RA Project Re-design Launched

28. Jul, 2007 11 Comments - Leave your comment

  

After a few months of promising, the Reader Appreciation Project re-design is finally finished. At the suggestion of Bes, the re-design is not the default theme. We decided to allow you (the reader) to try it out for yourself voluntarily for a week or so before it is forced upon you. I’m using a theme-switcher plugin to switch themes, so you can always try out the new theme and switch back by clicking on the links below.

  • Original RA Project Theme
  • Re-designed RA Project Theme

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11 Comments on “RA Project Re-design Launched” - Add yours!

  1. Snoskred 28. Jul, 2007 at 7:49 am

    Wow, it looks great ;) Well done all! looks like a fair bit of hard work went into this..

    Snoskred
    http://www.snoskred.org/

  2. Ronald Huereca 28. Jul, 2007 at 11:35 am

    Thanks Snoskred,

    I know for some it’ll take some getting used to. I’m glad you like it.

  3. Ronald Huereca 28. Jul, 2007 at 11:50 am

    Hmmm. I noticed our page views took a nose-dive today, then I cleared my cookies and saw that RA Project was using the default WordPress theme. Oops. Everything should be cleared up now though.

  4. Sephyroth 31. Jul, 2007 at 10:48 am

    I also like the new theme, however it doesn’t seem to be working now, as I’ve tried switching themes and it’s coming back as the same look both ways.. even after I’ve cleared my cache

    Sephyroth
    http://www.sephyroth.net

  5. Ronald Huereca 02. Aug, 2007 at 4:18 pm

    Ok. RAPROJECT 1.0 is now the default theme. Thanks for all of your patience. If there are any issues, please let me know and I’ll try to fix them as soon as possible.

  6. Bes 02. Aug, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    My eyes! This theme is killing my eyes. We have to get rid of this theme and put the previous one back because…

    Just kidding! :) This theme is awesome: wunderbar! Thank you! :)

  7. Vinod 02. Aug, 2007 at 11:23 pm

    Surprised for good now.

  8. inspirationbit 03. Aug, 2007 at 4:16 am

    hmm… I’m sure I checked RA blog a couple of days ago and I didn’t see the new theme. I just came now again, and saw the new look. WoW!!!
    Great Job with the re-design, Ronald! Bravo!!!
    I absolutely love your meticulous attention to details.

  9. Ronald Huereca 03. Aug, 2007 at 7:59 pm

    Thank you all for the feedback. This theme definitely has my blood, sweat, and tears embedded. Simonne and Bes were also very supportive of the design process, so I’d like to thank them for putting up with me. Vivien, you are also to thank, so thank you :)

    For those who haven’t expressed their feedback, any feedback is appreciated and encouraged. Even if you rip me a new one.

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