Hi! Can you tell things look a bit different around here? Boy, oh boy. Itâs not perfect, but itâs getting closer.
Let me back-track for a moment. Iâve been thinking about revamping my logo and layout for a few weeks now. First, I had to come up with a new logo concept. After much back and forth with my friend and graphic designer, Danica, we put together a cleaner and more modern logo, which really speaks to what Simply Nicole is all about. As much of a process that was, nothing could prepare me for finding a new WordPress theme and installing it. Iâve done it before, but for whatever reason, this time it wasnât nearly as easy.
On Sunday morning, I purchased the Glam theme from Restored316 and got to work. When you install a theme, itâs not as easy as just copying and pasting the code. Not even close. It takes a lot of tweaks to get it the way you want it to be. If you checked out my site yesterday morning, you probably saw it looking all kinds of messed up. Weâre talking fonts all over the place, photos resized strangely, and too much white space everywhere. It didnât stop there, though. If you tried reading last night, you might have seen a blank page with an error message. {I was messing with the code and broke everything. Thank you Bluehost for amazing customer service!}
Just being real, folks.
So why am I sharing all of this? Last week, I went out to dinner with my friend Jess, and she told me something really important. She said that she enjoys reading my blog {& others similar} because of the authenticity. People relate to real people. Itâs not rocket science, but itâs something that I sometimes forget. Itâs easy to compare myself to other blogs and bloggers out there, so sometimes I forget that each personâs situation is different. All I can do is be me.
As many of you know, I work full-time, so I donât have time during the day to fix my blog. With that said, itâs going to take probably a week or so {I hope!} to get my site looking the way I want it to be… and thatâs OK. I hope youâll continue reading my posts this week anyway. I promise that when everything is looking and working the way it should, youâll be very happy with the new layout.
Thank you for reading my post today.
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Oooh. Yes yes.
You look so purdy ð
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Thanks for being a continued reader, Carla ð
I just love the new face of your blog, Nicole! It looks clean, bright and happy. Regarding your work as a blogger - just keep doing what youâre doing. I canât wait to read more of your posts! ð
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Thank you so much for your kind comment, Ana! Thanks for reading!
Love the new look!! ð I always enjoy reading!!
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Thank you! Still a lot to fix, but at least itâs up and running. It completely went blank last night. Thank god for helpful customer service on my hosting platform.