Un grande saluto a tutti! I am back from my friend’s wedding in Mexico (Sayulita… what a beautiful town!) and after lots of trial and error, I finally got Internet Explorer to cooperate with the new Italyville.com layout. I wanted to give a big THANKS to my friend Sally at Casalba News for being my eyes on the other side of the ocean. THANKS SALLY! I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t have any CSS experience and not much HTML either for that matter but I’m not afraid to get under the hood and tweak things until they work… unfortanetely it usually takes me twice as long to get things fixed. I’m Calabrese remember? I have a hard head! Anyway, I hope you all like the new look of Italyville! Take a look around, stay a while, grab an espresso, I would love to hear your comments, questions and would appreciate your feedback (especially if you find any more kinks.) Also, if your family is Italian, check out the “Where are you from page” and let me know where your family comes from in Italy.
Since Italyville has a new home, I’m having a little party for the launch. I’m giving away a $25 Barnes & Noble or Amazon gift card (whichever one you prefer.) All you have to do to enter is one of the following:
- update any links you might have to Italyville (if you would be so generoso/a) and let me know by comment on this post
- or just leave a comment on this post and let me know what you think of the new Italyville
I’ll chose a winner at random Sunday, November 23, 2008 at Noon (EST). Pretty easy right? Thanks and Good Luck!
Joe,
I LOVE your site!! I will update your blog on my Blogroll right now!
love love it!!
Benvenuto!
Im happy you had a good trip- and Im glad you are home again. I love your blog! You are updated on my blog. What a thoughtful giveaway. Please count me in.
I glad to be able to read you again from the other side of the world too. My link works fine on the blogroll. Keep up the Calabrian nostalgia – it brings me home…
It looks great, Joe. I’ll update now and browse around a bit. I’ll let you know if I see any kinks… Bravo!
Joe-
Love the new look!!! It looks very Italian
Good luck and you will get *better* at tweeking- take it from a tweeking dummy!!
I’ll update your link on my blogroll.
The new site looks great. I’ll add you to my blog roll. Thanks
Hi Joe – the new site looks great!
Good job!
I’ll make sure my link to you is up to date.
Best regards,
Alex
PS I know IE can be a right royal pain in the butt!
I updated when you first moved! Keep up the great work.
I happened upon your old site and it linked me here.
Bellissimo!
I will be back often to browse and reminisce.
I didn’t realize you had actually moved sites, so glad you mentioned it. Unfortunately, I have been using blogrolling and they seem to have some terminal problems that they keep saying all will be resolved shortly, if not I’ll have to resort to desperate measures! I think I said it before, but I love te new lay our nd the photos at the top and all. It’s fab.
Thanks for all the nice comments! I’ll be back to visit you all again soon. Ciao e a presto! Joe
Love the new look! Especially the vintage photos in your header. I’ve added the link to my blog roll. I’m glad you enjoyed yourself in my parents country
I love Italyville! So glad I came across it recently! I’m happy that you got the glitch worked out, I was one of the ones with Firefox I guess!
Love all the pictures in your header!! Thanks for stopping by my blog!
All updated, Joe!
I know your auntie’s little trick!
Hey Joe, Italyville has been one of my favourite blogs since you started it. i love the whole vibe, food, humour Italy! The new site is great especially the the ‘Where are you from’ addition, I’m jealous I wish I could add myself on there because you’re right when you say that those of us who aren’t Italian all secretly wish we were.
Linked up and ready to go!
Love the new look, Joe. The banner is great and I agree with Amanda about the map.
So pleased you sorted the problems and thank you for the mention.
looks great! i gotta say, when we moved to our own domain name/template switch it was royal pain. but the payoff is so worth it!
I love Italy, in fact we are here now until 22 november…:-( we are in Liguria,, and loving it..Love you header..
I like your new look and love the new header! I also changed my link to your blog a week or so ago when I first realized that your link changed – so it is all updated now
Happy Weekend…Friday is almost here (or I guess it is here for you already).
Love the new look Joe, and I especially enjoy your family photos!
Great site! I found it doing a Google search for ‘Prince Spaghetti’ my hometown grocery no longer carries it.
Looks good…