Hello loves!
What better way to start off a new year than with a new layout?! I'm trying to improve the navigation and functionality of my blog with this layout -- I think this version of 3 columns is better than the last one I used; it seems more organized (to me at least). I must say I do miss the penguins and all, but I've kept the same color scheme/theme to keep things easier for me (haha) and added my favorite touches: pink, bows, crowns, Korilakkuma! and an urban-couture vibe.
I've been working on this for awhile... still tweaking some things and adding some things and deciding what I want to keep/change so bear with me for a bit XD
Also, please let me know if anything is glitching for you, like stuff not showing up, not aligned, code showing, etc. I'm pretty much a diehard IE user (I know, I know...) so I don't know how my ish looks in other browsers XP
I would also like to know your thoughts on...Music players!
What better way to start off a new year than with a new layout?! I'm trying to improve the navigation and functionality of my blog with this layout -- I think this version of 3 columns is better than the last one I used; it seems more organized (to me at least). I must say I do miss the penguins and all, but I've kept the same color scheme/theme to keep things easier for me (haha) and added my favorite touches: pink, bows, crowns, Korilakkuma! and an urban-couture vibe.
I've been working on this for awhile... still tweaking some things and adding some things and deciding what I want to keep/change so bear with me for a bit XD
Also, please let me know if anything is glitching for you, like stuff not showing up, not aligned, code showing, etc. I'm pretty much a diehard IE user (I know, I know...) so I don't know how my ish looks in other browsers XP
I would also like to know your thoughts on...Music players!- Do you have one on your blog?
- Does it autoplay?
- Do you listen to other people's music players?
- Or do they annoy you?
I was inspired to raise this topic after a convo with Alienman about music players. Someone had left a comment to me saying that my music was disruptive. At that time, I felt as if it was simple enough that they should just find the pause button or use their mute button -- after all, music players are so prolific on blogs nowadays. I neglected to think that maybe they'd be listening to their own music, or just don't like sound playing at all.
Now that I think about it, sometimes I am listening to my own music and other people's music players annoy me or I don't like their songs -- I usually just search for their pause button. Other times, I thoroughly enjoy listening to other people's music! It all depends. But now I realize it is common courtesy to take into account that other people might be listening to their own music and do not want to search for your pause button or mute their sound.
So I would like to know, would my readers like to have music on my blog or not? If the response is more so NO, then I won't make it autoplay. Any feedback is appreciated!
Now that I think about it, sometimes I am listening to my own music and other people's music players annoy me or I don't like their songs -- I usually just search for their pause button. Other times, I thoroughly enjoy listening to other people's music! It all depends. But now I realize it is common courtesy to take into account that other people might be listening to their own music and do not want to search for your pause button or mute their sound.
So I would like to know, would my readers like to have music on my blog or not? If the response is more so NO, then I won't make it autoplay. Any feedback is appreciated!
I don't really like the autoplay, it may lead to slightly embarrassing moments, if the music starts playing in a place or situation it really shouldn't be playing. The music player itself is okay, though, I often like to listen the songs. :)
ReplyDeleteI love your new layout!! =) I don't have a music player on my blog but I am working on one to put onto my blog. I do listen to others' music player cause my laptop is gey with media windows player =/ .Sometimes other peoples music player annoy me but, its not a problem cause like u said I can click on the pause button.
ReplyDeletehmm i don't like the autoplay just because sometimes i open tons of blog tabs at once and 3 players might be playing at once. if i see a song that catches my attention i might click on it.. so it is nice to have a player, but not on autoplay!
ReplyDeleteI love your new layout!. Your banner is cute!. from left to right or was it right to left? The little picture's look like make-up, nails, & fashion. btw I can't see your playlist or your video of your mister.
ReplyDeleteI do like listening to other people's song's because it sometime's allow's me to find a song I never heard before. Autoplay is a different story I guess it depends on if there music taste is as same as mine. I think I might change my autoplay now...
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ReplyDeleteCute new layout! Like you said the autoplay doesn't bother me too much. As I scroll down I usually pause it. I used to have one on mine but it kept spazzin on me... that's why I took mine off! LOL!
ReplyDeletelove your new layout. it does look more organized! :) i do listen to some blogs' music, but i don't like autoplay at all. cause sometimes it caught me off guard when the music starts with a really loud sound and i have to find where the player is to stop it.
ReplyDeletegreat new layout! as much as I enjoy listening to music, I don't like it when blogs have their players on autoplay. Sometimes because the song played isn't my type but mostly because my net connection is slow and the song will lag, which is annoying.
ReplyDeleteThis new layout is so cuuuuute. <3 Can't stop loving it! ^^ And umm, about the music players on blogs.. I hate them, cause I usually listen to music with iTunes while I'm using my computer.
ReplyDeleteI like this layout!! OMG I want to commission you to make me a layout, they are all so pretty!! You can't find something like this online =(
ReplyDeleteErynn, I love your new layout! It's so clean, yet very cute! Your sidebar panels look so interesting! Btw, do you also make blog layouts for other bloggers? ;)
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I am loving the new layout and you're right this version of 3 columns does seem a lot more organized. I decided to take the music player off of my blog, because some people may not like my choic in music and therefore it might annoy them. So I just took it off.
