Once upon a time, a beautiful maiden named Judith Shakespeare designed a template for Mr Lady. She worked tirelessly, and came up with something really rad. Mr Lady loved it.
Except that Mr Lady was being to f’ing picky about the whole thing. She emailed our fair maiden 1,362,845 times asking her to tweek this and change that and Judith’s head, she imagines, most likely imploded.
Mr Lady got to feeling a bit guilty about harrassing Judith, so she just decided to try and fix the remaining little things herself. Guess how that went over? Yeah, she f’ed that template up so bad there was no hope of ever recovering it. And she was WAY too afraid to tell Judith, so she did the only thing she knew she could do flawlessly; she hid the evidence.
She changed the template to something easy and manageable and just left it at that. Except she was really missing her awesome header, even if it was the size of Texas. It was cool, it was unique, it was made with a little slice of love.
She set out to try and bring it back. She spent night after night, up until unholy hours, testing themes, tweeking HTMLs, trying to find a way to have her cake and eat it, too.
And then she killed her blog.
She called in the troops, and the troops got her back on track, and then she took a step back. She thought long and hard about what she really wanted, and then she came up with this.
She’s not quite done with it yet. There’s a color palette to change, there are widgets to adjust, but she is pretty sure this the best she can do after her reign of terror on the old template, and she hope y’all are okay with it.
Tagged with: Judith Shakespeare, redesign, screwed up HTML
Hockeyman
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 20:43I like it. I need a themed template me thinks.
Hockeyman’s last blog post..I Did It!!!
punk rock mom
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:00I guess it is safe to finally say what I really feel. I missed that damn whiskey bottle!
punk rock mom’s last blog post..P is for…..
Sunshine
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:05Oh no, you’re brave trying to mess with it yourself. Or drunk, that too.
Sunshine’s last blog post..Commenters Rule!
Tiffany
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:08I love the new look. And don’t worry, I have no clue how to fix mine at all either. Thats why I have a generic template. LOL But at least you can admit your defeats.
Tiffany’s last blog post..My plan worked!!
Maria
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:17I missed the Whiskey bottle too. Judith is a gotdamned genius I tell you.
Maria’s last blog post..Suck it Up: Real Men Don’t Cry
christy
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:21This is better…yeah.
christy’s last blog post..Unable to play dead long enough
Secret Agent Mama
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:31I love this. I loved the first JD one, but this one rocks with cocks out because it’s got the white. I Know how much you like white. :D
Secret Agent Mama’s last blog post..Live Blogging Saturday
abunslife
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 21:45I likey the whiskey bottle….I guess I wasn’t reading when it was here before?
abunslife’s last blog post..My Pups Smiled
Big Bad Daddy
Saturday, 5 July, 2008 at 22:03The Whiskey Bottle was the reason I started reading this thing in the first place. The Interim theme was so…….polite. This is waaaaaayyyy better. I do a bit of CSS Wrestling myself and am getting better at it so if you’re at the “throw the keyboard through the monitor” stage, hit me up, maybe I can help.
Whiskey Bottle or Bust! Respect.
Ree
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 1:15I’m with the others babe. As much as I loved looking at all of the pictures of you, it was wreaking havoc with my keyboard (all the drool, y’know) – and I missed the whiskey bottle.
Ree’s last blog post..Another Day – Another Neighbor
MommyTime
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 3:25LOVE the change. While the pics of you all were adorable, I don’t really think of you as the “adorable” type — and I mean that in the nicest possible way. This is awesome. And I like that I don’t have to scroll past a whole screen to see some content too. Nicely done.
MommyTime’s last blog post..To Sleep, Perchance to Dream
Alison
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 3:42Love it….makes me want to drink! :)
Alison’s last blog post..The Greatest Party Ever Held!
Half-Past Kissin' Time
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 3:51Oh, I’ve been there. There should be a new word in the dictionary to describe that feeling of panic that comes during this process…
Half-Past Kissin’ Time’s last blog post..It’s That Time of Year
Audubon Ron
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 4:22This is where I go to the garage and change the in my car and wait for you to ask me how I can help. Otherwise, I’m pretty much saying, “Love you and let me know what I can do.”
Audubon Ron’s last blog post..Dermatology Update:
Zoeyjane
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 4:39i like the new template. and seriously? why don’t you ask for some damned help, woman? it seems to be that i still owe you BIG TIME.
