I’m sure that you’ll all be relieved to hear that I’ve finally got around to updating the Grace Photoblog theme. Woohoo!

I think that it’s fair to say that despite it’s general awesomeness a few of you found some usability issues with Grace. So to resolve these, I’ve changed a few things and released version 1.2 of Grace.

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We all like to try before we buy – even when things are totally free. So why not take a look at the live demo of Theme:

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Grace Version 1.2 has now been released – go check it out!

It’s been quite a while since I released my last (and, confusing, my first) WordPress theme – ThreeColumnsBlue – so here’s my next effort – Grace.

Grace is a stylish, minimalistic photoblog theme for WordPress and it’s completely FREE!

Grace’s muted colour scheme and big frame puts your photos right at the centre of the blog making colours seem even more vibrant and beautifully complementing those in black and white.

To get the most out of the theme you have to change a few settings on your WordPress blog – all of which I describe below – but Grace will also work out of the box so why not Download It Now!

Live Demo

Why not take a look at the live demo of Theme:

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Grace Version 1.2 has now been released – go check it out!

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As the more eagle-eyed amongst you will have undoubtedly noticed already 7879 Designs has moved domains – everso slightly. Yes, we’re no longer on boring old 7879designs.com but now on exciting new 7879designs.co.uk!

This change has been in the pipeline for some time now as – and this is a rather embarassing confession – I’ve only been using the .com domain name because of a ridiculous button clicking error I made when originally registered the domain. Yes, when I set up 7879 Designs 3 joyous years ago and purchased my Web hosting and domain, I accidentally clicked the .com check box rather than the .co.uk (which as I am based in the UK made far more sense to be on). So thanks to some dreadful hand-eye co-ordination I’ve been running under .com ever since. There you go, I said it was embarassing.

Any way, the .com domain has served me well, and made me quite a hit in the US (in comparisson to the UK any how). But seeing as I feel that Stafford is a bit *too* far from my home in Lichfield to go for a job, let alone all the way to America, I’ve decided it’s time to make the change.

There’s now a redirect on the .com domain to the .co.uk so I shouldn’t lose too much PR and hopefully I’ll find myself doing better in the google.co.uk SERPs.

As you read these words (assuming that you read them before April 30th, that is) I’m running a link baiting contest over at the Rate My Ride Blog. As, for better or worse, I’m trying to get a new site off the ground and this link baiting contest is part of the launch plan.

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Kroozr - I know, it is a horrible Web 2.0 name –  is something that I’ve been working on over the past couple of weeks and, if all goes well, it should be live come the middle of May.

That’s great, but what is Kroozr?

Well, it’s a Google Maps mash-up that enables people to find modified car cruises in the UK. It’s a pretty simple application and hopefully will give something that’s of a real benefit to the modified car scene.

I’ll keep you posted with progress.