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New Theme

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I’m just trying this out for now. If I decide I like it, I may pay the $30 so I can change the colours and the fonts.

Thoughts? Opinions? Is the darker background and the lighter text easy enough to read?

 

 

 

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Author: Linda G. Hill

There's a writer in here, clawing her way out.

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  1. Dylan Dailey's avatar
    Dylan Dailey
    December 4, 2013 at 2:21 am

    I like the 2011 and I’ve used it since I started my blog. I’ve thought about changing it just to change it. But it draws the attention to the post so well. And it’s very customizable.

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar
      LindaGHill
      December 4, 2013 at 11:32 am

      Yeah, I like it. I’m thinking about using “Yoko” though, which is very similar, only it’s a wider page. I’m not sure if this one is too compact for me. Then again, maybe I should try looking at it on a real screen and not my laptop. 😛

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    suzjones
    December 4, 2013 at 2:02 am

    I love the photo. I was able to use my own photo and background without paying for the pleasure. My advice is that you’ve got to like your page. That’s all that matters. As long as it reflects you. 🙂

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar
      LindaGHill
      December 4, 2013 at 11:30 am

      Thanks, Sue. I haven’t paid for it yet – what I’d pay for is the freedom to change the background colours to suit myself and my readers, and the freedom to change the font style and size. Still eying another one, but they both allow the opportunity to have my own header, and that’s really what I want. 🙂

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    Danny James
    December 3, 2013 at 9:58 pm

    I like it. I like the ability to put my own picture on the heading. May try it on my own.

    DJ

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    Scarlet
    December 3, 2013 at 9:42 pm

    I like the theme, its nice and simple, font is large enough for my poor eyesight but I don’t like sites that are light type on dark colours, but its not a deal breaker 😉

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar
      LindaGHill
      December 3, 2013 at 9:48 pm

      I’m glad it’s not a deal breaker, but still you’re the fourth person who has said that. I may just have to change… still haven’t decided for sure that I’m going to stick with this one at all though, and I’d like to do the upgrade thing.

      Thanks for your input. Very helpful 🙂

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      • Scarlett's avatar
        Scarlet
        December 3, 2013 at 10:00 pm

        I think if the font size was small it would be bad, I have 3 sites I follow that I need to put my glasses on for and its something I find annoying, yours is fine. But I think if people complain maybe is worth doing. I am thinking maybe I should ask people the same thing about my blogs, I assumed I like it everyone else would lol. The arrogance!

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        • Linda G. Hill's avatar
          LindaGHill
          December 3, 2013 at 10:05 pm

          Haha! When it comes down to it, I think unless it’s unreadable most people don’t really mind one way or another. It’s really what you want that counts. But I did find out today, going through all the options, that paying the extra actually lets you change the font size, which is a pet peeve of mine too when it’s too small.

          It is interesting to see what other people think though. It gets nice discussions going too. 😉

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            Scarlet
            December 3, 2013 at 10:10 pm

            I have shabby eyesight and I have always had it, so its more important to me, most people can read far better than I do. I cant stand the reall complex sites or overly decorative ones, really thin old school ones too not into that.
            The ones I really hate though are boring, contain lots of memes and have some political or misogynist agenda 🙂
            I don’t think they have templates though, you have to customise them to be like that.

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    tjtherien
    December 3, 2013 at 6:57 pm

    I like it… I’m thinking of tidying up my own blog… I am curious if paying for a theme effects traffic at all…

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar
      LindaGHill
      December 3, 2013 at 7:04 pm

      I wouldn’t think so. I’ve had many people tell me that it doesn’t matter what my blog looks like, as long as it’s readable. I think paying for a site or an upgrade only gives you more options to make it look the way you want it to look. For instance, I prefer italics in my titles, and I want to make sure the text is big enough to read easily, which are two things I have to pay for.

