Some major changes in this release included:

• It is now possible to do a multi-file find and replace across local files. You can choose to search all open files, all files in a particular folder, or all files in your current Site.
• Coda 1.5 provides built in support (checkout, commit, revert, update, and rollback) for Subversion operations.
• This release includes improved organization of Clips. Clips can also now be imported and exported. Using the new codaclips: URL handler allows you to create a web page link that adds a clip to Coda. Sam Brown has already integrated this feature into Coda Clips
• Users can also create custom reference books in Coda 1.5.

Read more about the updates on Steven Frank’s site or in the official release notes.

The second phase of the site design officially launched November 3rd with the grand opening of their new shop. So, I am a little late with this post but better late than never, right.

Knitty Couture home page:

Knitty Couture’s “Knit Journal” blog:

The design required a lot of custom page templates and background images to meet the clients and designers requirements. I believe the project went well given the short design and development cycle. The use of Sandbox and some of the typographic baselines of Blueprint helped get the design off the ground quickly.

What do you think about the site design?

• I love it! (36%, 5 Votes)
• It’s ok. (29%, 4 Votes)
• Needs improvement. (21%, 3 Votes)
• Where are the colors? (21%, 3 Votes)
• I hate it. (0%, 0 Votes) –

While the votes for “I love it” would win in a running race, it wouldn’t be by a country mile. The majority of the votes point to it’s ok, needs improvement and some color.

I agree.

I thought I wanted to make IAMWW a little more personal by adding links, photos, and other mixed media. But I don’t think it fits the site. I think it needs a little more polished design and content. The current design feels confining.

Robert Ellis (who I consider a mentor) recently said:

“I think part of the problem you’re having is that you haven’t really decided what you want your site to be about.”

He is exactly right. I am struggling with how to “brand” the site and what I really want the site to be about or even what I want to write about. When I first built the site I didn’t really plan on doing a whole lot of writing (and certainly wasn’t planning on designing WordPress themes). I merely wanted to build an easy to manage site quickly. Now I would like to write some posts, but I don’t see myself making a lengthy post everyday. I just don’t have time. So, that is when I thought about mixing in some quick posts and other mixed media. I think it works great on my family website, but I don’t believe it matches the content here.

I have spent the last few days thinking over the site and what direction in branding and writing I want to take it. I am going to mix things up. I want to keep the site somewhat technical or design based with the right mix of short posts. But rather than build it as a stream of conscience, life stream, or daily log, I am going to remove the “asides” from the typical flow of the home page. Also, I really don’t know about the title or description or if I will even continue to use one.

With all of that said:

I just finished up the layout for the homepage of my next theme. I think everyone (including myself) is going to like the next design much more than my current or even past designs.

Once the next design for the site is finished I hope to begin working on another theme for public release.

If there is any interest for a tumblelog-hybrid WordPress theme, maybe I can clean up the template files and release them for download…

Until the chaos fades, be sure to check out Brian Gardner’s latest site design!

Update: Also check out Robert’s new theme release Upstart Blogger Futurosity Altera.

I downloaded and installed the trial today. My first impression… If I were buying the application on looks alone, I would have dropped $79.00 today. It is a beautiful application.

However, I do not see me replacing my current work flow any time soon. I have grown to enjoy working in TextMate. I use MAMP to do most of my initial development and testing locally. Therefore, I do not see the point in having my FTP client open also. Also, I prefer CSSEdit to the built-in Coda CSS tool.

I am sure if I did not already have certain apps that I prefer to work in Coda would be an excellent starting application. This would be great for someone looking to get away from drag-and-drop website builders like iWeb to begin building their own websites.

Site Management (Cool website preview as the site’s icon)

Editor

CSS Editor

Terminal

Books