Woot!
After wasting a serious amount of time browsing theme directories or manipulating code on my existing Genesis theme, I decided to, at last, install a new theme here at Comluv.com
It’s been a bit of a journey getting it ready.
hard coding work, in fact.
But, it’s here at last!
ThemeForest
I only had to spend $45 to get the theme from ThemeForest and I wrote an accompanying plugin to manipulate it in to doing exactly what I wanted.
I only had to edit the themes core files twice to fix a typo or bug that existed already until the theme owner can update it.
What do you think?
I know I will need to keep tweaking little things as I go along but right now, I am too tired!
Be sure to leave me a comment on anything I might have left out.
Don’t forget to add your social sites if you’re a guest blogger
This new theme should be compatible with the rel=”author” as long as you include your google + profile and have added comluv.com to the list of sites that you contribute to.
Make sure you add all your details so the fancy author box can let people follow you, like your page and see your other guest posts.
Twitter: jksingh99
Hi Andy,
Change is the only constant in life, isn’t that what they say?
Indeed, there are times, when one must bring down the old to make way for the new, this is one of those times. It feels like a refreshing new take, ComLuv should be seen in a fresh perspective now.
As of now, I haven’t encountered any glitches, things are going smooth, I hope it remains that way.
Are there any other surprises you have in store for us?
Regards,
Jay
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ooh I always have plenty of surprises! they get revealed right here on comluv.com
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Twitter: seojus1
Looks great Andy, nice job…. The scrolling of the “recent comments” is pretty cool.
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yes it’s pretty nice and good code too. you can find it by searching for ‘vertical scroll recent comments’ or go here
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vertical-scroll-recent-comments/
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Twitter: seojus1
Thanks Andy. I will definitely check it out. The only problem is that I don’t have the amount of comments you have here..not even close….so there won’t be much comment scrolling..lol……maybe one day
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new theme is very nice…its quite handy and interactive
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thanks Rahul!
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Twitter: harleenas
Looks wonderful Andy!
I love the clean and clear look, and yes, the few other changes are noticeable too. Change is what makes all the difference.
Thanks for sharing.
Harleena Singh recently posted..12 Steps to a New Beginning in Life
well I couldn’t resist making tiny little tweaks! you know what I’m like with code…
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Andy it looks great! I agree with Harleena, it looks alot cleaner.
thanks Robert! I like it too
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
Hey Andy, This theme looks really good. You did a great job, Yes it does look a lot cleaner. Your hard work payed off because its looks amazing!
thanks Tanya, I still have some work to do on it but so far it looks nice enough for me
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Twitter: AAAccidentlaw
Introducing a new site layout is always exciting. I like what you’ve done here, it looks clean and approachable, which is everything you look for in web design. Other site owners take notice!
thanks Paul, It’s not perfect for what I want but for that it would cost a thousand dollars for a designer, this way I get to spend $45 and be done with it!
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Congratulations on your new theme, Andy! Harleena is right, it looks a lot more modern and clean. Well done!
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thanks Carolyn!
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Twitter: pathaderavi
I don’t Know how you will Take this but Actually I did not like it, The width is too small and Sidebars are grabbing more Attention that Post Excerpts, I think The previous one was better
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hi Ravi,
what device were you browsing on?
the sidebars seem ok on a single post viewing from a desktop, maybe I can work on the sidebar for iPad and mobile devices.
thanks for your feedback!
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Twitter: pathaderavi
I am browsing Using My Laptop. Sidebars are okay with posts but not with Homepage
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Twitter: fred_henning
Hey Andy,
I took a long walk around your new theme. Theme Forest is a good outfit and you did good working it over with your plugin. Very nice! Bold, clean and organized. Heh, heh…I still can’t get over seeing my gravatar all over the net. That’s due to you, ya know.
By the way, what’s a WOOT?
Regards,
Fred
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hey thanks for your feedback Fred.
glad you got your avatar working!
btw.. woot means whoop or yey or awesome!
it’s something to say in joy about something geeky
also, you added http:// to your twitter name, just leave a new comment and make sure you only put your username without any http:// in the twitter field and it’ll update all your comments
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Twitter: SEON_2012
Hey Andy,
First thanks for you note, it is correct and your theme looks really nice, very good cost and you are very clever.
