It’s Postculturist 2.0.
We won’t be calling it that though, don’t worry. That would be Lame 3.0.
The site’s got a proper focus now – culture, in all its glorious forms – and it won’t just be me writing either. There will be new features popping up all over the show.
Sensibly, the About page has also been updated to reflect the broader scope of the new Postculturist. As it says on there: if you have an idea you think would work here, and you fancy offering your services as a guest blogger, drop me a note on the contact form and we’ll talk. The more people in the conversation, the merrier.
As well as the dramatic new layout, this site does now carry a few ads. I know this will be controversial to some. But we’re living in a world where stuff costs money, sadly, including bandwidth. Much as I’d love to do everything for free, people keep charging me for goods and services, so… It’s a compromise. You won’t find any pay-per-post content, and it’ll be very clear what’s an ad and what’s editorial. The privacy policy page has a link to the central Google privacy page, which tells you everything you could possibly want to know, and more, about the dynamic ads function. Incidentally, if you suddenly notice a blank space where an ad used to be, it means our odd content has so confounded the ad providers that they can’t think of a single thing to display. This is endlessly amusing to me when I spot it. Sheltered life, sorry.
There may be a few teething problems as the new design beds in, but we’re raring to go. Let us know if anything doesn’t work, or if there are bits falling off.
Look forward to seeing you back here very soon. Bring a friend.
Q
Wow yourself! I’ve never seen such a creative template. My organized self bows humbly before you. *G*
Is megawow a word?
Never seen one like this before and it’s fab! Jawdroppingly good.
Love the whole colour block idea. Very punchy, I like that a lot a lot a lot. Hmm. All of a sudden, all other templates look old…
Can I be the first to say yuck, adverts? Go on, you knew I would.
Seriously, it is a cracking new look though. (And to think I was already impressed with the “in maintenance” plugin… )
Hope you’ve had lots of cake to celebrate the end of maintenance. All that tenplate twiddling was definitely worth it.
PS – I have seen your note about ads and bandwidth cost and do know there’s a recession on and all.
Actually, it might be entertaining to see what google comes up with to match your posts. I have a feeling the knitting equipment retail industry may just have missed a wonderful opportunity…
Oh god it changes all the colour blocks every time you reload… I think I’m in love!
Thanks Aravis and Red! I must point out that I can’t take ANY credit at all for the template design, which is down to someone else’s wild creativity. I’ve done nothing more than fiddled with the details and thrown in a few new plugins, again by other people. It is a beaut though, isn’t it?! I heart the 21st century.
And yes, I was expecting some selling-out grief from you, amongst others, Red
The ad blocks and providers will swap around a bit as things settle down, so we’ll see what works best. You never know, we might get a rash of knitting adverts one day when the algorithims have got used to us. Especially if we talk about knitting a lot. And say the word knitting a lot. Or write about knitting. Or knitted things. Or people who knit. *waits expectantly*
Knitting. Knitting knitting knitting. I love to knit. But I’m bad at knitting. I like to watch other people knit. It’s almost as soothing as knitting myself. Well, not knitting myself because you can’t really knit yourself. Your parents knit you, if you will, if you can use “knitting” as a metaphor for the act of procreation. I meant that knitting is a soothing pastime, as is watching other people knit. It’s nice to see how the products of other people’s knitting turn out. You know, all of those knit goods. Woolly knit scarves and woolly knit sweaters. My grandmother used to knit me mittens and knit slippers.
Knitting is wonderful! Knitting is great! Knitting is so terrific that we carry tons of books on knitting, and knitting kits, at the bookstore. There are knits for every occasions. Books on knitting specifically for the men in your life, and knitting books for men who want to knit.
I have now written “knit” and “knitting” so many times that the words “knit” and “knitting” now seem very odd, as though “knit” and “knitting” weren’t really words at all. But I know that “knit” and “knitting” are very real to you, Queenie. So I hope this knitting comment devoted entirely to knitting helps garner those knitting ads you would so love to see here.
Now, back to your knitting.
Love your friendly neighborhood bad-knitter knitting friend,
Aravis
knitter, knitter, knitter of knits.
On a side (non-knitting related) note, I have just come across your first ever comment on my blog! Nov. 23, 2004. You were a foxy lady of the urban sort then but, as I recall, you didn’t discuss knitting as much. Oh, there was some knitting talk occasionally on your blog, but knitting wasn’t the central theme.
Ah well, off to knit together some more archival posts…
Ha ha ha… I think that knitting comment may be among my all time faves.
Sadly it would appear comments have no effect on the ads. I’m forbidden to talk about them too much or point them out, but I’ve noticed very little in the way of discounted merino yarn being offered, which is a shame. Oh well.
Must point out that we’re experimenting with ads and it’s very much a work in progress. Which is why they keep moving, disappearing, turning into pumpkins etc. Bear with us, coterie.