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Post by betty on Feb 10, 2018 12:00:12 GMT -5
Yes and yes
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 10, 2018 12:10:27 GMT -5
Will do. I’ll first contact sue and tell her the thinking and if she’s open to it. When I hear from her I’ll contact Kerri and kate
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Post by betty on Feb 10, 2018 12:10:57 GMT -5
P.S. They need to add Audrey to the About Us section
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 10, 2018 12:12:32 GMT -5
Will let them knie
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 10, 2018 12:12:44 GMT -5
Know
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Post by betty on Feb 10, 2018 12:16:46 GMT -5
I really like the "shop" section. I'm sure that took a ton of work!
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Post by gazaboo on Feb 11, 2018 10:17:39 GMT -5
Just looked at the blog and like the look. If it stays it would be nice to have our VAM logo on there. If it was small, centered at the bottom of the image it would certainly pop. Doing so could allow us to change to background image something like the facebook cover (but not as often) and still keep consist branding. Just a thought.
Also, should we be posting Seb's mini blogs to our VAM blog? with a direct link to our curated page? And from there I'll get them all pinned to our main VAM board and any other appropriate style board. I can't pin from facebook or IG and twitter is a round about way. I want to do a better job of pinning our VAM blog posts as well.
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Post by betty on Feb 11, 2018 18:46:06 GMT -5
Gaz, when I looked at the blog yesterday I thought it would be nice to include Seb's mini-blogs. It would help keep the content fresh. I don't know how much more extra work that would entail for Marilyn and Kate, but since the material is already available, it would be great to get as much mileage out of it as we can. I agree re including the team logo somewhere.
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Post by gazaboo on Feb 11, 2018 20:01:39 GMT -5
I can pin from instagram, but pinning from the VAM would probably be of greater benefit for branding and having people discover VAM and possible sales.
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Post by shelley on Feb 12, 2018 8:41:35 GMT -5
Sure, ask her. And I don't mind the clean look of it. It's not a wow, but it's good. We could also spend a couple of bucks and buy a stock image we like, if Sue isn't interested.
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 12, 2018 9:17:45 GMT -5
Update Kate and Kerri are working with one of Sues images
I will ask them about incorporating VAM logo and about posting mini blogs
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 12, 2018 11:39:53 GMT -5
Kate says
“Right now I have the logo and little intro on the hidden left side bar. You can see this if you click on the 3 lines at the left of the menu bar. Maybe I should swap the Logo and Popular Posts widget that's currently at the top of the right side bar? What do you think....
For Seb's posts... I'd have to do a regular blog post and each post does take a lot a time. We could set up a separate page just for his collages, but right now with the other changes that need to be made I wouldn't think it'd be a priority?”
Let me know how you want me to reply. For our last blog post Seb did an expanded blog from one of his mini blog themes and I pulled items from the team to make complementary collages. I think if there’s another way to get the mini blogs on Pinterest that’s a better choice. Right now Seb sends me a collage and short mini blog for IG and a slightly longer version and individual photos for FB which I forward to Betty. I can forward either of those things to Gaz.
I think we should let Kate and Kerri finish up Phase 1 of the website redesign and roll that out. I don’t know if they are still thinking they’d design several and then ask for a vote (us, team) but they’re on a roll and that’s a good thing!
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Post by betty on Feb 12, 2018 14:41:00 GMT -5
I'm for swapping the logo and popular posts.
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Post by sophisticated on Feb 15, 2018 10:46:57 GMT -5
Kate is taking care of the swap. Kerri is working on design with several of Sues village images. She’s headed out of town but it’s at the top of her to do list.
I’m posting below a lengthy email from Kate that has questions. Please everyone weigh in. Also want to let you know I am in the thick of it with moving so I’ll be popping in and out but can’t run this as a major project for the next two weeks.
“Just want to get us all on the same page with a comprehensive list of what's in the works for the blog as far as appearance / set-up goes. After the theme switch I made a bunch of notes about possible changes and I'd really like your input on them. Marilyn, if you see something that needs team leader approval before we make a change, please comment as such.
-Kate
1 - Header Image - Needs Leader Approval - assigned to Kerri 2 - About Us Page - Kate is researching new layouts and will propose them to Marilyn and Kerri before changing (Leader Approval too?) 3 - Shop Page - Need to research new layout/possible plug-ins to get links updated directly from our members shops (Kerri has asked her husband to figure out why Etsy's embed links aren't working in the meantime) 4 - Top Menu - I added "Visit Us" that links to the team pages on Etsy. - Is there anything else we can add up here? - Do we want the "Visit Us" link there? 5 - Sidebar Alt (hidden side bar with the 3 lines) - Is there anything else we should add here? 6 - Header Text - Need to research how to change the type once we pick a permanent Header Image / Or we can hide the theme's text and add text to the header image we choose. 7 - Page Width - Can we make the About Us and Shop pages full width (i.e. remove the right side bar)? Do we want to do this if we can? 8 - Floating Social Media Icons on Left - I think these take away from the sleek-ness of the blog and think they should be removed. Do you agree? I am at a loss where they are coming from though....Kerri can you help? 9 - Blog Post Featured Images - Question for Kerri (or her husband maybe?) - I need to set a featured image within each individual blog post, so it will show up in emails and on our Home page, however, it is also adding the featured image to the top of each blog post before the title. Is there a way to stop the featured image from showing at the top of each individual post?
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Post by betty on Feb 15, 2018 14:07:18 GMT -5
Marilyn, I'm reviewing this point by point and will post a reply later on.
Good luck with the move!
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