It is weird to post a picture of myself like this. Anyway. Hello!
OH MY GODDDD! Sorry for the delay this morning… still ironing out the glitches… but I am so so so super excited to say hello from The Design Files’ brand new home – WORDPRESS!
Yippeeee!
Whilst it may not *look* massively different from ye olde Design Files, this has been a HUGE task! I have had lots of amazing help and advice along the way… Big hi-fives all round to these super clever people! -
Kat Macleod at Ortolan – for the lovely new site re-design… same same but just a little different, a little more grown-up, smarter and more polished! Tab navigation up top (more tabs to come!), some new font action, some of Kat’s super gorgeous handwriting up there on my masthead… and a new yellow pebble! I love that pebble! Thankyou Katty!
Glenn Todd at Dvize - OMG you have no IDEA the brain power it takes to migrate 2.5 years worth of posts, pictures, comments, links from one place to another across the interwebs. Not to mention giving me a crash course in WordPress and HTML and everything else I need to know to steer this ship solo! It was a mammoth task – thankyou Glenn!
Also a little hug across the oceans to the legendary Grace Bonney, who, despite having 90,000 twitter followers, has still found time to send me some super encouraging tweets and advice about the big move to WP! So thoughtful and truly generous with her advice – there’s good reason Ms D*S is at the top of her game! Thankyou so much Grace!
But mainly, Thankyou guys so much for reading, for your endless encouragement, and your patience during this big move! I am really excited to make this site even better for everyone reading! I hope you find this new site friendly and easy to navigate… but also I hope it still feels like The same old Design Files! I am super excited to have the ‘Australian Homes‘ and ‘Interviews‘ organised into thumbnails for easy browsing! (I still need to add some more…) There is still a bit of ‘coming soon’ going on… but do have a click around and see what you think! I would love your feedback!
OH, and if you notice any little hiccups or broken links I should know about, please let me know! Thankyou! x
looking gorgeous! congrats on getting this big task off the ground. i look forward to more x
OH Thankyou Evie! first comment on the new design thankyou you have made me very happy! :)
Also I owe you an email! SO sorry it has been a bonkers week! Thanks so much I promise I will get back to you soooon! Lucy x
hello, my first comment on your new website, and it’s awesome!! every time i come here, i just end up reading and reading and there goes an hour!! :) well done on the migration to wordpress!
oh its just like same sam but different. its polished, clear and just all round lovely to read. congratulations on your wordpress switch – what wonderful things will follow.
mmx
I love*love*love it, Lucy! Beautiful picture of you and a great new site to match :D I’ve been super happy with WordPress (mainly because of timing posts) these last few weeks. Such exciting new possibilities too! Good luck!
Love it Lucy!! same same but different, indeed. Ive been wanting a categories page on my own blog too. It’s so good for organising all those years of posts, and helping those new to the blog have a look around. And LOVE Kat’s handwriting. all round love it!! x Liss
Looks superb!
Awww thankyou lovelies! You are the bestest… great to hear from all your WordPress peeps because I am a bit wary of the learning curve ahead…! But I know WP is the place to be!
ps) Megan MORTON i owe you an email dearest one! Thankyou for your super sweet words and email.. chat soon! xxx
such a cute photo. x
Lookin good! I’m sure you’ll LOVE WordPress – so much more versatile :-D
New wordpress site looks absolutely fabulous Lucy! well done
Looking forward to many more design files in this format :)
ps what a lovely photo also
it looks fabulous!- a feast for the eyes…
Hooray! It works and it looks fab. Congratulations on the move, must have been a tad on the stressful side.
Nice one Lucy! You’ve had a early spring clean and its looking as fresh as a daisy. It’s like a well organised wardrobe with all your fav bits and bobs in easy reach. Love love love it! Onwards and upwards…
oh my god, sweetheart, you look beautiful!!!!! in fact, you all look beautiful, check out your schmick new site, for crying out loud! xx
Congrats on the transition, Lucy. You won’t regret it! …and no, it’s not weird to post a picture of yourself on your blog :-)
Thankyou so much guys! I really appreciate all your lovely comments and encouragement (truly!).
ps)
Madeleine Stamer – i LOVE your description of a well organised wardrobe with all bits and bobs in easy reach! I wish my wardrobe were this organised! :) that is such a cute description !
Shelley T – Thankyou dearest one! Hope all is good with you and the Big man this week! Can’t wait to see his progress when I get back… !
Thanks guys! xx
Wow! Great work on the move… Looking sharp with the wee tweaks you’ve made. Love the easy access to the homes you’re featuring. Lovely Stuff!
so nice and clean luce. It’s the small things which make a difference isn’t it? Love WP. Will be using WP for all my sites from now on.
Love the new look Lucy!!!!
