After an incredible amount of work (mainly by others), the MileNerd blog has a brand new look! Some of the changes include:
- The colors – You should be seeing a cool, brown/yellowish combo. If you have an older monitor and see a pink scheme, you can upgrade your driver (or techie stuff I know nothing about). One of my buddies has an old computer and the blog looks totally different on it than it does on his phone. Brown or pink… I think they both look cool.
- The pages – There are now easy-to-find links for the Newbie Guide, the latest Top 25 list, and a Contact Me form. That form filters out possible spam email, so if I don’t respond, I promise I’m not ignoring you.
- The links – The right side looks the same, with one small change – I’ve added a “Blogs I Like” section. I’ve always made it very clear that I don’t like a lot of blogs (and bloggers). Well, I don’t hate everyone. I decided to link to 5 blogs I enjoy reading. There are a few others, but these are my favorites.
- The advertising – I had a big banner ad on the top of the page. It paid me around $1.50 a day. Needless to say, I wasn’t getting rich off that extra 10 bucks a week. I’ll eventually find ways to make money, but for now, I like the look without it.
There will be a few bugs for the next few days I’m sure. I have to figure all this out, so please let me know if you notice anything strange. If you subscribe by email or reader, I hope it’s still working. I guess I’ll find out soon. Any feedback helps. Like the colors? Hate the font? Whatever it is, feel free to let me know.
Last but not least, I want to say thanks to a couple of very talented people. Take a look at the new logo…great, right? It was impossible (even for someone as high-maintenance as me) to have a problem with it. And the logo on the “Best Credit Cards” page is even more spectacular! Both are courtesy of David Derwin. Really skilled at all things artistic, you can see his work here. He also sells black and white photography prints here. I hope you will check out his stuff. Thank you so much, David! If that wasn’t a kind-enough gesture, how about the site itself? It sure as hell wasn’t me who did all this. Pretty much every bit of this was the work of my friend Stephanie. She put in SO many hours and I really can’t thank her enough. Let me know what you guys think!
