I hope so! Jo-Lynne from DCR Design and Cathy from Desperately Seeking WordPress have done a great job (I think!) of sprucing up the site.
If you’re looking for someone to do your blog header, I recommend Jo-Lynne. She is very creative, even though she was limited in what she could do for my header. That’s because I wanted to keep my logo of the crazy-haired woman carrying one child with another standing next to her. It has sentimental value. I’ve had the same logo from the beginning – back when Mom in the City was a website for our local moms’ group. I wanted to stay in the lavender/purple color family since those have been my colors from the beginning too. (Also, it just kind of “unsettles” me when I go to a familiar site and it looks completely different. It takes me a couple of minutes to realize that I did type in the right web address!)
Cathy at Desperately Seeking WordPress is a WordPress pro! She made all of the other changes. She installed the Java 2-column theme and customized it for me. I had a very detailed list of things that I wanted to have changed and Cathy went above and beyond my expectations.
The fact that both women do great work is enough for me to recommend them. I also want to add that their prices are extremely reasonable. (I paid over three times as much to get my blog redesigned last year and didn’t have a great experience.) Use them as quickly as you can (before they realize what a “steal” they’re offering!).
On another note, please let me know your thoughts about the site design. You can leave me a comment below or send me an email at kcoleman@mominthecity.com. Is there anything that you’d like to see done differently? Is there anything that would make it a more pleasant experience to visit/more user-friendly? (I’m going to take your input and apply it at the next “tweak”.) Thanks!
