I thought it was about time that I got up off my lazy arse (and sat down on my lazy arse) to give the blog a bit of an overhaul. As you can see it's changed a fair bit ... and not just cosmetically.
I've also changed the comments system too which will now enable you to upload images and YouTube clips into any of your postings. Some of you may have used the system on other blogs and some may not but please give it a whirl and see how you get on with it.
I'll still be arseing around with the template for the next day or two, so please bare with me and feel free to ask any questions and/or leave any suggestions or comments about the new set up. Your feedback would be most welcome either in the comments here or via email to the usual address.
Thanks ;-)
Thanks ;-)
Is that you in the top left corner? I expected a moustache...
ReplyDeleteNow there's an idea, perhaps I should grow one. I could do with all the hair I can get these days. Unlike your good self of course ;-)
ReplyDeleteAuch Gotty, I find reading black backgrounds much harder than light colours. Otherwise the design is very pleasant.
ReplyDeleteNIce one Billy, that worked a treat!
ReplyDeleteClicked on the pic and I got the full size image ....although the sight of that twat nearly brought up my brekky.
I'll have a play with that later ;-)
Tought I'd try your new image upload facility.
ReplyDeleteThis particular image seems suited to etching "tattooed words" onto Ed Balls forehead......
Cheers Billy!
ReplyDeleteMy reply is up there ^^ somewhere. Fuck knows how it got there though.
Maybe I'll get the hang of this soon ;-)
Oh dear Rosie, I do hope it doesn't put you off too much.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for your feedback though, much appreciated ;-)
Hi subrosa, don't you use Google Reader with RSS? It is dark on light in that, you need not actually read this at all with RSS feeds and can come straight here to read the comments with one click.
ReplyDeleteI like the new look, much more gravitas.
ReplyDeleteThere's one YouTube image I just have to share with you as it is sooo funny
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/v/NOzR3UAyXao" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="170" height="140
Looking good Grumpy but some bloggers whoo use this template overload it with widgets so it either takes ages to load or crashes completly! (And yes, I do have a good fibre-optic connection)
ReplyDeleteCheers.
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks ;-)
ReplyDelete"because it's owned by China"
ReplyDeleteFunny as fuck but oh so true!
Thanks Banned and thanks for the piccy, even if it is taking the piss .... so to speak.
ReplyDeleteLike the make-over Gotty .. but not sure about the black background .. a little "funereal" perhaps ? ..
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback Cap'n.
ReplyDeleteI fancied the dark look for a change and thought it would show up the graphics a little better. We'll suck it and see for a while, eh ;-)
(oo err missus)
Coo F... me sideways I wasn't expecting that/this when I clicked through, wow GOT!!
ReplyDeleteI think I can understand the ned for change though, as the old order has gone its time for a new face to address new problems with!
I like the ability to add images etc how do you get that mate!!!
Headline is sound too, yup all in all I think I like it!!!
Like it so far, although as others have said, the black is a tad funereal!
ReplyDeleteCheers Indy, yes I think that feature is going to be fun.
ReplyDeleteIt's all built into the 'Echo' commenting system which I was put on to by TheEye and Spidey also uses it too. It's free and a piece of piss to install. Go grab it!
Ta for the pic. Filth. Love it ;-)
Thanks Cato and I take your point (as with the others) about my 'dark period'. We'll give it a go for a while and if imore people don't than do, I might even change it.
ReplyDeleteNow how democratic is that. Parliament please take note ;-)
Hi, Gotty, very smart. Keep up the good work, the left are mobilising behind a Banana.
ReplyDeleteTesting, testing...
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I found the blog increasingly slow to load in the past. My computer actually crashed on one or two occasions trying to load the blog, regrettably! This one's much, much quicker. So far, I'm liking it a lot.
We should put you in charge of the country.
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't possibly do any worse than these cunts if that's your view.
Or a fucking "Hob Nob" in Jacks Straws particular case.
ReplyDeleteThanks OR and I'm glad to see that we now have 5 bona fide fuckwits that will give us hours of mocking pleasure during the PLP leadership campaign.
ReplyDeleteLeadership? That's a fucking larf for a start!
Thanks for letting me know about the loading speed Grim. That's one of the reasons for the change and hopefully I won't be the cause of any more crashes.
ReplyDeleteApologies for that ;)
I thought some fucker had died when i tuned in... I think its better black Gotty
ReplyDeleteScared the crap out of me as well!!! But I have to agree with The Grim Reaper - this is MUCH faster to load, the old design was really crawling. I don't greatly mind the dark background, another site I visit daily is the same. However this comment system has drawbacks - the default character size is TINY, my eyes are struggling... And there's no preview facility - always handy to check things out before pushing the button, and making a pratt of ones self! The tiny images can be "clicked" to show the full size, but the YouTube clip Ampers posted (Damn funny!) is also tiny. I suppose that's to keep the page faster. There's little option but to re-load on YouTubes own site to see them with a larger size.
ReplyDeleteI'd better change my name to W.O.T - "Whinging Old Twat".....
That'd be Democracy in the UK .... probably.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the feedback!
Cheers for the input MD.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about being a W.O.T. it's still better than being a G.O.T.