Looks amaze-tacular! Well done in achieving this massive task! I always enjoy receiving the new posts in my inbox and I look forward to reading the future design files posts from the brand new site! :)
I love it Lucy – all very grown up but with your relaxed style shining through! Lucky you to have a Kat Macleod hand-drawn element to your blog – thet’s pretty special in my eyes!!
Do you know anyone who does wordpress classes – I’d like to look at having a website using WordPress but am not good with technical stuff and would be scared to death to do what you’ve done! Looks fabbo and you’re an inspiration :-)
Lucy x
PS – can’t wait for the shopping guides too – what a great idea! As if I needed more excuses to find Melbournes fabulous shops and cafes!!…..
Hi Lucy,
Congrats on the new blog – it looks absolutely wonderful! I’m going to enjoy reading it!
You mentioned above that you were concerned about broken links etc. Well, you can actually download a free plug-in called Broken Link Checker. In your WordPress account, simply do a little search on your PlugIn page and it should come up directly.
Everytime you open your Dashboard, you will see the Broken Link Checker field at the bottom of your page. It details how many links are broken and where they are…it’s fantastic.
Best wishes,
Madame Bonbon
Lucy – just linked here effortlessly doing some research – looks great. All the best for the new design files – Sheila
Love it, love it!:)
My midnightfriday.net is on hold right now because I just feel blogspot is practical enough. I understand your change and I think you made a good choice:)
Congratulations!;)
SADLY I have to say that I cannot get my morning started until I have viewed the DESIGN FILES!! It has become as natural to me as having my morning coffee which often I am doing the same time Im pooring myself over all the wonderful inspiration you bring to my bench top 5 days a week! The new layout is fab and makes looking for certain articles a breeze. THANKYOU so much for such a wonderful site!!
new website looks fantastic. congratulations on all the hard work and here’s to a brand new era of TDF!
I love the slightly different new look! Congrats on finishing with the large transition!
this is lovely! congrats on your new home heeehe.
Lucy congrats, it looks BRILLIANT! Hope you’re very proud and can’t wait to keep visiting daily :)
Hi Lucy,
I’ve not been reading your blog very long, but you had me hooked when you wrote about “Pacquita Maher wall murals”. The new site looks very swish, I can’t imagine how much work it must have been moving everything over.
I’m still new to the blogging scene and I’m just wondering what prompted you to change from your existing blog (blogger?) to WordPress?
Also, do I have to resubscribe to the new site, or have you done some clever thing where the email subscribtions automatically move over?
Can’t wait to see what you write next!
Hey Siobhan, thanks so much for your sweet comment! :)
No you don’t have to re-subscribe… all people on the email list will continue to get daily posts emailed to them! (There have been a few little teething problems with the mailout actually in the last 24 hrs but all should be sorted very soon!)
Re: Blogger vs WordPress – I really did love Blogger for a lot of reasons, mainly that it is so easy to use, and anyone can get started with minimal knowledge of HTML etc. In the end I just felt that Blogger was a bit limiting.. Having a self-hosted WordPress site means I can have a more customised design, and more features like photo galleries etc… Blogger also had a number of glitches which used to drive me a bit crazy, like automatically re-sizing photos etc…
Hope that is helpful!? x
Love and luck you very clever girl! xx
Congratulations Lucy!! It looks brilliant, I know how difficult these changes can be to manage so good for you for perservering and making it happen.
It looks great. You look great. xx
it’s really great! love the colours in the tabs at the top and the simple/stylish header design. congrats on the new grown up thing :)
Love your new blog home Lucy! I think same same but different is a great way to go. I’m hoping now that when I click on “post comment” that it will go through. For the longest time I haven’t been able to comment here because of some blogger glitch that I get on certain blogs.
Onwards and upwards for the design files!!
x
Looks great! Congratulations.
Looks great Lucy! And I love that it still looks like TDF of old, with a new twist. Woo :)
Hi Lucy,
Thanks for the ongoing style blizzard – how do you keep it up? Congratulations.
hello lucy! just wanted to thank for a really fun and amazing site you have.
i am also blogging and interviewing – we are trying to create the best there is destination guide ever… big ideas about using mobile apps, location tags, ebuying, mobilemoney and maps and promote biking and other green things in the capital of finland, helsinki.
at the moment we just have a little, simple wordpress blog as a material bank before going out there for real. kind of a soft landing and a hobby for now.
just bought a wordpress guide to get more familiar with the techy bits. i’ll keep on reading and getting advice :) please, if you know someone who might be able to help (and for free) let me know!
have a look: helsinkinow.wordpress.com
thx and moi.
Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous Lucy! Lovely work and I can only imagine the time that went into the redesign. Looks like you’ve got some fabo friends on deck to help with the gorgeousness. I’m also pretty keen to switch to WP. You’ve given me good incentive.