Welcome to the New Blog

2010 January 19

by Tyler

Well after being gone over the weekend and first part of this week, I’m back…with a whole new look. Come on over to the site if you are reading this in an RSS feed.

For those of you who care about what happened, I basically switched from a WordPress.com hosted blog, to a self-hosted blog using WordPress.org. I would have loved to have done this earlier in my blogging life but I had no idea how to do it or the money to make it happen.

Well along came Paul Bae (@branford for those of you on Twitter) and he was kind enough to offer to code the new look and work with the plug-ins that I would need to get started. I can’t thank him enough, and if you are on Twitter you really should be following him. He spent countless hours putting all this together.

I met Paul through Twitter about 6 months ago and since then we’ve engaged in conversation a lot, as well as playing fantasy football and fantasy basketball together (I should mention I beat him in the league championship game for fantasy football, sorry Paul).

What all this means (the small changes):

It’s a whole new look. I guess that isn’t a small change.
You are able to share my posts with Twitter/Facebook with some links at the bottom of each post.
Commenting and reading my posts in an RSS reader should all stay the same.
I have a lot more flexibility on what I can put into posts and how the blog will look and feel for you in the future.
**UPDATE** If you want your picture to show up with your comment, please go to Gravatar.com and update the picture that is associated with your email.

Let me know if you come across some issues. We’ve done our best to work out the bugs as best we can but there are bound to be small issues along the way.

Also, let me know if you have any pointers on how to get the most out of going to a self-hosted blog.

The credit for this new look really belongs to you. Paul was really drawn to the community of people who make up this blog and wanted to help enhance it.

Thanks friends.

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Kurt

Tyler Braun. Sinner.

I could add a couple of titles too
http://vintom.com Vin Thomas

Way to step up in the world. My little Tyler’s growing up

I think you will find a self-hosted WordPress blog offers incredible flexibility that you just don’t get at wordpress.com.
http://thoughtsaboutnothing.com Kyle Reed

This looks great. Really like it a lot
http://www.contentunderpressure.net Josh

Looks great, man. Makes me want to go back to Portland every time I view it.
http://michellesimpsonphotos.com Michelle Simpson

It looks fantastic! Congrats!
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

I’m confused….?
http://karenzach karen

I love it. Feel free to lend your talents to update my site.
http://www.benlemery.com Ben

Well now I have to repent, sackcloth and ashes all the way, because I am so envious of your blog, haha. Just playin.

Looks good bud. If Portland looks that good, I might just have to come up and visit….have an extra room haha?
http://manofdepravity.com Tyler

Well sadly you don’t get that view from where I live. It is a short drive away though.
http://godlysheep.com brett barner

Looks great! Very nice!
http://mattsingley.com/blog Matt Singley

Looks great Tyler, good job to you and Paul.
http://secondchair.wordpress.com Joe Donaldson

Great look, Tyler! Love the photos. Portland is such a cool city. A little weird – but cool! Thanks for keeping things interesting through your words and design.
http://www.heasley.net/eblog/ Elaine

Like the new look!
http://www.geoffpfeil.com/ Geoff Pfeil

Nice upgrade!
http://www.geoffpfeil.com/ Geoff Pfeil

I see Kurt is referring to “About Tyler” on the side bar. Sinner seems emphasized.
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

Oh good catch. That would make more sense.
http://joshuahigginbotham.com Josh

Fresh, Tyler…fresh. The new look makes me want to get out my DSLR and go shoot Portland at night.
http://beaconhillnw.com Jim Gray

Dude! I love IT! way to go bro!
http://www.thejakers.com Jake Johnson

Congrats on the new self-hosted blog. I loved when I switched over. The options and flexibility are awesome. Hope this is a great year of growth for your site.
http://technoearthmama.com Kathleen McDade

Sweet! I think you’ll like the self-hosted; you have a lot more options.
http://www.jenniclayville.com Jenni Clayville

love it, Ty! looks great!!!
http://davidgoodwin.com David

So now every time I visit your blog I’ve got a view of a city I really want to visit IRL. Nice!
http://bondchristian.com/ bondChristian

Nice jump. I’m always excited to see bloggers go self-hosted. Congratulations on making it happen.

-Marshall Jones Jr.
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

You HAVE to come eventually. Too many people here want to see you both.
http://ryanguard.net Ryan Guard

I want one! Mine’s so blargh. I was poking around earlier this week and talking to a friend who could help me out putting it together but I think we both got too busy…
http://www.nathandcarrie.com/nathan/ Nathan

Welcome to the real world of WordPress Tyler. I started monkeying with it a little over a year ago now and it’s so much fun… well, techy fun if you like that sort of thing. Great looking site, I like it.
http://www.stretchmarkmama.com Stretch Mark Mama

You know I always love a good Portland background. That *is* Portland in the background, right?
http://www.manofdepravity.com Tyler

Ha, yes it is Portland.