New header images, etc.

by Joey

17 10 2007

Some of our loyal readers have complimented our new header images. Thanks for the kind words. I’m happy with the way they look, too. :) The previous header came with the blog theme (which is called Freshy), and I’m glad to have put more of a personal stamp on it.

You may also have noticed that the header isn’t always the same when you visit. I got the randomization script from Photo Matt, which is the blog written by Matthew Mullenweg, who is the founding developer of Wordpress, which is the self-publishing software running this site and many thousands of others. :) You may have to hold shift when you hit refresh in Firefox to get a new picture to show up (Firefox caches pages). If you’re not using Firefox, you should be!

I took each of the pictures currently featured*, some of them on a recent trip to Chicago. Here’s another:

The Bean

In the open spirit of this project, I’d love to put some pics from the community up there. So send in your 780 x 95px jpegs!

While I’m in the middle of this navel gazing meta-post, I’d like to give a shout-out to the creator of the forums plugin that allowed me to launch the forum feature on this site in a single day, Andy Staines. I had a slight problem with the installation, which I posted to his forum, and he figured it out for me personally. He provided amazing support for his (free!) software. Andy, you rock.

*Update: Ryan has added some of his pictures to the mix, from his trip to Hawaii. The gorgeous sunset and the sea urchin shot are his. We want you to get credit for your images if you send them in, so be sure to mark them as yours in some way before sending.

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4 responses to “New header images, etc.”

20 10 2007
Corliss Kelly (07:54:57) :

The Chicago silver bean photo is amazing!

Corliss
(Mom)

11 12 2007
Sarah (20:07:38) :

I think the graveyard pic is new…it’s a cool photo. Did you take that?

7 01 2008
Ryan (20:02:52) :

I actually took that picture in Boston… that particular headstone was over 200 years old and in pristine condition. Very cool.

9 01 2008
Sarah (22:46:15) :

Nice work, Ryan!

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