Kelly's World

There’s so many different blogger titles – mommy blogger, professional blogger, style blogger blah blah blah. But what am I?

When I look back at what I write, it’s all very much my personal thoughts and experiences, so would I be classified as a personal blogger? Is that even a title?

I have also contemplated going to blogger meet ups like the ones organised by Hello Owl, but I don’t think I would have a very interesting way of explaining who I am, and what I write about:

I think it and I write it, because I don’t know how to keep it to myself

Yeah wow. Captivating. Snore.

Whilst I have dabbled in discussing my short-lived singledom & dating life as well as various relationships, I also wouldn’t say that I’m a dating blogger. Likewise, just because I have posted photos of the day for nearly 1.5 years, I also wouldn’t call myself a photo blogger.

If you had to categorise me, how would you do it?

I have been feeling a bit sick of my old blog theme for a while now, and finally decided it was time for a change. The new theme I found via the wordpress theme search, but I intend on changing it up a bit to make it my own. But first, a review of the changes:

The old blog layout

The new layout

The main change with the new layout compared to the old is that it feels a lot cleaner. The old one had a lot going on the page, with all the various blue headings and boxes and the header image really grabbing your attention. I would like to hope that the new one has you looking at the right places (aka my content, not a bunch of swirling lines) but with easy navigation so you can still find what you need. I also like the rough grunge look too – I think that’s very “me”.

In the near future I have some improvements I want to make:

• A custom header. As self conscious as I am, I figure my head needs to make an appearance here. Thus the canon will have to surface from its camera bag, and a photo shoot will need to take place. I expect this will take hours, followed by the requisite photoshopping to take it from a bad photo to an interesting header.
• Better navigation from post-to-post. I noticed that I’ve again lost the “previous post” and “next post” options, so I’ll have to get this working again!
• A featured image per post. If I don’t get some colour on this blog somewhere I fear it will become depressing to look at, and I don’t want that!
• A better related posts plugin. Something that really makes you want to stay on my page and read some more of what I have to offer (and hopefully what I have available is actually interesting)
• A clean up of my categories and tags, they’re pretty all over the place and there’s far too many.
• A better About page. I think it’s time I stopped hiding and spent some time letting all you readers get to know me!
• A contact me page. Again, while I want to remain as anonymous with regards to my specific identity and contact details,  I would still like to set up a form so you can contact me personally if you felt the need. However if you’re offering to send me millions of dollars provided I first give you my bank details, or if you have offers for penis enlargements, I may ignore you. Actually, I will ignore you.

Of course, while I have my own ideas for this site none of it matters if it doesn’t work for you – the audience! I would absolutely love and adore you if you took the time to let me know what you think of the new layout, and if there’s anything else you think I need to do to it. After all, I’m very much a newbie to all of this, and you can’t learn if there’s not someone willing to share some advice! So please – comment away!

I follow a few blogs, but it’s rare that I ever approach anyone to see if they would be interested in doing a blog link trade. Thus, here it is ladies and gentlemen. If you like my blog, and you’re interested in having a link on the home page (currently only occupied by my sister Amyob) please add a comment in with your blog address so I can take a look at what you have, and add you to my site. Thanks!

In addition to installing a mobile web-friendly version of Kelly’s World, you may have also noticed I’ve changed the appearance of the site. I think it’s a lot brighter, friendlier, and most of all, simple. The old one had begun to feel a bit dated for me, hence the change.

The old site

I would love to know what you think of the site compared to the old one. I want to hear it all, both positive and negative. Go on, I can take it. I’m a big girl. Comment now!

If you follow my RSS feed here at Kelly’s World, you’ve probably just been spammed by a helluva lot of photo of the day posts. I’m so sorry! I solemly swear never to get so behind on my photos again that it means you get slammed by a bazillion posts at once. In saying that – I hope you like my photos at least!

If you don’t know what an RSS feed is, it’s basically subscribing to a website using an RSS feed reader (Google Reader etc). If you subscribe to multiple websites, you can then just open Google Reader and see which ones have been updated. You can also read the articles from there. To subscribe to my feed, click on the big RSS icon at the top of my site, and it will take you through the process of subscribing to my feed. You can even set up a Google Reader account if you don’t have one!

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