{"id":4680,"date":"2013-03-07T14:41:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T19:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2013-03-07T14:42:40","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T19:42:40","slug":"new-blog-design-thanks-brandon-snider-woothemes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/07\/new-blog-design-thanks-brandon-snider-woothemes\/","title":{"rendered":"New Blog Design: Thanks Brandon Snider &#038; WooThemes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Only about half a decade later than I should have done it, here&#8217;s a whole new look for this blog.\u00a0 Thanks to <strong>Brandon Snider<\/strong> for working hard since last weekend to get this site rebuilt according to my quirky specifications. (His email address is brandonjsnider-at-hotmail.com in case you&#8217;re looking for a savvy blog guy.\u00a0 He knows WordPress better than I know beer.)<\/p>\n<p>The new look is based on the Canvas theme from Woothemes, a South African company recommended by <strong>A.b. 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