Thank you for nominating this blog for Best Garden Blog Design. I’ve put a lot of thought and hours into the design, and I’m pleased that you appreciate my efforts.
According to the Mouse & Trowel website, “the Mouse & Trowel Awards were created by freelance writer and garden blogger Colleen Vanderlinden to honor and reward […]
Entries tagged with web design
Cold Climate Gardening garners a Mouse and Trowel nomination
April 26th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments
Categories: About this site · Blogging Art and Practice
Keywords: blog awards · web design
How New Media is Impacting the Future of Gardening
January 3rd, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments
One nice thing about the GWA Symposium is that most of the meals are donated by various member businesses. But we all know there’s no such thing as a free lunch, or a free breakfast, for that matter, so you probably already guessed that the business that pays for breakfast thereby procures the opportunity to […]
Categories: Miscellaneous
Keywords: GWA · Oklahoma City · web design
Blogging Art and Practice: The website
October 16th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 11 Comments
I’m starting a new website to explain blogging and related technical matters in plain English. It’s called Blogging Art and Practice.
There are some things about blogging that involve technical skill or know-how. I call those practices. I strive to use the best practices, to make my blog easier for people to read, for search […]
Categories: Blogging Art and Practice
Keywords: blog design · web design
A Tour of Cold Climate Gardening: What Changed on This Website and Why
March 4th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 13 Comments
Boredom isn’t enough to motivate me to redecorate my walls or my website
“Why are you changing your design?” some of my children asked, as I was making preparations for the Big Day. I could have said, for the same reason many people re-paint their walls or buy a new dress: tired of the same old […]
Categories: About this site · Blogging Art and Practice
Keywords: blog design · ccg history · web design · website overhaul · wordpress
Website changes ahead
February 27th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 13 Comments
I have just upgraded WordPress again. This time it combined link categories and post categories, so quite a few things need to be tinkered with. I will also be changing my theme shortly. Actually, I am going to change the theme first and then tinker, otherwise I’ll be tinkering twice. Sigh. The bottom line is, […]
Categories: About this site
Keywords: blog design · theme · web design · wordpress










