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Monday, October 02, 2006

To a New Season

As we gear up for the start of The Hour's third season we thought it was a fitting time to launch our new design layout. Since the blog began back in June, Alana and I have struggled coming up with a better layout, as we were part of the 'layout team.' We tried many different avenues, but they didn't produce the look we were going for. About a month ago I mentioned to my friend Todd (who also does web design on the side) about our woes, he said he'd work on something. Two days later he produced a brand spanking new layout! Can you believe that? All the Strombi are very grateful. We send numerous high fives to you! So leave a comment and tell us what you think! Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving, which is almost upon us.

101 comments:

Alana Elliott said...

Seriously Todd, it's SUPER pro, I love it! I owe you, like...one of my legs or something, it's insanely great! After all the crap Allison and I went through, you totally saved us, and it looks FANTASTIC.

Thanks so much!

*geek high fives!*

Barbara Bruederlin said...

Todd, you are totally da man, man! I shall name my first grandchild Todd-the-webguy Zombie. Seriously.

And I love the mission statement. Perfect!

Allison said...

I can feel Todd blushing/rolling his eyes..LOL.

Glad you agree on the mission statement Barb. I hoped I wasn't stepping on anyones toes!

hilary m. said...

Awwww. It's so purrrty.
This Todd fella deserves a big pat on the back.

Looks very proffessional everyone!
=)

hilary m. said...

Pssst..
Barbara B. Are you allowed to name your first grandchild? There must be legal implications.

Serah said...

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love everything.

Becky said...

This definitely gets the Becky stamp of awesome possum approval :P
My weirdness aside, it looks great!!! Thanks, Todd!

Barbara said...

Cheers! It looks Great Todd! My hat is off to you, Allison and Alana for all the hard work.
Merci, thank you, gracias and thank you in every other language. Dude(s), you rule.

Barbara Bruederlin said...

Good legal point you make there Hilary, but after all I have done for that kid, the least she can do is name her baby what I want her to.

And I neglected to say thanks to you guys, Allison and Alana - you guys are da women!

Todd said...

hey hey - SO glad that everyone seems to be liking the new design!! :D

Barbara, if the grandkids are twins, if one is Todd, the other must be Rob... I'm just sayin'...

And Allison, no eye rolling, YET. :P Just really glad you guys all like it. :)

Jas B said...

Thanks Todd. The new layout is hip and happening! :) Love it!

mellowlee said...

I LOVE IT!!! Yay Todd!!!!!!!!!

Toccata said...

This rocks! Wow, I don't know who you are Todd but man this is fantastic. Kudos to you.

Toccata said...

P.S. I really like how you did the layout for the contributers. That is really cool.

Deb said...

Wow, very impressive!

I'm vowing to watch my first ever season of The Hour, just so I can visit this cool place with some relevance.

You gals are awesome...good on ya for a job well done. I'll be able to say "I knew them when..." one day (betcha').

Alana - still cracking me up (as usual). I'm glad you're only giving one leg. The other will come in handy, I'm sure.

Deb said...

(oh, how remiss of me....Todd, you must be a genius. This layout totally suits the place and I agree - the "contributors" section is particularly awesome. Being that all my layouts look like the yellow pages (I don't know how to pimp anything), I'm always in awe of people who can jazz things up a bit. Good job Todd!)

Anonymous said...

am i the only one still waiting for stromo's website?

Tammy

Evelyne said...

Love it, Todd, you are a genius!

Todd said...

Actually, I have also been wondering when Strombo's own website was going to launch. It's been sitting there in a very awkward state of dormancy just waiting to come alive... hopefully soon - I'm curious to see what kind of site he has planned for himself [aside from his other homes on the web...]

Rebecca said...

Looks awesome! :D

loring said...

I avoid the internet for a couple of days and WHAM! The world is turned on its head. Nice layout. Simple, easy on the eyes. Good stuff.

Barbara said...

I saw a preview of Georges site thanks to Jeremy. It features a calendar of Georges engagements...
He would need a full time webmaster to keep it up to date. Who can keep up with him?
I have my theories as to why it's not up yet starting with;(A) he wants total control of it yet does not have the time to control it.
(B) He can't find the right person he trusts to run it.
(C) He has better things to do...?
or (d) I don't know.

668 aka neighbour of the beast said...

i forgot to add my kudos to the new design.. great job!

nice try barbara, but it's been almost a year and a half! :) it wouldn't bug me except that he keeps promoting it.

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