Currently Enjoying
The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You
You’ve Been Looking For Me, Haven’t You?
Or maybe not. Either way, 3 months…yup, 3 months. That’s how long it took me to reconstruct The Daily Muddle. If you’ve been periodically visiting throughout the summer you will have noticed that I’ve gone through about 5 different templates before landing on this here one. I went from really complicated (web2feel makes really great free themes by the way) to the relatively simplistic (the layout you are now looking at). And the summer is always busier than you think it’s going to be so it took me a lot longer than expected – that and I wasn’t loving my reconstruction until I landed on this theme by Siiimple. I also must give credit to the designer who helped me with a lot of the problems I was having.
Anyways, let’s first discuss what hasn’t changed (relatively):
- The Content | For the most part, the content of the posts will be relatively the same – things I come across which I find relatively interesting and would like to share. There are a couple small additions that I will address in a second, but as for the main blog posts….mostly the same.
- Currently Enjoying | This was part of the old blog that I really enjoyed so I decided to stick with it. The location has moved a little bit, but the premise is the same. And as for Previous Albums, that link has popped up to the top right-hand corner menu.
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Ok, enough of the old stuff, let’s move on to the new stuff:
- Portfolio | This is a new section added to TDM for a couple reasons. Mainly, I wanted to give the site something consistent. TDM doesn’t really have a theme like a lot of blogs do and I wanted it to have at least a small one. Secondly, I am now studying for my Ph.D. in Industrial / Organizational Psychology…a field that I obviously think is pretty cool. I figure that throughout my studies I will come across tidbits of information that you (as a human being and more specifically, a human being who works), will find really interesting. I will try to keep them very concise….more along the lines of fun facts. Just check in every once in awhile to see what new updates I’ve made – you might find some of them really interesting.
- Gallery | The gallery addition is pretty trivial. Just photographs that I enjoy…taken by me or others. No rhyme or reason, just ones I like. I am certainly no photographer so don’t expect much! There isn’t much there yet, but I plan on adding pictures periodically.
- Twitter | A Twitter feed has been added. This is one pretty self-explanatory. Follow me?
- Favorite Posts, Here or There | This section is located in the footer. Basically, it is a more specified version of the Friends & Links section. They are links to specific posts, either by me, or others, that I particularly enjoyed. I created it because there are some posts I put a lot of effort/thought into and I don’t really like losing them in the bowels of the site. So I decided to give myself a place to keep them relevant. I also wanted to include posts by others that I thought were particularly cool. Credit is due where credit is deserved ya know?
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That about wraps up the changes here at TDM. I’m not ruling out further additions and/or updates, but for the most part I think I am finished with the layout. I hope you all enjoy it and will come back to enjoy the updated content!
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Great work – well worth it. And welcome back!
I love the new design. Very elegant. Looking forward to more posts.
Thank you Hofer-Shalls!