Friendly greetings! Dinner starts soon. And change starts now. At last, a new blog theme to meet the wants + needs of amplifying thy awesome…
Torley Lives gets a new look 'n' feel thanx to Jason Schuller — and more G.O.O.D. to come.
You'll see it all incrementing and iterating here over the next swatch of days.
(I know most people wait until things are ready to lift the curtain, but I'm not doing that. It's candid, earnest, forthright, and will be more colorful… as I am.)
Yes, it'll be clean and messy at the same time.
Let me know what you think + feel.
P.S. Watermelons will be back in full force. AND THEN SOME.
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Seems like it will be a great layout! It's confusing for me now, but with time, it will get easier.
Jaymes, indeed! Right now it's VERY MUCKED UP but piece by piece, you'll see how all the, uh, pieces fit together.
Thanx for noticing!
Ho' snappz! This caught me completely by surprise!
I was here earlier today, and now it's completely different (obviously)!
one more thing: the search bar on top is half obscured by everything else.
I like it
I like it too, it's crazy, but smart all rolled up in one. It suits you!
what the….why can't I post comments?
I love the fresh new look!, I'm sure the pieces will fit together soon.
This new blog theme rocks.
Dinner wuz good. Had clams wife made. YomZ YomZ.
Thanx Day, bex, and Daniel!
Muck factor down!
I've got the basics done: next up comes more refining and share-ability stuff. ;D
Sorry, but i prefered the old one
hmmm… let me see…. I don't know if anything more is to load, browser reads something from flickr last three minutes…
If I got it right, you're working on it in front of our eyes. I love when people are doing that. Sharing work in progress and bugs is kind of intimate.
Anyway… GIVE US MORE COLOURS!!! I know it's advized to have all white to sound clean, but you're the exception from that.
And that copyright message is fabulous <3
@Laurent: What'd you like more about the old one?
@dandellion: This theme should load faster. While I'm not a big fan of "Reality TV" (since it's often so fake despite the name), I appreciate the "intimacy" of behind-the-scenes and opening stuff up.
i like it! more of your colors would be nice though, i agree with dande… it helps us feel like we're in Torley space!
I love, love, love the new look! Simple, yet a touch of your unique colors and personality.
Moooore colors being added right now MiaSnow!
Thanx so much Pituca!
Things to do soon…
* Fix bullet point lists
* Add better search (Lijit broke)
* Keep tweaking colorz.
The new theme is looking good. Somehow it just seems brighter and more smiley than before. Thank you for sharing your work as you go.
@Bennett: Yeah, I think that's largely because of it being less harsh-boxy and having a light green background, instead of a black one. Thanks! =)
Note to self to…
* Darken font color in comments entry box
* Let Jason Schuller know that actual allowable, elegant width in sidebar is 294 px, not 300 px (which bleeds into the right edge).
@thattagen: Sorry, it was Akismet thinking you're spam… of course you're not. Is Search bar still obscured for you? Looks fine to me now.
Testing Ajaxy comments so we can converse sans entire page refreshes…
Another test…
Yet another test…
One more test for nao.
It looks great Torley
It's nomtastic!
Mmm nom nom nom thx Lorimae.
Alas, Ajax comments doesn't play nice with the nav arrows on the front page. Disabled them for now.
Whoo, what a surprise! But looking great
OMG I don't believe your energy! You make my head spin trying to catch up to what you are doing. What I do like about the new setup is the fact the music is easy to find and all together. I love listening to you on the piano. But even more i like to watch you while you play. Thank you for the opportunity.
@Daed: I'm all about the (happy) surprises.
@2B: Spending energy on worthwhile, exciting stuff motivates me even more — it's a positive feedback loop! Thank-you SO much for continuing to listen to all my music! I hope to do more in the future…
Search bar's fixed now (or so it seeeems <_<)
More music would be AWESOMELICIOUS, Torley!
And it looks like this thing killed my comment again…
@thattagen: Argh why is Akismet being such a jerk to you! Lemme see if I can make it more understanding… *looks*
I don't see a clear way, but I'll keep approving them when I see them in the mod queue! Sorry about this.
Torley : I prefered the colors of the old site
I suppose the colors do look washed out, but I trust they "will be back" in some way. Speaking of colors, the top and bottom clearly have no set background, relying instead on the browser's default (normally white, but not necessarily). Maybe that'll be set to something else with time?
"If I got it right, you're working on it in front of our eyes. I love when people are doing that. Sharing work in progress and bugs is kind of intimate."
. So it's appropriate.
Yeah, that's one of the great opportunities about getting people and places together in Second Life too
@Laurent: What'd you like more about them?
@Al: I'm leaving the top and bottom white for now, but the main body background is light green.
Many of my fond, early Second Life memories are about watching creativity unfold in the sandbox.
Difficult to find to good words, especially since english is not my native language
. I would say that the old site was more watermelon like (for the red and green 
) and that I like those colors. More vivid. The green background here make me a little sleepy 
))
@Laurent: Ah! Well that makes sense to me, and I can spice up colors if need be… I suspect more of my content in the form of videos will have very wake-up colors!