Osiyo~
Welcome back if you’ve been to The Ranch before. I’m happy you tried me if this is your first visit!
As you’ve no doubt noticed, The Ranch got a facelift, a revamp I promised several months ago. I’m thrilled to have you at the grand Re-opening!:D
I’d love to hear what you think. Take a look around, check out the new corals I’ve added. Sign up to be a guest on The Ranch, read the revised blogging requirements and suggestions, and read the new excerpt I posted. I’ve also added a page to let you know what I’ve read recently, and what I’ll be reading next. I’m not quite finished with adding all of these yet, but check back often for new tbr books! I’ve even opened comments on that page so you can share what you’ve recently read or are currently reading. No spoilers, please. 😀
I’ve decided to spotlight some of my critique partners most current releases, again not yet finished, but it will be soon. I hope you’ll browse around and see all the new offers on the site and then come back and let me know what you think of it all.
Once you are signed up to guest blog you, and followers, can keep track with my guest schedule page in the drop down menu under the Ranch Guests tab where you’ll also find the rules and sign up pages.
Some of the new pages are in drop down menus of existing pages so be sure to note those as you wander around.
I have some NaNoing to get done, but please drop in tomorrow and visit with my first guest since the makeover. My Lyrical sister and friend, Mae Clair has a wonderful and informative post planned. Come show her some Ranch love!
Thank you for coming to check out the new site and I’ll see you again soon.
Dodadagohvi~
PS. The NaNo post is still active for check ins and encouragement all month!
People need to schedule their guest spots asap! I got 222 hits in the past 24 hours. 🙂 Not bad.
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What a great job you did on your new website. Love the color and ease of navigation. I’m totally impressed by your skill.
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LOL Thanks, Darcy. Skill is all in learning how to navigate WP…and PSP7. Thanks! 🙂
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Very feminine, Calisa. I’m going for red on my next WP change.
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Oh! I love deepest red, Shay. But I couldn’t get it to work for me so I went girlie pink. LOL
So happy to see you!
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Very pretty, Calisa! I recently had to redo my old blog too. Moved from blogger to wordpress, because of blogger issues.
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Hi Susan! I wasn’t having issues with Blogger but wanted a website I could create a header for myself. Yes Blogger allows it, but I don’t know anything about html so I couldn’t make and add one on Blogger like I have and can on WP. 🙂
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I love the new colors and the inviting, comfy feel. Congrats on the new look ~ just beautiful! And I’m thrilled to be the first guest on your stylish new ranch tomorrow! Can’t wait!
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Thank you Mae! I look forward to it too. I have a few touch ups you can
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Looks fantastic, loads swiftly, very sleek.
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Thanks Maddy. That’s good to know because with my ‘slower-not-slow’ internet it does load slower for me at times than the other theme and background did.
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Very pretty, neat and easy to navigate — which to me is most important.
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I can’t stand complicated sites you need a map to navigate, Sandy. So hearing mine isn’t one of those pleases me. Thanks.
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Love the new look, Calisa!! Pretty and pink!
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LOL Would you believe the ‘pink’ is what took so long to settle on? I am not a pink person- but this is more rose-colored and I was going for name matching. 🙂 Thanks!
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It looks great, Calisa!
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Thank you, Lisa!
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Very pretty and professional. a great look and the banner is an eye catcher. Well done!
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I’m so glad you like the banner Sandy. I literally slaved over it for the last two months!
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I love it. It’s pretty, easy to navigate and doesn’t hurt my eyes. Pink isn’t my favorite color, but it’s the best color for people with eye problems. I think I’ll look around some more.
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I’m NOT a ‘pink’ person either Sandy. But I wanted something that says ‘romance’ and suits me too and this seemed to do both. LOL Have a fun tour.
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Looks terrific, Calisa! Very well done!
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Thank you Joanne!
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Beautiful Calisa! I’m so impressed with WP and have been tempted to move my site over, but I worry it is just too hard now! Love the background you’ve got here.
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Oh, LaVerne- it’s really not hard at all! You have Blogger don’t you? If so WP allows you to import your content with a click of a button. I’d been with Blogger for four years before moving last year and it was very simple. Once I had my site how I wanted it, I clicked to import. Done. Thank you for coming and commenting. 🙂
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Love it…your new site looks awesome Calisa! Nice job 🙂
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Thank you for all the late night chats, Christine. Your input was invaluable!
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I love the new site. Don’t you love WordPress? When I moved my sites to WordPress, I breathed a sigh of relief.
Marika
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I was scared to death when I first moved to WP a year ago, Marika. It was my first ‘do it yourself’ site I was really able to do myself so I thought, now that I’ve learned so much more about creating, I’d show my limited talents and update it. Thanks!
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Very nice! 🙂
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Thank you Maeve! I just found you in my spam folder. 😛
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