Zoeyjane’s last blog post..On Being Nervous
Jeremy (Discovering Dad)
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 4:44Glad to you back on the bottle ;-) This look is the one that initially inspired me to review and recommend your site. It fits. I know there are others that could work too, but I definitely like this one too. If you need anything, holler!
Jeremy (Discovering Dad)’s last blog post..Spotlight on Dads – Matt Pfingsten
Diane
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 4:48Template issues…. is that why your blog disappeared yesterday? I wouldn’t have the faintest idea how to mess with my template nor can I imagine that I can spare the time.
Hey, we sold the house. Keep your fingers crossed that this one goes through.
Diane’s last blog post..Sold our home?
Trudie
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 5:45I guess I hadn’t found your blog when you had this banner initially – but this is definitely a better one than the pictures. Not to say the pictures were not good – but so many have already said that!
As for changing templates – I’m rather fed up with my own banners but am atoo afraid to mess things up to change anything. At least until I’ve found a way to save the contents without wasting a month of evenings doing it!
Trudie’s last blog post..HOW Stupid Did You Say?
Latte Mommy
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 6:03… and all was right with the world.
Latte Mommy’s last blog post..Take That, Houdini
Kelley
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 6:35I would love it even if you had that damn pilgrim on it. Cause you are all kinds of flavours of awesome.
And you know it.
Damn you.
Kelley’s last blog post..Take me, please take me.
NukeDad
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 6:56“Bottle picture, with Whiskey, change back to, you will”
-Yoda
I think he said it in Episode II
NukeDad’s last blog post..Luther: The Squirrel That Thought He Could Fly
flickrlovr
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 15:34My computer sucks and doesn’t load all of the graphics on people’s blogs or sites sometimes, so I probably wouldn’t know if I was missing something…but, with that said, the bottle loaded, and I couldn’t be happier ;)
I LOVE the header. It’s very…Mr Lady-ish.
And I think the rest of the design rawks too.
Thanks for the word of caution-I won’t be missing with ANY of my new site’s HTML, thank you very much.
YAY for whiskey bottles! And grey! And Mr Lady!
flickrlovr’s last blog post..The Post In Which I Am Almost Too Brutally Honest
BusyDad
Sunday, 6 July, 2008 at 16:14So, like I said the first time you put the bottle up… I want that t-shirt!
BusyDad’s last blog post..Rollin’ on tha Eastside… the Far Eastside
MomBabe
Monday, 7 July, 2008 at 3:49Yay! I love the whiskey bottle.
MomBabe’s last blog post..Deep Thoughts
rachel
Monday, 7 July, 2008 at 6:22I was wondering why you’d ditched JD’s awesome bottle design.
I think what you have is sweet, but it just didn’t jive with my impression of you. So happy to see the bottle back. It just fits.
So happy to see you back to you.
(as my uninformed self sees you)
rachel’s last blog post..Mouthwatering Monday: Curry Chicken With Rice
Huckdoll
Monday, 7 July, 2008 at 7:05Yep, this feels like WIMSC again.
Huckdoll’s last blog post..Eleventy Hundred (bitten from my biatch, Kelley) Questions For me – Part 3
Ashley
Monday, 7 July, 2008 at 7:09Glad you at least got your site back up!
Ashley’s last blog post..Reminders?
Deb (Missives From Suburbia)
Monday, 7 July, 2008 at 17:13Yay!!! I always missed the whiskey bottle!!
Deb (Missives From Suburbia)’s last blog post..Time-Honored Traditions
ourcrookedtree
Tuesday, 8 July, 2008 at 2:42I can finally exhale ☺
Kim
Tuesday, 8 July, 2008 at 16:37So now I can’t stare at pictures of you in your header anymore?? sigh.
** I do enjoy the new layout.. bravo.
Kim’s last blog post..There Is No Such Thing As Bad Luck
ms picket to you
Tuesday, 8 July, 2008 at 18:10i’m digging it.
ms picket to you’s last blog post..She Yawned, She Cried, She Grew Up?
Kori
Tuesday, 8 July, 2008 at 19:27I love it.
Kori’s last blog post..Crazy Stalker Guy Was Back
Judith Shakespeare
Wednesday, 9 July, 2008 at 17:32Dude. Dude. DUDE.
My head so did not explode. :) I promise. And ‘iffen you want, I can break the header into parts for you (the bottle, the title, the tagline), so that you can make a new header to your own specifications rather than just having to crop it and deal.
Just let me know.
However, I was uber-proud of that bottle, so I’m definitely glad to see it back. :)
Love ya.
Judith Shakespeare’s last blog post..It’s Simply Astounding…