      I’d say look around and see what you like. Maybe you’ll find something and fall in love with it. 🙂

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        tjtherien
        December 4, 2013 at 11:30 am

        I was just wondering if it increases your odds of being freshly pressed as I’ve noticed a trend among the people that do get freshly pressed in that many use paid themes… so I was wondering if it was mere coincidence or a reward scheme for being a paying customer, one that isn’t said but basically the staff at wordpress not being bothered reading posts from non paying blogs…

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    Brieuse Bernhard Piers-Gûdmönd
    December 3, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    I think it looks good. But I like black script on a white page, and well paragraphed because I speed read in blocks. If it seems worth reading (such as yours! pat pat) I’ll make the effort.

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    jameswilliaml
    December 3, 2013 at 2:43 pm

    I like how clear and definite everything is. It doesn’t look like a standard wordpress blog.

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    meticulousmick
    December 3, 2013 at 2:31 pm

    This one is clear and professional looking IMHO, MM 🍀

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  9. Dom DiFrancesco's avatar
    Dom DiFrancesco
    December 3, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    The new theme looks great. I generally prefer black on white for the text, but this one for whatever reason is easy on the eyes. I like it very much.

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar
      LindaGHill
      December 3, 2013 at 3:07 pm

      Great! Thanks very much Dom. 🙂 Though I am still thinking about changing themes, the other one I have my eye on is very similar – the only real difference is it’s a little wider and has more options. 🙂

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    Bastet
    December 3, 2013 at 12:50 pm

    I’ve chosen this one too, I did so because it is a great background for photos and art work, really brings it out. You’ll have problems with reading the evaluations of your post thought…the little stars…you can see the stars just find but can’t read how many have evaluated your post. Personally though, I like the theme.

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  11. donofalltrades's avatar
    donofalltrades
    December 3, 2013 at 12:50 pm

    I don’t like all the black, personally, but nobody ever cares what I think. I’d be 14% less likely to read an entire post that was longer than 200 words on a black background. Hope that helps.

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    http://theenglishprofessoratlarge.com
    December 3, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    This one definitely makes a positive statement.

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  13. S.K. Nicholls's avatar
    sknicholls
    December 3, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    I have been going through this trial and error thing with themes myself. I love that you have a beautiful header picture that you can change to suit you, whenever it pleases you. I personally like the black screen with the lighter text. On the theme I just let go back for a refund, it had this dark text on pages but not posts. The posts were lavender, a custom color. I am still discouraged that with 350 themes, I still can’t seem to find one that has all that I want/need in one package. This one is much more contemporary than your last theme, I think. Please yourself first! I always come back to blogs for their content. I will keep coming back to yours.

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    • Linda G. Hill's avatar
      LindaGHill
      December 3, 2013 at 12:52 pm

      Thanks, Susan. I know, there are so many! I’ve been going through them with my private blog all morning – I’d have been driving anyone visiting here crazy otherwise. It does take some of the pressure off to know they’ll refund the money if you don’t like what you get — I’m assuming you have to choose another though, and they don’t just give you your money back. Yes?

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      • S.K. Nicholls's avatar
        sknicholls
        December 3, 2013 at 1:10 pm

        They give you thirty days. I tried one out for a week and I loved a lot about it, but it was just too dramatic for my taste. LOL…even though I customized it. It also didn’t show dates, it didn’t have a side bar so my widgets were out of sight at the bottom, it didn’t load properly because of the excess graphics, I didn’t like how the menu functioned to show partial categories that you could not decide for yourself. I loved the broad/wide writing space and that the font was large, yet it still gave so much writing room. I still don’t like that my header picture in my current theme is so very large, but I could find one smaller that gave me everything else I wanted. I chose a free one finally, and they issued a full refund.

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        • Linda G. Hill's avatar
          LindaGHill
          December 3, 2013 at 1:17 pm

          Yeah, I was just going to upgrade a free one – I’ve left the others out of the equation. I think a couple that I’ve come across though have the option of choosing the header and the header width…”Yoko” I think you can do that with. Or maybe it’s this one I’m using now.

          Thanks for the info, Susan. Most helpful indeed. 😀

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  14. Charles Yallowitz's avatar
    Charles Yallowitz
    December 3, 2013 at 12:36 pm

    I like it. Definitely brings a lot of attention to the post due to its simplicity.

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  15. willowdot21's avatar
    willowdot21
    December 3, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    Very pretty, easy on the eye and easy to read!!

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