Cow 2.0
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Ladies and Gentlemen, cowboys and cowgirls. Welcome to what is possibly the hottest blog re design know to man, Cow 2.0.
Don’t bother reading this post just yet –just have a click around the place a little. Loads of cool things to see, take your time and say hello to our new sponsors.
If you’re done staring, you might want to close your mouth and wipe that saliva of your chin. Don’t worry, we’re still drooling ourselves!
So, you’ve probably noticed that we don’t really look like some other guy’s blog like we used to. He changed his theme a few weeks ago and we we’re left with a choice. Stick to the old theme, get something like him again, or stand on our own four feet. We think that the Cult of Cow has grown considerable at this time so we decided to take the plunge. And we’re glad we did!
Hyder from Weborithm dot Com made us this fantastic professional blog design and we couldn’t have worked with a better guy. The patience and professionalism he’s displayed throughout the design process is quite amazing. We’ve pushed and pulled the guy every time we wanted a little detail changed but after some time we knew that we could give him full creative freedom without a doubt. We absolutely LOVE what he’s done to our barn! The header was done by SOSfactory dot Com
One of the main things we wanted to focus on was to create more opportunity for our sponsors to be seen. Have a look at the sidebar and you’ll see what we’re talking about. Not only do you get a bigger button from us (140 vs 125), you also just have to share the spots with just 5 others. We’ve implemented the ad rotation to give everyone an evenly distributed placing over time. If we may be so bold, some of the advertisers had to hurry in getting us the buttons in a 140×140 size, so they’re not very attractive. Hyder is available to create buttons for you guys, he also made the ones for DealDotCom which are now used around the Net!
Now, what we really like to hear is your opinion and your suggestions. If you run into a bug anywhere, please let us know. Although we went over the code for hours, there’s always one that manages to slip in. Hyder did an outstanding job and we think Mr Nate Whitehill has some serious competition right now. You want a sweet theme like ours? Tough luck. Weborithm makes sure all their clients get a one of a kind custom theme!
Now everybody wave and say goodbye to our two lovely cows. They’ve been standing around long enough. buhbaaaaai!
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Looks great!
Nice one Mr Moo
The new design looks amazing, I love the new logo and the general look of the site very slick
Looks awesome, haha you even have a cow pagani zonda nice.
Very Nice. Glad to see your up and running!
Darin
Now this is what I call a good design. Everything is perfect and I like the pictures and the header.
very slick, i wish my banner would have been accepted.
Best blog redesign I have seen of any of the recent ones…
well done.
one issue spotted - when you click on any of the names on the live milkers div, you get a 404 error, but besides that, as i said above, well done…
also just spotted below the Submit Comment button the checkbox with no detail as to what it is, i presume its subscribe to comments but no harm in putting that there.
Hope this loading time was just a one time deal. Seemed to load quite a while.
Very interesting theme though, very unique.
New Theme looks great.
Sorry for double but I just noticed REPLY is not an option to other comments.
The fonts for the sidebar look strange to me.
PropertyIreland, I agree. I love the little car picture on the comments box as well.
Also, did you know you have two posts in Uncategorized?
Oh, and what’s the check box below Submit Comment?
Very cool. I REALLY like the “Live Milkers” feature. Very Web 2.0.
Sly, yeah the car looks cool, maybe should be called the moocar???
a few other issues as others mentioned above, site could be optimised a lot better for speed increases, a few font tweaks and still some javascript errors showing, but i’m sure only teething problems to be expected, all will be well and still looking super cool soon…
Let me just say that this design rocks. Very well done. Couple of nit picky comments though:
1. You’ve misspelled John Chow’s name (Joh Chow). Maybe that’s on purpose though.
2. I agree that the fonts in the sidebar look a little off. Maybe change it to be the same as the “buy me milk” text or at least increase the spacing between lines.
3. The car in the comment box makes it slightly hard to see what you are typing. It’s a nice touch, but maybe take the opacity down a bit.
4. I am assuming that the check box below the submit button is for new comment notifications. The reason I am assuming is because I don’t see any text next to it.
Like I said, these are nit picky things. I love the new design and I’ll admit, I’m a little jealous.
very cool design, really amazing
But where is the reply to comment? you remove it on purpose?
Talk about picky..no offense Joe but your site is a little “average”
I for one LOVE IT and I can view in IE…..YEEEHAAW!!
The header is awesome:)
Thanks to everyone for their comments. Most of the issues addressed have been looked over by me as they were posted.
Regarding the sidebar font size, sometimes bigger is better. But all suggestions will be taken into consideration.
As always, there will be a few bugs till it nears perfection.
I love the new design of the Moo..BlOG.
