Happy 2009 and welcome to Offbeat Bride 2.0!
Site News
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on January 01, 2009
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I officially launched Offbeatbride.com on January 1st, 2007, so it seems fitting to relaunch the site on its two year anniversary.
The design should feel pretty familiar. I'm keeping the general structure pretty much as its always been ... the biggest change you'll notice is the addition of illustrations from Donna from Butterflies Kiss, who you may remember me featuring a couple months back.
I decided that Donna's images were so perfect for Offbeatbride.com that I had to get 'em on the site permanently, and Donna even made me a custom illustration — that's me on my wedding day up there on the "Author" button. Many thanks to Donna for her awesomeness ... and she's doing that 10% discount for offbeat bride readers!
Another big change is that the tags for each post have been moved up to be front and center. The tags are those words off to the right of each post. If you see a subject that interests you, just go ahead and click the tag to see all the posts on Offbeat Bride that have been tagged with the same words.
I've also added a couple pages to help folks find their ways in the offbeat empire ... a page for the newly engaged, and a Frequently Asked Questions page addressing Offbeat Bride, offbeatbride.com, and the Offbeat Bride Tribe.
There may be a few bugs here and there — lemme know if you come across anything on the site acting wonky!
About Ariel Meadow Stallings
Author of Offbeat Bride: Creative Alternatives for Independent Brides, Ariel acts as the publisher of all the Offbeat Empire websites. She lives, loves, and dorks out hard in Seattle, WA.
Hayley said
Very pretty, I love the illustrations. And yay for more obvious tags.
I look forward to another year of awesomeness.
rodrigues said
aw, look at the digital Ariel.
adias.angel said
Looks great Ariel!! Thanks for all the hard work on OBB and OBBT.
Emily said
Love it! Thanks Ariel and happy new year!
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Lani said
Very pretty! Happy New Year!
Kai said
I love the illustrations, and Happy Birthday OBT! Thanks, Ariel, for creating this place =] It's an inspiration in our lives, not only our weddings.
Alison said
looks great!! congrats!
Loaf said
First thoughts…ooooooo….pretty!
Really nicely done. Yay for new things w/o losing the best of the old.
N'Donna said
This site is beautiful! I especially love the illustrations. Wonderful job, Ariel!
RedDress said
Love the new look Ariel! Great job!
Kathleen said
How cute is the Ariel illustration??? The site looks great. Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to Offbeat Bride! xo
Diane_B said
Love the new design. It's more beautiful than ever. Thank you for all the hard work you do growing this wonderful community. Congratulations and best of luck in 2009!
lepapillonvert said
LOVE the new design!
katienoviks84 said
I definitely love the new site. It looks great I must admit.
Donna said
Ariel-
You guys did a great job on the site!!
Jennifer Chernoff said
I love the site. It looks absolutely amazing.
Jennifer said
I love the new site! Especially the illustrationsv
Jax said
Love the update. I hadn't been on since the 30th and was very happy to see the update. Keep it going!
Kit said
Yay, it's finally working for me! Looks great.
Miss Jess said
I love the new design – super great!
reilly said
congrats ariel- it looks beautiful! i love the illustrations. we just launched a new site today so i can understand how much work and consideration goes into it! i think it looks great!
oh and thanks to donna for the discount! cool beans.
onibunny said
Hey Ariel
I love the new site layout, and really appreciate your survey. I made sure to buy and read your book right then and there.
One question: Have you looked into recording your book, into an audiobook? I love audiobooks, and think that you reading your stories would be so fantastic and uplifting! Also, in an age of ipods and Zunes What better to listen to and laugh while on the elliptical at the gym, or commuting on the god forsaken MUNI? Even though I am glued to the site and have read the book twice I would buy the audiobook! I also have a fantasy where my (nazi-traditional)mom is then forced to listen to your wisdom, via a long road trip! so yeah…. thanks for listening!
Siouxzi said
I love the new layout, Ariel. Nice pop with a little dramatic flair and the new illustrations I'm sure are really appealing to your readers (they are for me).
Nice job and keep inspiring those brides!
Alexander Dombroff said
Just wondering if you've found a good plugin to show two pages of comments. I remember you mentioned something about it a couple months ago.