Crunchy ‘Nanas

The contract has been signed. The walls have been painted. The furniture’s been brought in and arranged. The music’s pumping and there are a couple of people already hanging out and dancing on the tables. It’s time for the housewarming. Welcome to Crunchy ‘Nanas’ new home. (This is the first post not originally posted at http://crunchynanas.wordpress.com.) It’s not designed exactly as I’d hoped, it may be at “fixer up-er” status for a while, but it’s got a roof and a functioning toilet so it’s a good enough start.

There shouldn’t be any major changes to come. I won’t trick you and put the bathroom where the kitchen once was. I’d like to you to come back. But, I am hoping to clear away some of the half-empty boxes and move the sidebar contents into a fully functional rollover navigation menu that will work in other browsers besides Firefox. (I was feeling very accomplished when I completed styling my navigation bar. Until, I tested it out in Internet Explorer and it went to absolute pot. As I know I can’t encourage the world to switch on over to Firefox, I need to flex to your needs and re-style a bit.)

I am not sure when these changes will come. I’ve been a bit (over) consumed with this blog design challenge, and I think I need to step back a bit and not worry so much about getting everything done RIGHT NOW. Plus, the WordPress support forums scare me. Some members on there are a bit rude and patronizing. Which really doesn’t make sense because people usually need the most support when they’re just beginning. But, I’ve read a couple strings that actually say, “if you don’t know that, you shouldn’t be using WordPress”. Not very encouraging, helpful, nor the sentiments of the WordPress organization, probably. Personally, I think these people need either to step off their high horses and become a bit more compassionate (there was a time when they didn’t know the answer to that question either), or keep quiet. But, since I cannot dictate where or when Mr or Miss Does Not Play Well With Others will strike, I’m investigating alternative sources to learn how to get my blog site to look and do what I want.

That could take a while. But, please come in and have a look around. Have a cookie. And PLEASE tell me (either in comments to this post or in an email) if it does funky things in the browser you’re using (I’m aware that in IE you can’t see the bullets next to the sidebar listings), or if there are things you just don’t like. I can’t promise a speedy change, but I will take suggestions into consideration. After I have a cookie.

Baked by Chef Moose

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