The New Abnormal Use

We here at Abnormal Use are now officially ready for our close up. As you can see, dear readers, we’ve undertaken a complete redesign of our fair site, and the change went live this past weekend. We’re very excited about the new look.

When we first began to develop this site in the early days of 2010, we started with a pretty straightforward – generic, really – Blogger template. We added a few minor bells and whistles, but our limited design skills kept us from doing much more  (as our collective knowledge of HTML design is limited to 1996 levels).  That Blogger template served us well for nearly a year and a half during this blogging enterprise. But we always hoped that someday in the future we would be able to unveil a sleek new look, just as the driver of a practical and economical vehicle longs for a sports car.

Well, we finally made it.

None of this would have been possible without our friends at The Skyline Group, the local media and design firm that redesigned the site and taught us all our new WordPress platform.  Here’s how they describe the magic they do:

With The Skyline Group, a full-service agency located in Greenville, South Carolina, one company handles the creative, interactive, video production and print needs of its clients. We maintain consistency of message and quality across all disciplines. From initial collaboration to final delivery, the entire group focuses on making sure your message is carried out creatively, seamlessly and effectively across all media to reach your target market.

If  you’re in the market for a new blog template or website design, we highly recommend them. Special kudos to Skyline’s Brian Whitaker for his advice and patience. (It can’t be easy to teach a bunch of know it all lawyers about Internet technology!)

We encourage you to explore the new site and give us your thoughts. For those of you who read the site by email or RSS feed, click here to see the new template. In the mean time, we’ll resume regular posting tomorrow.