Momma's Got a Brand New Look!

Well, it’s official. The newly designed site is up and running. We are so proud! Seriously, it is like giving birth all over again (complete with sleepless nights and me crying!) I wanted to share with you a few words from our designer, just to explain to you what is technically happening & why we are so dang excited about our new look.

With great fanfare, we have launched a brand new design for MomAdvice! We listened to your feedback and now present something faster, cleaner, and hopefully, better. The old site was great and did a lot to get us on the map, however, we have higher aspirations and this is the first step. That said, you'll need to bear with us as we are in no way complete. Not all of the articles have been converted, some links may be broken, some things look weird, and chaos may ensue. However, do not fret. We have a sweatshop full of underage workers who can't eat until it's done.

We're participating in the May 1st CSS Reboot, which is basically an event where a bunch of sites are launching their new design using the latest web design techniques on the same day. You can show your support and rate our site (we will post that link when it is posted on their site). There's a lot of talent out there and we're proud to take part in this wonderful event. The technical details of what we did still boggle my mind and are meaningless to our normal audience here at MomAdvice. However for those "l33t" designers visiting from CSSReboot with mad skillz, here's some geek pr0n for you:

• Complete overhaul of layout from a tables-laden pile of crap to a beautiful CSS-based design.

• Converted from classic ASP to ASP.Net 2.0, coded with C#.

• sIFR headers. So very pretty. So very unruly.

• A few PNG images with alpha-blending for the pure challenge of it.

For those CSS standards-elitists who are checking if the site validates, the code is a work of art and we've avoided any hacks, don't bother. Stand next to us in awe the darn thing works. Over the next few months we'll be getting to all those things and more. So, why don't you sign up for our newsletter, browse the site, and read some articles. You don't have to be a mom or even female to enjoy our site. Everyone can use a little financial, organizational and cooking advice. We promise you won't get cooties.

Ryan

As you check the CSS Reboot site, be sure to note how many minutes we have before you can view and vote! And while you are waiting, take a look around, take our Sunday Poll, and check out our new WAHM Spotlight. We have so much more in store for you all and look forward to your feedback on the new direction we are taking. Share it with your friends, ya’ll!