Monday 20 January 2014

Snowball in hell ...

Things have a way of snowballing with me.

One thing almost certainly leads to another and before I know it … what started out as a little tweak becomes a huge, major overhaul.

And so it was with this blog yesterday.

I decided … in all my wisdom … that since I am all enthusiastic and gung ho with my photography projects at the moment ... I would load up my blog images a little bigger.

That is officially where IT began.


Now the problem with that … was that the images then hung over the edge of the page … and trespassed into the realms of my right hand sidebar.  That would never do … my OCD would scream at me every time I went anywhere near my blog.

So I decided I needed to tweak the layout a little … you know … give the main body of the blog a little room to expand … much like my post Christmas body is currently doing.

And while I'm at it … why don't I just quickly draw a new header … something a little more original.


And of course with the new header the old colour scheme just isn't going to work.

And with the new colour scheme … my old buttony/linky things just aren't going to cut the mustard.


And so on and so on and so on … you get the picture.

And then … of course ... Blogger just wouldn't play nice … and what "should" have taken a few simple clicks of the mouse … became an all out wrestling match … with both Blogger and I vying for the ultimate victory.


But many, many hours ... and many, many google searches ... and much cursing ... and several temper tantrums later … we have the end result you see before you now.

Now I've just got to try … really, really hard … to not let this bother me.


Or I may have to start all over again … and who knows where that could take me.

EDITED:  I was forced to fix it … it just bothered me too much.

20 comments:

  1. love it!!...look out you will be hot prop in web design next!!...your header is fab! and your head aint too bad either! Al xx

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    1. Haha … thanks … you have such a lovely way with words ;0)
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  2. I wondered about that little patch of rosy glow at the side of your lovely artwork. Presumed it was just a little red-haired angel dust. xxx

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    1. I was trying to appreciate it as proof of it's homemade authenticity … but I just couldn't look at it for a moment more ;0)
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  3. No rosy glow of angel dust from where I'm sitting, so you fixed it! The layout and new header look fab. It always takes longer than you think, tinkering about with layouts and suchlike, but you emerged victorious from your dust-up with Blogger - go, Jo! xxxxx

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    1. Hurrah for me … someone sits at a computer in Blogger HQ and plays with our minds for fun … I'm sure of it ;0)
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  4. Looks gorgeous! Very empowering to red heads!

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  5. There is no smudge of blush here either! blooming good job, your header is just fab, and you created it, which counts as very very technical stuff you can do! I really like and well done with your Blogger wrestle (bloody blogger though, it's a pain!) x x x

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    1. I had to fix it … I just couldn't look at it … not even for 24 hours … I'm a little odd like that ;0)
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  6. Well done!! Looks great & great perseverence by you.

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    1. Thanks Leanne … playing around with Blogger is a test of a person's mental endurance … that's for sure ;0)
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  7. Looks great and I see no rose colour on my screen! I love the artwork. You are such a talent! xx Jen

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    1. Oh thank you Jen … what a sweet thing to say :0)
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  8. Well how clever and arty farty are you then????? Your artwork is bloody gorgeous, you really should pursue and continue to create.

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    1. Art is my idea of fun … the perfect way to spend an afternoon :0)
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  9. You are way too clever, your new header is simply fantastic. Well done!

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  10. firstly i just clicked on here and went WOW!!!! i love love love love the new look and your own header, really fabulous! Then i laughed my socks off...i cannot tell you how many times i have screamed at a blog world tweak turning into hours of battling whilst googling 'how the hell do i get blogger to do this!' so glad it's not just me! it all looks amazing though xxxx

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    1. I think it's all one giant Blogger conspiracy to increase their revenue by getting us to use google more often … well that's my theory anyway … couldn't be anything to do with me being technologically challenged ;0)
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