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A little change… new layout!

Notice anything different? The new design features changes in the look and feel of the site, as well as some more structural changes, such as the navigation and search.  We are still tweaking the comments section over the next 24-48 hours, though.

  • The navigation is now clickable so that you can view each category’s subcategories.
  • The search is powered by Google to–hopefully–aid you in better, more efficient searching.
  • Before you get to the content, the most popular posts from the week, which you can scroll through.
  • Each post can be easily “Liked” on Facebook or Stumbled with StumbleUpon.
  • Redesigned comment section.

I hope you like the new design and some of the features that came along with it.  The Love it/Leave it feature was designed to be launched with the new layout, but I couldn’t wait for to get that live!  Temptalia gives major thanks to Shaun aka the tech guy for the weeks and months and hours upon hours he’s put into the site (seriously, thirty-six hours in the past three days alone).

P.S. — If you see anything that seems broken, do let us know!

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Margot Avatar
Margot

Congrats ! I love the new layout, it’s gorgeous !! I like the fact that it is not a huge change in one time, it’s subtle yet noticeable !
It’s really beautiful, and a big thanks to Shaun then 🙂

SiaM Avatar
SiaM

WOW!!! I just opened the site and I was so surprised, really like how you changed your flower design at the top of your page and still kept it, the colors are popping too. Tried the search and found easier to look for what I wanted and all the related posts.
LIKE THE NEW LAYOUT!!!!! Shaun did a great job.

torie Avatar
torie

Hey i can finally pull your site up on my phone yay! Even when you said there was a mobile version a few weeks ago i still couldn’t pull it up.

nellie Avatar
nellie

it’s weird, but i’ll get used to it .. but please please bring the old search back! I hate google search on websites. 🙁

Roxanne Avatar
Roxanne

I like the technial changes (search, navigation,…) -they’re very user friendly- but I really really -sorry!- dislike the new design. The comment section seems a bit all over the place to me, I’m having a real hard time “structuring” it :/ The colours look odd to me as well since I loved the pink so much! I’m sure I’ll get used to it but I’m kind of sad right now… Where did my clean Temptalia go?! 🙁

I’m not trying to criticise you or anything, oh no! I know The Boy put a lot of effort into this (and big props to him for doing this!) but I’m just kind of bummed 🙁 For someone who really needs a lot of structure, it’s kind of hard to get around this. Hope you understand my concern… :/ Otherwise, thumbs up for your hard work! Really!

Roxanne Avatar
Roxanne

I’m sorry! I really do appreciate the work you put into it! It’s mostly the comment section that bothers me, the rest I’ll learn to live with and hopefully eventually love…

Dusty Avatar
Dusty

Woo hoo! I haven’t gotten to play around much but I just spent the last 10 minutes clicking here and there and checking stuff out.

1) I LOVE the new banner! I like darker colors myself anyway, so that’s no surprise, but I really like the way it looks (it got my attention right away).

2) I also really like the scrolling feature (most popular posts) at the top of the home page. I can see this being used ALL THE TIME!

3) I REALLY like the navigation now better than the navigation before. I mean A LOT. I guess it’s more simple, but it’s easier to navigate and makes sense – Which is important – Especially for first-time users.

4) Searches are SO HARD TO DO! I give you guys both a gold stars for even trying – I think this works fine – It would be great if the other search worked better 100% of the time, but I refuse to even TRY working with searches on websites so good for you! LOL!

It really does look good and I think it will work well too! He does really good work (you both do, I’ve said it a number of times) and I hope you give him a cookie for all his hard work. (And no, “cookie” isn’t code for anything you hetero folks do, but if it were, I hope you do that too, I’m sure he deserves it – LOL!)

Christine Avatar
Christine
Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Christine Full Profile

Haha! 🙂 There’s not TOO much different – mostly just a face lift in a sense.

WordPress search sucks so hard. Google search is so ugly with all the ads (which you don’t have much control over unfortunately!) but at least the *results* are relevant.

Thank you!

Ellery Allison Avatar
Ellery Allison

I adore the new layout, and the new color!
The only thing I really noticed a major difference in is the text hierarchy at the upper page.
I’m not good with web design though, only journal.

Elenka Avatar
Elenka

i don’t understand how can i now find smth??? there were good search before..i could select the needed section…for example (mac cosmetics, or only lipsticks). where is it now??????

Lisa Avatar
Lisa

Hey Christine 🙂 I’m digging your new layout, but I think the titles of the posts should be next to the pictures in the popular posts scroll.

Janet Avatar
Janet

Love the new design. 🙂 Can you do a tutorial on how to do a cat-eye using an eyeliner pen such as Kat Von D’s Tattoo Liner (my fave) or MAC’s Penultimate Eye Liner? Thanks and keep up the great work!

Stephanie Avatar
Stephanie

Love the new layout!

