Today, I’m celebrating the second “birthday” of this blog launched on February 12, 2005 as well as its 300th post. When I started this blog, I didn’t have a clue where this will lead me – if anywhere.
Now with more than 150 subscribers to the email newsletter, about 250 readers via RSS and over 6,000 unique Web visitors per month, I can confirm it’s been a very rewarding experience.
Two years ago, I didn’t spend a lot of time on the design of this blog — which I’m sure my fellow higher Web professionals can guess easily. It wasn’t a big deal because most readers were reading posts in RSS readers anyway.
Today, it’s time for the old design to retire.
The new WP theme I customized for the new design is called MistyLook and was created by the previous theme’s author: Sadish Balasubramanian.
Beyond this cosmetic change, I’m also launching a few new features:
- a page listing a selection of the best higher ed bloggers
- an easy access to Higher Ed TV showcasing the best news and promotional videos produced by institutions
- an Amazon bookstore with a few good books (my attempt to get via 4%-commissions some money to cover the hosting bills)
- an “About” page (if you want to find out more about this college web editor)
Thanks again for reading!
I would love to hear what you think about the design, so let me know by posting a comment.
If you haven’t posted a comment yet, don’t be shy!