Okay…
Hopefully – if I have done this right… the peeps who followed my “Living Differently” blog have now been successfully migrated to my new site. Hopefully… if you’re a blog subscriber – you’ll have received – as usual – an e-mail in your inbox with this post… and if you click on it – it will take you to THIS Mad-Hat site… and not the old “Living Differently” site.
This is NEW territory for me! I have never built a website from scratch on wordpress.org before now… and I have certainly never attempted to export a very large blog site (with hundreds of posts – and hundreds of photos) on to an entirely new site… without losing anyone during the transition!
So – please-please… send feedback!
Can you guys see this site? Does it easily redirect you from the old “Living Differently” site? Does it look dodgy and/or strange on your iPad or phone? Do you still get the mail sent to your inbox? Are there any glitches and weird things happening that need my attention??
And – yup – this is my new Mad Hat website. As you can see – it is a work-in-progress. There is SO MUCH MORE that I still want to (and need to) include. There are also a number of old blog posts that didn’t import (ugh!)… some photos that were dropped along the way (ugh!!)… old links that will take you back to the Living Differently site instead of keep you on this site (extra-ugh!!)…
So – please be patient with me as I work through each one of these issues… and guys… (especially the TRIBE’sters… you know who you are!)… please have a browse-through – and let me know about any dodgy things so I can fix it!!
I’m going to spend much of December trying to make this site WORK the way I want it to work! I want to get the store up and running (so people can order the signed, personalised Hat book with a few easy clicks). I want to create a little podcast thingy (Lara – you gave me that idea)… I want to collaborate with other artist & folk around the world (who are living against the flow… and embracing their MUCH’ness… and doing what they love… and freeing themselves from expectations and the status quo) – and I’d like to explore ideas of how we can support each other – support each other’s art and ideas…(Giselle – thank-you! This is an idea you gave me)… and I want to organise Hat-Happenings & events in different cities… and creative workshops (both online and in-the-flesh)… and there’s sooooooo much more….
But – first – I just wanted to announce my VERY new… nowhere-near-complete… website – www.themadhat.co.za
This is where you’ll find me from now on. Lots of love!!
It showed up for me on iOS 9 in the standard wp mobile way. When I opened in Chrome on iOS 9 and chose desktop view, looks similar. Well done, you!
Thanks, Jeanette! One thing that I now realise is that the “Living Differently” blog e-mailed me every time somebody commented. You’ve just commented – and I didn’t get an e-mail. So – I need to check the settings for that. I also see I have 2 profiles. One called “Hat” (with no photo)… and one called “Heather Costaras” WITH a photo. I need to somehow figure out how to change it to just ONE profile… (baby steps, baby steps….)… X
I can see clearly now – as before, without any problems or frustrations, using my usual desk top, nothing fancy – only your web site! Thanks!
Thanks so much for letting me know!!! 🙂
Hat, when I hit my f sign it fails and says “this content is not available”?
I’ll check it out, Trace…. thanks for letting me know!
Trace… I think I’ve fixed it. Try now. x
Hi Heather!! Yes I got it!! and I can see it!!! The website is gorgeous!! Congratulations… I will buy my book from Amazon. All the best for you!
Thanks SO much, Laura!!!!! X
The website is great…I need to explore it more. In the previous blog the movie clip of you didn’t work.
Are you talking about the e-mail newsletter? The Beautiful Life Project e-mail newsletter that I sent yesterday?
I clicked on the email and it took me right to this new site !!!
Thanks for the feedback, Stephie! X
Very nice 🙂 Well done with the new site. The link took me directly to the new site. I sent my mom and sister your last blog mail that included the sneak peak of your book and hope that they will registered to receive your blog posts.
Thanks, Heidi! And also – thanks for sharing with your fam… 🙂
It works great, took me straight here, looks fantastic. This is how observant I am … I probably wouldn’t have noticed it was a different site for a really long time if you hadn’t said anything! One day I would have looked up at the header and thought, “Wait a second …. was it always called The Mad Hat??”
Hah! THAT surprises me… an artist like you – with such level of detail on your work… unobservant?! Pfft! PS: Just so you know – I got your lovely mail… smiled and ooooh’ed at the photos of your beautiful work… and have written down your great collaborative idea in my notebook. I definitely want to collaborate in some way — just need to sort out a bit of chaos on this side… get this site (and particularly the online store) working the way I WANT it to work… and then, I want to collaborate with other like-minded peeps and brainstorm a few idea and see what comes up! So – have NOT forgotten… just finishing off other bits first. X
Love this-just the right mix of slickness and wacky creativeness! 🙂
Thanks, Melanie….! I’m still working on ironing out a whole bunch of little issues and gremlins… but — it’s GETTING there. Progress (albeit slow) is happening… 🙂