Regards,
Sasan
Looks good dude! A lot more modern than the last one! I got a free theme last month and completely ripped it apart that now is totally unrecognizable from the original.
I made my own author box as well using Dreamweaver and fireworks which looks great on my blog now.
I love the scrolling effects on the home page and the little icons in the footer, there very nice touches!
I would like to get a free theme and fix it but I am so terrible at design and looks. I do code and logic which are not usually good skills for great looking design!
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I do both but I do prefer to code rather than design, although i am OK at design I am much better at php mysql and custom javascript! Am just developing my own Social Network at the mo from scratch which is taking a while to make! just developed a nice little random hashing script to mash up my user passwords using cript, salt and blowfish
Twitter: primejuicers
Hi Andy,
Looks great! What happened to the twitter name field?
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ahh, the juicer guy! thanks for pointing that out, I must have forgotten to update my twitter link settings.
should be there now.
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Twitter: Crunchyhub
Hi Andy, New Theme is really awesome!
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Thanks Sai!
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Hi Andy, the new theme looks great, looks very clean and fresh. But if I may ask, what was wrong with Genesis? I’m asking because I am in the process of moving all my wordpress sites to Genesis and I hope I don’t find any surprises down the road. Thanks!
hey Jay, my old theme started to slow down quite a lot and I couldn’t find another magazine style theme that was responsive on their site so I just moved to a new type.
nothing wrong with Genesis but my tests showed this theme to have a slightly better response time with my existing data.
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Twitter: manzwebdesigns
Hi Andy!
Very nicely done! I hope you are doing okay.
Bud Manz
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thanks Bud, I’m doing ok!
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I like it, it is very clean and it works well on my phone Andy.
Twitter: OddRandomThots
I’m digging the new theme Andy! It’s very clean looking but still reminds me of what I know to be Comluv. I definitely can appreciate the wider layout, much easier on the eyes.
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Twitter: BlazingMinds
I love the new theme, it seems to load a little faster as well, change is always good and a change in theme for a blog is a great idea for the start of a new year.
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Twitter: tricky_techno
Personally I don’t like this theme,the previous one was cool.
And one more query, don’t know why my name is not there on the top commentors,I have more than 50 comments ? Please solve it.
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Twitter: tricky_techno
You can check I have 71 comments on your blog and the top commentor in the list has only 44.
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The new theme is just awesome,it is much faster than the previous one and I am loving it.
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Twitter: IT_Freelancing
Hey Andy, Really great theme which can easily promote your social networking accounts.
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Great theme and well organised. It is easy to find what I am looking for. Thanks for keeping this great resource up!
Twitter: GeekandJock
Umm, can’t say I like it much.
For me, it’s very busy and the home page is found particularly so. All that scrolling stuff is very distracting. Just my 2 cents worth. I’ll still love you though
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yup I know it’s a little busy on the front page but for now, it’s the best I can do!
Andy Bailey recently posted..Global CommentLuv Search
even on your site comment luv is not working.
Blessings~
Alethea
I just checked your url in the comment form and it worked for me so perhaps you didn’t wait for the posts to be returned from your site before submitting the comment?
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nice new theme..i like it..it look simple and awesome!!
you organize it so good..:)
Twitter: stephanoasea
I like the new theme. I think the site looks better and more cohesive. It is nice to know that you went with Themeforest and not studiopress/thesis/genesis. It seems like so many bloggers rave about the really high end themes that it make it feel like we must be lame to not want to spend $300 for a theme. If a $45 theme is good enough for a site like comluv, that is pretty impressive.
Twitter: keralpatel
I have came across themeforest couple of times but I was just bumping my head into StudioPress and was not able to find anything suitable for my current needs. Themeforest really has quite a bit of selection to pick from.
Twitter: weworkbetter
It makes so much difference if you know coding, its a great theme i like it and wish i knew coding
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Twitter: TheArbazKhan
Your current current theme – News theme is much better than the last one from Themeforest.
Keep up the good work but still knowing a little bit of coding is a plus point when changing the theme on the blog.
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