Already spoken to my chief technical director (aka TheEye) and he may have a little tweak that will enlarge the text. I agree that it's a tad tiny too. Not sure about the preview but if it's possible then it'll be done, otherwise I guess you'll have to post and delete, then re-post maybe? Leave it with us for now.
Glad you are seeing an improvement in load speed too.
Niiicccee!
dhsh
ReplyDeleteBollocks! that was me - I just typed a few characters in to see if it was any different, and hit the "Post" button by mistake....
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly TheEye told me that there was no option for a preview, as I had said the same thing to him.
Seems a little odd getting all the sidebars as well, instead of just a minimal box for comments, but so long as it doesn't get "bloated" over time it loads pretty fast.
Does this version have the option for the anti-spam W/V, or are you going to take a chance..... Some of those made up names were good all by themselves!
Love that and will pinch it, if you don't mind?
ReplyDeleteJust below that is a blank box with bits of "Internet Explorer cannot display the page...." just as it did this morning. (Under 'G.O.T. recent posts', not complaining, just saying).
ReplyDeleteApologies for that Banned. I can only test it in Firefox and Safari. Perhaps if anyone else has had a problem seeing that widget, with IE, then they will let me know. Strange though, it's an official Blogger widget and so is the the basic template. Hopefully it's just a short term hiccup?
ReplyDeleteNo worries MD, just waiting for the 'wise one' to get back to me with the tweak.
ReplyDeleteSorry but yes, WV is not required with this system. A shame in one way, with regards to the fun words it sometimes threw up but less hassle for the most part ;)
Gotty, this change-for-change's-sake ain't, IMHO, an improvement.
ReplyDeleteYou're not some surplus Council Worker who has to be seen to be doing something, anything, to justify their existence.
Please revert back to the previous, legible, easy-on-the-eye colour scheme.
Well that's me busted then!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments and sorry to hear that you're so disappointed.
Well that's me busted then!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments and sorry to hear that you're so disappointed.
Will you revert to a single page of comments?
ReplyDeleteIt's easier to continue scrolling down a long page, than to have to click to different pages. It also helps when a commenter needs to refer to previous comment(s). [Try starting a comment, then back a page to check a fact, then return to finish your part-composed comment. ooooops - its disappeared, hasn't it!]
There's a well known saying - if it ain't broke, don't mend it.
<span>As we're on the subject of aesthetics, has anyone clocked Palin's tits?</span>
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Oi Oi saveloy!
ReplyDeleteShe gets my vote ;)
Thanks for the comments JP
ReplyDeleteThere's an option to alter the number of comments before it goes to a new page and it's on my to do list, so I hope to sort that one. I've been on a sharp learning curve and just haven't got around to the fine tuning yet.
It was a bit broken and did need a little fixing, especially with regards to page loading speeds. Hope you can give things a chance to setttle down a bit ;)
Just don't overload it with widgets and crapulence that adds nothing to the blog and you can't go far wrong.
ReplyDeleteIf Gotty was working for anyone, it would be a cuntcil, not a council. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's a work in progress, as he says.
Maybe she's got them to help steady herself if she uses a gun like the one modeled by Captain Ranty's "Leetle Friend"...
ReplyDeleteNow that WOULD be scary....
I uploaded a picture, but it hasn't appeared.
ReplyDeleteHere's a link: http://i46.tinypic.com/o6bogo.jpg
She certainly seems capable of handling a decent sized weapon (fnarr)
ReplyDeleteI don't like this new comment software - it takes too long to load up - too much Java. Don't fall for the flash multimedia bullshit, a blog is about content and atmosphere. The old blogger posting isn't great, but this is shite.
ReplyDeleteI don't think much of your spelling either: "bare with me"; "bare"?! FFS.
I was seriously considering following a few of the other bloggers but decided a change was as good as a rest instead. Apologies for the shite comments system but I thought it was worth giving something new a go. Maybe it's a machine or broadband speed issue?
ReplyDeleteAs for the spelling 'mistake', I dooo know it's there and I would have changed it if I had wanted too. Thanks for your feedback.
I love the new layout, and it's great that you have comment thingy too!
ReplyDeleteI hope you are enjoying it too, Cheers from Bunnikins. 8-)
Thanks for the kind comments Bunnikins!
ReplyDeleteGradually getting used to it all now ...... I think ;)
<p>Sorry to report, the blog is still pretty "unusable"... so much stuff loading up for so long, and I'm on proper broadband.
ReplyDelete</p><p>It just lags so much, I can't really endure it.
</p><p>Surely the point of a blog is content, not flashy crap - your site built it's rep on the content not all this.
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</p><p>Burningourmoney blog uses this comment software, but he seems to have less stuff littered all around. I think you've succumbed to the social media faggerati who seem to want to early adopt everything at the same time - reminds me of the sort of grotesque American personal websites of the 90s just packed full of animated crap for the sake of it.
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</p><p>I would just cut all the fat off and make it nice and zen. I don't see what all the shit down the sides adds to the content. Why on earth anyone wants to read or use shit like twitter is beyond me; labels, archives, links to this and that, it's just gobbling bandwidth to no obvious end.
</p><p>Stick to what you do best - entertaining pics and epic bile.
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</p><p>How about just starting minimalist, and then adding things that people ask for on demand?
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