It’s.. Beautiful!
Amazing work from SOSFactory, as per usual.
haha, this is the best design I ever seen looooooooooooool
Holy cow there’s a lot of comments today ^_^
New themes seem to always draw more commentators =]
Great work!
One of the best designs I have ever seen!
I actually like this - very cute
Great job!
So cute. I love cows and its perfect fit for you moooers. :c)
Wow, I’m actually speechless. I just love everything about it. The colors, the header, and then when I scrolled down to make a comment….I love what you did with the bottom of the page. Very nice. You definitely found a great person to give you a re-design. Job well done on all parts!
I bet you’re exhausted.
No more cows and only cow skins?
Nevertheless, this is a great theme, expected! 
whooaaaa.. cool header graphics design. way coolll. Overall, the theme rocks.
Congrates on your new theme. Did a review of this site with some comments for certain improvements. if you so incline, do check it out at
http://www.jerrykhoo.com/john-cows-new-look/
Great look overall.
I like the blog layout. I like your content. I like the ads…they made me click.
But I hate to say it, I don’t really care for the cartoon thing. I thought the cows were way more cool….kinda like sophisticated silliness and cool design.
The cartoon to me just says bumpkin to me which doesn’t seem to fit with your great content. So I realize you must have worked hard on this, but I wanted to give you honest feedback.
The cartoon is well done. I just don’t think it’s right for your blog.
Very nice theme design!!
looks great cow, looks great
I miss the old cows
Awesome job, I love it!
Nice. Has some very cool and original features. Considering you pretty much used the tagline I suggested I get $50, right?
Wow bro, best blog redesign to date! awesome job
I like the logo, looks cool
Great design! Congrats!
Try changing the pot font to something bigger. Looks good otherwise.
Now this is what I call a theme re-design!
Awesome is one word that best describes it. So far, this is the best theme makeover that I’ve come across, I’m sure this is will be very difficult to beat. Looks very Web 2.0 and very pleasing.
Just a few things:
1. The font on the sidebar looks fine to me, maybe you’ve already fixed it?
2. The car in this comment box could be moved further down so as to fit in the corner - looks rather abandoned now
3. The checkbox below the Submit Comment button still looks lonely without the text.
4. When we highlight text in the comment as we type, it just turns into a milder colour, doesn’t really give us the feeling that it is highlighted.
5. The text input to enter our email for subscribing looks more like a button to me, maybe you could tone the opacity down a bit?
They’re just my personal opinion though!
Again, the theme looks amazing!
Love the new cow theme, a Moo-ve in the right direction! The cows as cars and the RSS style also love it! Keep up the great work here, you have a very enjoyable and creative blog..ok no more ass kissing
Good stuff. My thoughts:
Do you really need two navigation bars?
The background color is a little drab.
Do you really drive a car like that?
Lookin’ good. My only dislikes are purly a matter of opinion, colors and such, so I’ll keep that to myself. I wish I could afford to hire Hyder to redo my site.
I miss the old cows too.
Oh, just wanted to add.
A lot of your comments don’t make any sense now without the threaded comments. There’s no way to know who you’re talking to on the old posts.
wow this is cool!
I love the new design. This has got to be the best looking blog online
I think the comment section needs to be threaded like the old theme and make the alternating color darker, hard to see the difference between the white and off white. Also maybe just put the 6 square ads in the sidebar without having the extra box around them. I think it would look smoother. Just some suggestions.
Very very unique and awesome design! Love the new cartoon header!
now.. it is more different than other j.c.
hope this blog will give moore interesting writing…
I like your cartoon.. what’s his name??? don’t want to do some contest???
Hey, just bought you some milk! Great job you are doing on your site.
I like it more than shoe’s and the big beef himself. ! well done..moooooooooooo.
The new theme is cowtastic!
Really, it looks great. Especially the header.
Wait a minute!! Where’s the threaded comment plugin?
Not compatible?
I like it, it’s more in the moo style
I saw the theme on Hyder’s blog and i said WOW!
I also like this blog does not resemble JohnChows one so much, but i’m wondering what happend to the cows in the header
would like to congratulate the cows about their new design is a cool design.
The blue cow will look betterin orange like rss logo.
OMG! Your new theme is just soooo sleeek. I just fell in love with it
Man, I’m going to order a from weborithim too…
Can you tell how much it cost??
Ruchir, just head on over to http://www.weborithm.com and get in touch with me. Thanks.
Looks fantastic! great work!
Amazing design. I simply love it.
Great design, and i LOVE the header and the sarcasm
well done
The picture from the header is awesome!
this design is clean, very nice, outdone chow himself on this one.