Just wanted to say that in Google Chrome (for Mac if that helps), whenever you even CLICK on the site (be it, to comment, a link or a blank space), a new tab pops up with this as the URL:
http://itk.socialspark.com/success.html
and inside it is:
*

It’s really frustrating, and makes commenting or using your site a bit of a pain, since I have to switch from my everyday browser. 🙁 I usually read your posts in Google Reader, which is fine, but if I want to interact in any way it’s hard.

Christine Avatar
Christine
Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Christine Full Profile

Hi Stephanie,

Are you using an adblocker like AdThwart? It’s actually something in the plugin you’re using that breaks the site – we can’t do anything about it on our end. It’s not even an ad but a tracking metric (that tracks how many people visit the page, etc.). If you allow the script, SocialSpark has informed that there should not be an issue like that.

Cynthia Avatar
Cynthia

i use Google Chrome also thru my PC and it’s major lagging now. it takes awhile to upload the pages. is it best to open thru IE?? sorry, i love your new layout and i’m addicted to your site, but i crashed 3x last night trying to post a comment. 🙁

Michael Aulia @CravingTech.com Avatar
Michael Aulia @CravingTech.com

🙁 I’d like to know what you did as the problem appears on my blog as well and since my niche is technology, lots of my readers are using Chrome with an adblocker

Would you mind sending me an email and let me know what you did? Really appreciate it..

Rosie Avatar
Rosie

The one thing I’m noticing is that the names on the responses are far too close to the left side of the browser so if my mouse moves even slightly to the right (macbook) then i don’t see the name and this didn’t happen before because the names were positioned more to the right.

rashmi Avatar
rashmi

wow christine
u always comes up with new ideas …
or should i take ur boy’s name as well
both of u are rocking dear
its super duper exciting n wow new way to look n feel u ….
i think …. “beauty with brains” wouldnt fit anybody else except you …
yeah … u truelly r genius n hey ur boyfriend too ….

rashmi Avatar
rashmi

my sweetheart i have to be sweet …
u only answer me who is in front of me ????
u know i only miss few things of USA after coming to india …
and you are on top my sweetie …
i wish i would be able to meet you once more in my life…
hahahah u can say me utmost desire….
love you and temptalia

Charlotte Avatar
Charlotte

I mostly like the new layout (the comments section really isn’t winning me over I’m afraid) but is it just me or the font now really dull? It looks like everything is just Arial. I don’t mind it for the main body of posts but at least the titles could be something a bit more.. fun? Hopefully it’s a grower!

K Avatar
K

I agree with Charlotte, I noticed the font change immediately. I think the problem is the size of the font. It is slightly larger in the text of the entry (size 10) than the text of the comments (size 9). I actually find the smaller size much cleaner and easier to read.

Christine – I’ve never commented before but I have always filled out your surveys for feedback. (Love that you’re including full face shots with lip swatches now!) Would love the font to be changed back so it’s easier to read. That being said, I appreciate the work and time you and Shaun have put into updating the site.

K Avatar
K

Oops, I was going off email font sizes instead of sites. haha Yes, I’ve refreshed, and it has been changed. Looks much better, thanks!

One more thing… You might want to add a little more space between the “Like” and “Stumble Upon” buttons. When the “Like” counts reach the triple digits, they get cut off, as seen in the MAC & Disney post. A very minor detail, but something I noticed. 🙂

Rissy Avatar
Rissy

I do like the new layout… and i don’t know if it’s the browser i’m using (google chrome) or if many ppl are on ur site slowing down the server, but it takes a forever and a day to load. 🙁

Lulee Avatar
Lulee

Hey Christine I don’t know if any one has mentioned but the site is wonky on the mobile version. The top bar with the most popular posts shows up on the page as big cluttered disorganized posts instread of how it is on the regular site. I can take a screen capture for you if you want.

Lulee Avatar
Lulee

Btw the new layout looks great. thanks for all of you and your bf’s hard work! I was just giving you a heads up about the mobile site but I think my last comment sounded a bit mean

Mia Avatar
Mia

i like it but there are some issues with link pages. i went on “upcoming mac collections” and tried to look at the look in a box collection but instead it lead me to the digi pop collection. just a minor flaw :p

can't resist! Avatar
can't resist!

love it–esp the comment section is much easier to read and it’s so bright and inviting without being distracting, awesome job

Jade Avatar
Jade

Love the new layout but really hate the google search, it’s not very helpful and I found the old search much easier to find what I was looking for.

Sass Avatar
Sass

Everything is cool except that now I cannot see my gravatar here anymore. I felt some type of individuality when posting on here before the changes because not many of us had them. Oh well. I’ll get used to it.

Charlotte Avatar
Charlotte

I thought this might be the right place to let you know that the most popular posts scroll bar at the top of the page completely messes up the page layout on m.temptalia

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