Welcome to the New “tadandmel.com”!!
Posted on | March 4, 2010 | 2 Comments | Share!!
Thanks for stopping by! Mel and I started collaborating on this a couple of weeks ago. Aside from a brand new custom look/theme, it’s also got some pretty cool new features for you fine folks as well!
Here are a few (gonna drop a little geek on you):
- Cleaner layout, less clutter and easier navigation, providing a simple and cohesive vibe to the site. That’s good for everyone I think!
- Built with tasty updated HTML5 code and CSS3 standards! Now what the hell does that mean? Well it means, if you use a modern browser, you’ll view a different looking, more aesthetically pleasing site! Drop shadows behind pics, a cool vintage typewriter font, picture and video embeds are easier for us to put in, and you should see faster performance in general. So if you haven’t updated your browser recently, get to it! Firefox, Safari and Chrome users should have no issues if you are up to date. Unfortunately IE users wont get the entire design I put together no matter how up to date you are. This is because IE is a woefully deprecated piece of software (yes, even IE 8). There are so many better, more versatile browsers out there! I heartily suggest you join the revolution and snag one! The web in general will be a much better experience for you.
- Truncated comments! Finally figured out how to get this going!
What this does is it allows us to not only comment on posts, but it also allows us to REPLY to existing comments. This will provide better dialogue amongst visitors I think. If you feel like it, try it out! It’s definitely how I’ll be replying to future comments down the road. Just click that “Reply” link under a comment you want to respond to. - Lastly, our RSS feed now uses PubSubHubbub or PuSH services, for getting RSS Feeds out instantaneously to many of the RSS reader services out there support it (Like Google Reader and Bloglines for instance…). This means zero lag to RSS feeds. Pretty nifty!! So definitely grab the new RSS feed! The old RSS feed will cease to function from here on out and will disappear entirely in a couple of months. Here it is: http://www.tadandmel.com/feed/
So that’s about it! There’s other stuff but it’s all small. I hope you like our new home! If you run into any issues or see some oddness of any kind, feel free to hit me up at: tad (at) tadandmel (dot) com
Enjoy!
Tad and Melinda
Super cool funky web site you guys. Very interesting stuff, cool content. Best wishes, and perhaps our paths will cross at some point soon?
-Larry (and Jen, Abby, and Molly) Goldberg
Summerville, SC (outside of Charleston, bout 4 hours or so south of you two)
ps. How’s the homebrew tasting?
Hey man! How are you?
Thanks for the kind words on our humble abode here on the internets!
If you guys are ever traveling North, you should totally give us a call! We’d love to see you! Even if it’s for a quick bite of lunch or something. Shoot me an email if you ever do.
How are you guys liking SC? I know you been down there for a while now. If we ever make the trip, I’ll let you know. It’d awesome to see you and the family.
All the best!
Tad