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Completely Messing the Point

I dropped in a minor site redesign today. (RSS readers: Hey look, there’s a website behind that feed!) Changes include:

- New logo
- Changed tagline from “Feeding a Syndication Nation” to “Messing the Point Completely”
- Minor layout and color changes to improve readability
- Now using Google site search — I like their results better than WordPress
- Improved comment form layout, finally

Regarding the tagline change… I still plan on covering the usual topics, but I wanted to give myself a little more wiggle room on what makes the “front page.”

If you find anything broken, please let me know. And just to head it off ahead of time: Yes, the tagline is supposed to say “messing,” not “missing.” Its called irony. Or sarcasm. Or a play on words? Regardless, it is on purpose.

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4 Responses to “Completely Messing the Point”

  1. Rob Fay Says:
    July 6th, 2006 at 20:16

    I still like the tagline I offered a few days ago: “changing the world one feed at a time.”

    Couple more thoughts: 1) with the new face, did you upgrade your version of wordpress?; 2) did you fix date/time (I guess I’ll find out when I see the stamp for my comment)?; 3) You come across as an Atom evangelist but only have an RSS feed (via feedburner); and 4) let me know how the Google ads work for you - I’d be happy if the site could pay for itself.

  2. Rob Fay Says:
    July 6th, 2006 at 20:18

    One more thing - your footer displays a copyright of 2005 only. Have you thought about using a cc license?

  3. Mark Woodman Says:
    July 6th, 2006 at 22:24

    Woops, thanks for the date catch. Yes, the timestamp should be fixed. And, I did consider your slogan for a brief moment… but I don’t think I can be a feed crusader full time. :)

    I’m still using the same version of WordPress. Having done quite a bit of tinkering in some core files (probably a bad idea), I’m loathe to go through the upgrade at the moment.

    As for RSS/Atom evangelism, I believe strongly in both. The former for how useful it is, and the latter for how useful it is becoming. I’m keeping my feed as RSS 2.0 for the moment, if not just to try to keep a balanced perspective.

  4. Literal Kenneth Says:
    July 7th, 2006 at 09:16

    Hey, did you mean “missing” instead of “messing”? Does this have anything at all to do with that weird Greek story about some guys in a cave?