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Post by sophisticated on Dec 23, 2017 9:40:08 GMT -5
How about for January we ask Seb to do an expanded mini blog which I’ll supplement with VAM items?
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Post by betty on Dec 23, 2017 11:55:50 GMT -5
Sounds great, Marilyn. And THANK YOU for everything you're doing to keep things fresh!!
Hope everyone is winding down and ready for a couple of days of peace and quiet, or fun and excitement, as the case may be.
Merry Christmas to each of you!
xoxo
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Post by shelley on Dec 23, 2017 13:34:39 GMT -5
Merry Christmas to my favorite Etsy people! Thank you for all your work!
I think that's a good idea, Marilyn.
And I don't know why this section of the forums doesn't notify me when there are new posts in it. Hmmm.
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Post by gazaboo on Dec 23, 2017 16:26:02 GMT -5
Sounds great. Seb loves to contribute and if we can give him a bit of direction, he's good to go! Thanks Marilyn.
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 3, 2018 18:05:34 GMT -5
As you all know we had talked about re examining the blog at the beginning of the year and a discussion has come up in the banter. Kate and Kerri have been chatting about it. Here are their initial thoughts as to action:
1. do an overhaul of the way the website looks so that it's fresh, a little "sleeker" and has a better overall appearance; 2. Create a gallery montage representative of each shop that showcases them better and a link that takes buyers to Etsy to the shop
Our current website has “theme” options (which I’m interpreting to mean templates) which will give us a better look. Kate and Kerri will look at them to determine the best options. Possibly there will be a way for individual items to be shown but that’s kind of Phase 2 exploratory.
They do not think creating an Ecommerce site is a viable option.
They’d like your ok to proceed with exploring different template themes.
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Post by shelley on Feb 4, 2018 9:08:04 GMT -5
It's fine by me. Happy they're looking to keep things fresh and improve.
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Post by betty on Feb 4, 2018 23:26:59 GMT -5
Sounds like a plan, Marilyn. Happy to hear they're pushing through and thank you for keeping everyone on track!!
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 8, 2018 10:48:00 GMT -5
Hi all. Posting here verbatim an email update from Keri. Please advise. “Kate and I are finishing up the new theme for the blog and we have the default image up for the new theme-so, we need a new bright and beautiful high res image for the landing page! I was thinking perhaps we could ask Sue if she wanted to let us use one of her First Light images(barn or farmhouse category maybe) with credit and a link? If not we just need to source a nice bright image that is not dark in the center where the text will be. It would be great to feature a nice photo by a member that really represents our collective, or at least makes it look good I wanted to contact the leaders first to see if you all want to choose or ask Sue, or I can if you're ok with that. Or we can just do a call out for lighter images that we could use on the team discussion pages, and then choose that way.”
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Post by betty on Feb 8, 2018 23:48:45 GMT -5
I love Sue's photography, so I'm fine with that, although her overall look is very "dreamy, farmhouse." I don't know if we need something more "tailored, edgy, style-neutral," if there is such a thing. What exactly is the "new theme" mentioned by Kerri? Does she mean new look? Regardless, I'm ok with whatever you all decide.
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Post by shelley on Feb 9, 2018 11:38:20 GMT -5
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Post by betty on Feb 9, 2018 12:27:03 GMT -5
Shelley, I looked at those last night and I thought they'd work. Love the storefronts.
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 9, 2018 14:47:35 GMT -5
I agree on farmhouse being not quite right. Shall I refer them to the link Shelley suggested and 1. See if that meets their needs and if so 2. have them contact Sue or let me know that’s what they’d like to do and I’ll contact Sue to ask if she’s open to the idea and that they’ll be in touch.
I also think we should say that we want a preview of the new look before taking to the team at all
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Post by betty on Feb 10, 2018 8:06:30 GMT -5
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 10, 2018 10:33:49 GMT -5
Just sent Kerri a note and copied Kate and said she should have waited to hear from us before posting anything to the team as we need to make decisions etc and not to post a thing else.
So give me a response to send to her and Kate please
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 10, 2018 11:41:12 GMT -5
Just heard back from Kerri full of apologies for jumping the gun in the heat of the moment. I told her we’d get back to her this weekend. Do back to my message a few messages ago - use sues city scene? Me ask sue?
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