Friday was the last day before my blog got the new look. I thought I better take a good look at the old site so I would remember how it was. I didn’t want to make any massive changes, but I did want an updated cleaner look.If you alwaysΒ click on my posts in your inbox or reader, you might not notice much of a difference, but if you go to the home page, you will see it is all new.
I don’t have a clue how to “remodel” a website so I needed some help. We know Christina from The Lazy Pit Bull, and through this blog, we found out she also works with websites through her Virtual Assistant Inspired Diva business. Working with Christina was so easy, she had great suggestions, was always available to help, and switched over my site flawlessly. I highly recommend her if you want to make any changes to your website! I also needed a new header, so I went to GloGirly as she designed my logo, book cover, old header, and more for me. She is also awesome to work with…even though she is a “cat” lover.
If you happen to notice any problems with my new site, please let me know. My readers use the front end much more than I ever do and you may find issues I have no idea about!
I wanted to point out a few of the new features with my new look:
- larger social media buttons so you can find them and follow me all over the internet
- an archive section, found in the drop down menu if you click on blog in the header bar, it will help you quickly find older posts
- a new font which is a bit more fun, but still pretty basic and easy to read
- I have a footer where I can put some of my important widgets
- the home page has a slider with some of my recent favorite posts for quick reference
- I’ve divided my posting areas into four categories, and think it will help my readers find posts of the type listed a bit easier. I didn’t got through all my old posts ( because I have hundreds as I’ve in my fourth year of blogging) and sort them, so these categories will grow starting this week.
- a complete white background for a cleaner look
- lots more cute photos of me on my home page π
- my photos are 100px wider on my posts, since photos are half the fun of visiting my blog, I wanted them a bit larger
- many fans like using bloglovin, so I’ve added the subscription bar to make it easier for you to keep me popping into your inbox
Hope you enjoy the new look of My GBGV Life! I have lots of fun posts coming up, and I am sure they will be even more fun with my new look! A big GBGV thank you again to Christina and Debbie for helping me get my project accomplished! You guys are almost as cool as wabbits!
Hi Y’all!
Love the new look. My Human never fixed my blog since the time a misplaced bit of code messed it up…so long ago I’ve forgotten when…She’s just to busy.
Too bad about Mischief Monday. Maybe someone else will pick it up or one of those hops from Friday will move to Monday. “Movin’ Dog Monday”? Na, that’s best as Fit Dog Friday. Movin’ Dog sounds too much like what Snoopy’s up to, don’t y’all think?
Y’all come on by,
Hawk aka BrownDog
Glad you like the new look. It is a bit cleaner and up to date looking I think. We find it sad with MM too. It was so popular, but life is about change, so maybe something else fun will pop up.
Emma, this looks fantastic!! We are going to be working on a re-do with Christina as well, in a couple of weeks. Seeing how great yours looks makes me even more excited to do ours. My biggest priority was to be able to make the pictures larger as well, I always got very frustrated when photos would show up so small.
Copy cat π Christina is great to work with and so easy too. Things went smoothly and she has great suggestions. Our old site had a width of 600, now we have 700 and are pretty happy. Can’t wait to see what you do.
PAWfect…and I luffs your little bunny helper!
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
That is Bunny. I’ve had Bunny as long as I can remember and he sleeps with me every night.
The mom and I just checked out your new Blog site. You have been busy, and it looks great! Change can be a food thing. XOXO Sparkle the PBGV
I wanted something a bit more fun and appealing, glad you like it.
That is a great makeover. We must do one too. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly
It’s hard to get out of the old and into the new, but once it is done, one wonders why we waited so long!
Love the makeover, it is super! Makes me want to do mine.
Once you get the idea to do it, it can be scary, but it is fun and so worth it!
Love the New York but love you guys more!
I love the larger number of pics of me on the home page and larger post pics since everyone loves to see my furry face so much π
Digging the new digs. Clean, simple and a little more room for all your great photos.
Getting space for more photos on the home page and bigger ones on the blog was a priority. Thanks!
Great new look congratulations! Love Dolly
Thank you!
Everything sure looks nice Emma and we love the new look!
Thanks, kitties. My cats aren’t sure yet, they say they don’t like change.
Love the new look Emma – always fun to get a makeover isn’t it. We are overdue…
It is scary, but when it is done I’m real happy I did it.
Looks dogtastic!
Thank you!
I absolutely love the new look! Well done!
α¦ husky hugz α¦ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
Thanks. I’m pretty happy with it.
