles

    I love the colors and the avatar. The only thing I don’t like is disqus such a pain to leave comments! Maybe it’s just me but I hate they demand a sign in which I never can remember the pass word and I always have to try several times to comment as a guest. I don’t comment on a lot of blogs because of it 🙂