I Changed Back!

Well, that change was short lived!

I've had to revert back to the original layout on my site. The new layouts did look fresh and modern, but came with too many limitations. I couldn't have any of the gadgets I have on this current layout. In fact I couldn't have any gadgets at all! Editing the colour scheme, layout of the page, sizing and other features weren't available either. At least with this layout I can alter almost anything I want.

Blogger tells me that as these are new layouts, they are listening to feedback and are looking to integrate more and more features as time goes by, but they're not going to rush it. So I'm going to wait for some more updates, and when they arrive, I shall make the changes!

Explanation Of Changes

Right, time to explain what is going on with my site.

As always, I like to give the look of my site a tweak now and then, this is rather a large one. In fact it's probably the biggest one I've done. I had the rainy mountain background and layout for a while, so I though it was time for a change. Blogger has brought out the 'dynamic view' layouts which give the site a far more modern and interactive look.

But at first you will notice some items that aren't there that were on the previous look. My 'subscribers' and 'monthly page views' gadgets aren't there, neither is my 'tag cloud' gadget, 'previous comments' gadget and 'top read' gadget. Blogger's reason for this is that because these templates are new, they are gauging response and feedback, and changes will be made over the coming weeks and months to make sure it's all integrated properly. 

We're these gadgets necessary to the site? Did you find them useful? I'd like to know so I know whether or not to revert back to the old site while Blogger works on getting the gadgets back up and running for the new layouts.

I'm still toying around with the colour scheme slightly, so please bear with me on this one until I get it right.

Feedback welcome!