I am thrilled to unveil the new look of Tololy’s Box. It’s simple, usable, and very “me” right now. I chose a black and white theme and edited it heavily to finally achieve this style. I am very happy with the final outcome and SO very proud of myself for being able to pull this off on my own (although Sk8erboi helped me frequently when I got stuck for days trying to figure something out, thanks Sk8erboi).

This new look is a huge departure from the previous flamboyant RED design which I have outgrown. I did not design the previous look and this is particularly why I am very pleased with myself for launching this one. I spent days upon days editing styles and adding things and fixing errors and checking compatibility with different browsers and consulting WordPress support forums and mixing colors and photoshopping headers and installing WordPress locally and decoding the previously coded footer and whatnot. It was really exhausting for a Modern Languages student to play amateur web developer and do all that on her own.

Now I realize it will take you some time to get used to the new colors and the less-frilly sidebar, but to comfort you I have kept some design elements from the previous look. Things like the wording and some sidebar elements are still here so you don’t feel like complete strangers. Also, the Tololy’s Box “logo” is still here and some red is thrown in so you know you are in the right place. I still have some more tweaking to do but this is the new feel of The Box.

I was supposed to launch the new look on New Year’s Eve but I am too excited to hold back until then so, you have it now. I do hope you will like it after the initial shock, I hope you’ll enjoy the few new things I added and keep on reading Tololy’s Box. Let me know if you have any suggestions, comments, or errors you want to report. Thank you!

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