New Layout–Yes, Again
As you could most definitely notice if you’ve ever been here before, I have a new layout. After realizing that my 404 page broke the entire last theme I had up, I decided to spend the last two days trying to fix it. When that didn’t work, I made a whole new layout. Now, if you happen to stumble upon a 404 page, the entire theme doesn’t just suddenly break.
Hope everyone likes it, I realize it looks a bit ridiculous in IE at the moment, but I’ll be working on fixing that within the week.
Update:
The problems with IE have been fixed, but if anyone else encounters any errors please tell me about them and also include what browser you use. Thanks!
Comments are Now Run by Intense Debate
Due to the latest intense debate here at Menstrual Poetry regarding what else–Abortion, of course, I decided that what this site really needs is a comment system that will allow commentators to follow a debate between one, two or several people by being able to reply to comments.
I used to have a threaded comments plugin running here, but because conversations between people on a topic aren’t necessarily “I don’t agree with you and here’s why” and then the other person says “Okay, cool” and then it’s done, the threaded comments plugin simply was not good enough because it only let you reply to a comment once–which was no good.
Earlier today I asked a friend of mine about her comments section, since I saw that she ran a program that looked like it was exactly what I wanted to do here. After learning a little about it, I decided that Intense Debate was the best choice for what not only I would like to see here, but what commentators are obviously in need of. Not only does Intense Debate let you reply to comments and have an actual conversation within the comments section, but it also has a voting feature, so if someone’s comment really pisses you off, you can let them know by clicking the neat thumbs down button; which I know quite a few people will enjoy. It’s a really great system, in my opinion and it’s run by a simple Wordpress plugin. If you’re interested in checking it out, you can begin the installation process by clicking here. here.
This system is also going to make it a lot easier for me to reply to comments, which I will begin doing a great deal more; isn’t that exciting?!
New Theme and Some Updates
Menstrual Poetry has a new layout!
Not a lot changed, as you can probably tell if you’re a frequent visitor; just some minor color changes, specifically with the grey and I have also kept a more fluid look with the fonts–I am obviously a huge fan of Arial at the moment. Other than that, the layout is pretty much the same as it was. However, what you may notice, again if you’re a frequent visitor, is that I cleaned up my ridiculously long sidebar problem I was having. All links that were in the sidebar can now be found here. I also changed how the comments look a bit, which hopefully spruces up that section, since I was sick of so much white everywhere.
Hope everyone likes the new layout and if you don’t, then you’re out of luck because I love it.
Comment System Tweaked and the Cold from Hell
I’m always looking for ways to make Menstrual Poetry stand out and be the very best that it can be. In my efforts, I have changed the way the comment system here will work from now on which I am quite pleased with.
Due to the nature of the topics that I write about, people have occasionally replied to comments made before them and some have even encountered a small debate or two. This is not only fine with me, but is encouraged. I believe in everyone’s right to free speech and people should have the right to say what they would like here and others have the right to question and debate what previous commenters have stated. Because of this I have installed a new plugin, Brian’s Threaded Comments, which places a ‘reply to this comment’ link at the bottom of every comment.
Other than that, the lack of an actual thought out post can be blamed on having the cold from hell. These two items have been my lifelines:
Lipton cranberry pomegranate tea with organic honey added and not only walking around, but even sleeping with a roll of toilet paper because my nose has not stopped running! Needless to say, I am miserable, have a constant headache and cannot get enough sleep partly due to the fact that every time I sleep, I wake up several times to blow my nose.
I am also severely lacking motivation of any kind, which makes working on my other websites a joke. Speaking of which, everyone should go check out Woman Tribune. It took a mild hiatus but is getting back on its feet.
New Theme to Match the New Apartment
I figured that it was only logical that while my daily surroundings have changed drastically, this website’s look should be spruced up a bit as well. I went back to the old colors that Menstrual Poetry had towards the beginning and also went a bit simpler with the colors and the design in general.
I feel as if more websites need to go back to the simpler designs and avoid the designs with the black backgrounds and neon green and pink text colors. Simple pays off, simple puts people at ease, or at the very least makes what you have to say a lot easier to read. Outrageous neon colors on black backgrounds makes eyes bleed.
Hope you enjoy the new theme!
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My name is Holly, I'm a freelance writer and web designer as well as an obsessive blogger. This site focuses on (mainly) US politics, women's rights and health and society. I also find myself constantly debunking feminist stereotypes that have been ingrained in the minds of the world's population through the last 30 years. Read more...Tags
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