Ramblings: Theme Change, In the Press and Deadlines Approaching
Written on April 1, 2008 by Amanda M. Gladden
I’m considering updating the site’s layout since the current theme does not look as good in Explorer as it does in Firefox (Explorer often does not show the 3 column layout), but I’m torn because I like the vibrant colors and I’m not sure I want to give up the color scheme. What do you think?
Do you like the current color scheme ? Let me know in the comments below.
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On another note, Woman Start Your Business Now was mentioned briefly in an article in the New York Times by Brent Bowers,
Advice on Taking an Entrepreneurial Leap. Ok, so it was only a brief mention, but it’s the NY Times all the same :))
We were also mentioned as one of the 96 Women Bloggers to Watch for Spring 2008 on the Virtual Woman’s Day blog.
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So, anyway, for April, I’ll continue to bring you some of the more obscure contests, other places to compete for startup funds and opportunities to improve our entrepreneurial skills. For your part, please continue to leave your comments and start dialog, bring other useful information to share (even when I’m too busy to reply to every comment, know that I appreciate every comment that adds something useful for myself and the other readers).
Remember to check out the Free Magazines section of the blog monthly there’s always something new being offered that may be useful in your line of business. This month the offers include free subscriptions to
and at least 100 more.
Finally, deadlines are near for the following opportunities:
Here’s to another great month!
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April 1st, 2008 at 3:00 am
I finally decided to write a comment on your blog. I just wanted to say good job. I really enjoy reading your posts.
Tina Russell
April 1st, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Congratulations on the mention in the NYT. The site looks fine here in IE7 and always has, looks fine in Firefox and Opera too. I have always seen all three columns. The only thing that is tough to make out is the subtle shades on the LCD for the column backdrops. Really though I like the existing layout - or at least the text size and organization. It’s clean and easy to read.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I agree with Heather. The site looks great. It’s different from just about every other site I go to all the time. Bright colours and great content. I think it’s a keeper.
Of course with the new version of WordPress just coming out, hopefully you won’t have to do much tweaking of the theme for it to look just as great in 2.5.
Keep up the great work!
April 4th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Re: Your color scheme — I think it’s great. It takes chutzpah to pull off red and green and not come out looking like a greeting card, but I think it works really well. Then again, I’m running Firefox, so it looks good in my browser.
Great job on the NYT mention. I figure the NYT is the NYT, no matter how small the mention.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I just wanted to let you know up here they were discussing the Times article and I believe even your site Friday on talk radio. I didn’t catch it in time, but there was a discussion about business opportunities for women and a recent article in the Times. They also mentioned a blog…so you’re site may be getting more press all the time.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Congratulations on being mentioned in the New York Times! That is wonderful!
April 8th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Thank you all for leaving your comments :))
@ Tina and Jenna thanks and please don’t be shy!
@ Naomi, I had a good laugh about chutzpah and I’m very glad it doesn’t look like a greeting card
@ Heather, this is wonderful news. Where are you located and which radio station? I’m always excited when any of the women focused blogs gets mentioned!
@ Jennifer I’m going to wait a couple more weeks before upgrading to 2.5
April 8th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
The color scheme looks good to me. I think the biggest part of pulling off a color scheme is the layout of the site. Sometimes I go to peoples blogs and immediately think “ok now, where is the content?” This can be pretty debilitating for a site on the internet, where the average attention span is measured in nanoseconds.
April 10th, 2008 at 5:33 am
I think your site looks great. Easy to navigate and I love the colours, very appealing.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I also think you have a great blog!
April 11th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Good Job, I really enjoy your blog. Congratulations on being mentioned in the NYT
mma clothing
April 12th, 2008 at 7:51 am
The site seems to be very good and the colors are very pleasing. Its also very easy to find the way. Thanks for the trouble taken by you for posting. I shall go through it peacefully.
April 17th, 2008 at 2:52 am
Congratulations on the mention in the NYT, great blog
April 18th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I do like the current color scheme however the white contrast to the bright red and yellow is a bit striking.
April 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Great job on the NYT mention. I figure the NYT is the NYT, no matter how small the mention.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
I love your theme. Are you sure IE doesn’t show it right? One of my blogs have three columns and it shows up okay in IE, but then again, I’m using blogger. Maybe you should adjust the width so it would fit okay.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:10 am
You could always just find a new layout, and swap the colors to match the same ones as your current ones.