Good job! It looks great! Mom said this morning that she loved seeing that you had snacks on the desk along with Bunny. Excellent plan for working at the computer!
Bunny is my faithful companion, always there when I need him and I never have to share snacks with him either.
Absolutely fantastic, Emma! I love it π
Thank you π
I sniffed a little around on your site, it’s great! I’m a fan of white backgrounds and if we go pro once, I will use a white bg too. It looks clean even when you leave some pawprints there :o)
I really like the all white too. I’m sure some day I will want something different, but for now it is pawfect even with some dirty paws on the screen.
It does look good but one thing we noticed – your page and Sugar’s and Dolly’s page are all very similar and all take a long to load and they hang up quite often due to trying to load all the widgets. Otherwise you are looking good π
Dolly’s page always takes a long time to load, Sugar not so long, but we have tried this out on many computers at the office and mobile devices of people who don’t normally go to he blog and it was not slow at all. Have you tried clearing your browser cache? Thanks for letting us know, though, as we are frustrated by slowness.
Love it, it looks great. Congrats on a fantastic new look.
Thank you. Hopefully sleek and simple.
This looks fantastic!! Way to go!
Thank you. We love it.
Hi Emma- I came by today to check out the new look! I guess I got my wires crossed because I though you took the weekend off for YOUR new look but it was the blog that was getting a makeover. I mean, why did I think you were getting a fix up? You’re perfect just the way you are! Anyways, now that I am here enjoying the BLOG makeover, I think it looks great. Sleek and simple is always a good way to go- for a blog. Dogs should be fluffy! π
I have to go to the groomer in a few weeks, but I will stick with my same look. Funny how you interpreted it π
You are very welcome, Joy, Emma, and the gang! It was a pleasure working with you, and I hope you love your new look for a long time! π
We hope so too, but when we are ready for a change, we know who to contact π
Love the new site Emma! It’s so sleek and pretty, plus user friendly!
Thank you! I think it is pretty nice too.
Great job! Congratulations on your new look. I hope it works well for you. β₯
So far so good, just a small thing or two we will fix.
I’m impressed. I am so computer illiterate! I’m delighted to see someone master new things! you go girl(s)!
We did have lots of help because we didn’t want to mess it all up.
Sort of like SPRING (if it EVER COMES) Cleaning…. Right???
Looks good to US…
Spring cleaning and a fresh coat of paint π
Love it , Emma, very clean and fresh!
Smileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Thank you.
Lookin good!
Snorts,
Lily & Edward
Thanks, guys!
I think it looks pawmazing Emma! Christina did a great job with it! And I like the look of the new header as well. Glogirly did good work there too!
Thank you. We found great people to put out ideas into motion.
The site looks great!
Thank you.
I very much enjoy your new look! Love the theme & took a not so mental note of it π
We already forgot how the old one really looked π
I love the new look of your blog, Emma! Everyone did such a great job!
Thanks you guys! We are real happy.
Absolutely love the new look!
Thank you π
Your blog looks so fresh and clean! We need to do a redesign too.. maybe this weekend!
It was a big step as Mom is always scared everything will get messed up, but we love it and it is clean and fresh looking we think too.
I like the new look! Very clean and uncluttered. Makes me want to rip mine apart.
Perhaps toss some mud on it and rip around a bit…it would be so you π
It’s a great new look, Emma! Great job to everyone who helped! It looks very crisp and modern and is easy to navigate. Seems much faster to load, too.
Awesome! Glad you like it.
We love your new look Emma! It’s awesome!
Thank you.
Great new look Emma. Love what you’ve done with the place BOL
Nice remodel…can you tell Mom is in real estate? LOL!
It looks very nice and neat! (One thing… on my phone I can see the header fine, but on my iPad, the header is mostly hidden by the social media icons. I can only see “My G” and that’s all – then the icons. Maybe it’s just me!)
The site is mobile friendly, but for some reason, with Ipads and headers they don’t load correctly. Thanks for mentioning it, but it is something we discovered and for now Ipad won’t adapt to, but funny thing is the Iphone works fine. Go figure!
Your new look is great, Emma!
Thank you. We really like it.
Wow, what a good job, that took a lot of work Emma! Good thing you had plenty of snacks to munch on while you worked!
Snacks are so important to keep me on track with my work and Bunny is there to boost my confidence.
Rooo your new blog designs looks totally pawsome. I liked the old one too, but this one has more ‘bite’ to it *waggy tail*. Congrats on your Blogpaws Nose-to-nose nomination by the way – very well deserved!
Thank you, Alfie! Hope you are doing well. Your blog has been rather quiet these days.