ReplyDeletehey erynn! love the new layout!! ur too good at html :) i do like music on blogs, but i dont like when they auto-play because sometimes im already listening to my own music... hope that helps!
ReplyDeleteHey girl, I think this blog layout is a big improvement from the last! ^^ Looks great so far.
ReplyDeleteAbout music players, I do occasionally get interested in what others are listening to but I honestly loathe autoplay. Like you said, it doesn't take into account that the user might be listening to their own music. I also do what Christy up there said, I open tons of blogs at once and it drives me batty when there are 3 or 4 blogs that autoplay and I have to search and search which blog it is and where the player is at to pause it! I've become pro at finding the pause button on blogs I visit often, but I do find it a negative point. It's not that I don't like people's music taste, I just don't always want to listen to anything while I'm browsing around. :P
I do have a music player on my blog but it's not on autoplay and I do get comments from people about my music still so I think it works out for me. :)
I don't mind your music since they are entertaining - Lady Ga Ga - but I really do hate music on blogs. It does disrupt other things I got going on.
ReplyDeletehaha, well though those roses were beautiful when they bloomed, they died right after! >.< I had gone home for Thanksgiving & when I got back the flowers were all dried up & most of the plant was BROWN! x_x LOL
ReplyDelete&& I love the new layout. Those cute little pink bows are an uber cute detail. As far as the music player - I sort of don't like the auto play because when I open a bunch of different blogs (in different tabs) they are start blaring music and I don't always know which one is playing the music. Or it'll be late at night and I don't realize my volume is NOT on mute and then the music will start blasting >__<
I love the music you play though! I'm always listening to it :D haha
I love it, the last layout was laggy for me :( this one is great, fast load and love the music <3
ReplyDeleteHey sweetie, love the new layout! :D I'm fine either way with the music.
ReplyDeletelove the new layout!! it definitely has that juicy couture vibe :)
ReplyDeleteI'm usually listening to my own music, so when music starts to play somewhere else, i try to find it, and pause it.
ReplyDeleteI love your new blog.....so pretty....I have a music player which u can choose to autoplay...though sometimes I get so annoyed when it would suddenly play when I'm not expecting it...
ReplyDeleteThe layout is very nice!
ReplyDeleteMusic is fine, but autoplay gets pretty frustrating.
LOL! You confused me at first until I started reading! I was thinking stuff changed! I totally love the layout! It's making my OCD behavior happy!
ReplyDeleteI use Safari. Which is so glitchy. >__< Too bad I love Apple to it's fullest. But everything looks fine.
I love music players. It's so damn easy to just hit pause of mute your computer it's stupid for people to complain. Not even a split second of someone's time.
I think music helps express the person. You get a drift of how the person is with the help of the music they listen to. I like finding new music from other people too! ^___^
I like your new layout. Honestly, I don't really like autoplay, but I've learned to mute my macbook, while being on blogs, for that same reason. So you can just do whatever you want, it won't bother me anymore these days!
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Music players are cool, but I don't like autoplay either. Lady Gaga is the best though! I adore her.
ReplyDeleteoooooh love love love the new layout!! it's not that much different from your old one buuut i find this neater for some reason (not that your old layout was messy :P).
ReplyDeleteas for the music players.... i dont mind them too much, as long as they don't autoplay. otherwise, i just end up muting my laptop :) i follow a LOT of blogs sooo looking for the "stop" button on someone's music player is a hassle... especially since i usually have 3820579038 tabs open at a time lol
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ReplyDeleteI'm using firefox and it looks fine to me :D
As for songs, I really prefer it to be on click instead of autoplay :\ I tend to avoid blogs with autoplay music or read from google reader alone without going to the site.
oh and another reason is when you really want to browse a blog for certain articles or post comments and when it takes you to a new page, the song will stop abruptly and starts over again which i think is the most inconvenient of all and you tend to give up altogether and exit the blog which is quite sad at times cuz the blog was really interesting to read further :C
ReplyDeletelove the new layout! but one of my pet peeves is autoplay... It doesn't deter me from visiting ppls blogs, I just quickly search for the pause button.
ReplyDeletegreat layout! i agree, it definitely looks more organized and navigation is easier. awesome job!
ReplyDeleteGrrr...I tried commenting this morning. Darn Blogger. Makes it so that I can't post comments on certain people's sites from my BB. :(
ReplyDeleteOoOo nice new layout! :)
Ahh interesting topic. That's something I was thinking about when I first put my music player on my blog. I didn't think it'd bother anyone at the time, but after I would surf around on Blogger and open up a gazillion tabs of people's blogs, the various music that started blasting from them became just too crazy. :S I'm thinking about switching mine to non-autorun...
cuuuute :) I still like it either way! LOL :) Me and music players... I usually have a video of something going on in my browser and usually when I go to some blogs I get scared the crap out of because my volume is on blast! LOL XD I'm not a big fan of it so I usually have my computer on mute when I blog browse now :D
ReplyDeleteOMG. I am IN LOVE with your new layout!! I'm tempted to change mine to a 3 column for awhile now but I dont like how every time you change your layout on blogger, you lose your widgets :(
ReplyDeleteFor me, I think having a music player is disruptive and annoying. Sometimes the music on their music player is way too loud or there's too much screaming. I'd rather browse peoples blogs that dont have music players.