New Site Design + Upcoming Giveaway
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Dear Readers! As you all know that I had been working with a web designer on redesigning my blog for the past few weeks.
I am very excited to announce that the wait is finally over! Shall we call this Yi Reservation 2.0? Yeah?
For those of you who have been following this site for a while, you probably recall that Yi Reservation has gone through quite a few looks over the years. While old designs all served the purpose of this site – to share butt-kicking recipes and food discussions – the site was getting cluttered and user-unfriendly as it grew.
Earlier this year, I decided to give my site a big facelift and I knew I needed professional help to so I engaged the talented web designer Lindsay from Purr Design.
With her help, Yi Reservation got a complete makeover featuring sleeker look and cleaner and user-friendly interface (just look around and you’ll agree with me).
I know you can’t wait to explore the new site but let me first highlight a few updates:
Logo and Navigation Menu
Lindsay did a great job designing this new logo for me. She worked patiently with me and transformed my inputs into this absolutely creative logo. Also, the Navigation menu is big step-up from the prior version. Just click around and you’ll know!
Sidebar
The new design seriously de-cluttered my crowded sidebar area while maintaining all the original features.
Recipe Index
I know how frustrated it was trying to locate a recipe on this site. With the new Recipe Index Page, you can browse all my recipes by ingredients, or regions, or category. If you know exactly what you are looking for, please feel free to use the search function.
Follow Me Buttons
For those of you want to get daily food fix through social media, be sure to follow me on Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. They are all located on the upper right corner.
Mobile Optimization
This is probably the biggest change of all! I know a lot of you use Mobile devices to access this site so finally you can fully enjoy Yi Reservation on your mobile device without worrying about compatibility issues.
Well, I am going to list all the changes but I’d rather you go ahead and click around.
Up Coming Giveaway
In celebrating the new design and as an appreciation to your support, I’ll be giving away a brand new 5.5 Qt Enamel Cast Iron Dutch Oven valued at $100. I’ve been cooking with cast iron cookware for years and I cannot tell you how much I love my cast iron skillets and Dutch oven. If you like to cook (I assume you do since you are reading this site) and appreciate fine cookware, you’ll love to have this Dutch oven as a new addition to your kitchen!
I will be announcing the details of this giveaway in the next couple of days so please subscribe to my newsletter or follow my social network so you don’t miss out.
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Congrats on the new website design! It looks really nice. I may get in touch with PurrDesign myself—I wasn’t too happy with my recent re-design and am looking to get it another go.
I am a big fun and enjoy all the recipes , I am a cat lovers, I missed your cat.
Hi Tessie, thanks for the shoutout. The cats are doing very well. I’ll post some updates on them in the upcoming posts.
I LOVE your new logo, Yi. She did a fantastic job on it and redesigning your web page. If your logo was on a Tee shirt , I would buy it. Keep up the good work and wonderful recipes. I want to make your green onion pancakes and black sesame rice balls again soon. Take care, my friend!
Thanks Debbie for your kind words and support over the years. I’ll see what I can do about the t-shirts 🙂
Good evening Yi i received the book so nice and useful. I can’t wait to try some of the recipes and i certainly will need to find chinese ingredients but i am optimist. Thanks so much and have a pleasent day. Regards.
it’s my pleasure!
Yi, the new look is awesome! Very clean. I especially love the new logo! Really cool! 😉
Thanks Lokness!
Hi Yi, Thank you so much for offering me your cookbook, what a surprise! Many congrats for the new beautiful restiling of your site but i liked also the old one. I look forward to learn much from your so accurate recipes. My best regards and Thnks.
Thanks Anna for your kind words!
Nice! Whenever I look at your food pics, I get hungry and an urge to cook, even when it’s the middle of the night! Oh..I love cats so we need kitty pics! Teehee!
Hi there, I am happy to hear that you find my recipes appetizing 🙂 will feature some cat pictures on my blog shortly!
Congrats, Yi! The new site looks great. Which company worked on your web redesign?
Hi, I worked with Lindsay from Purr Design
Lookin fancy sir. Keep up the good work. 🙂
Thanks John!
merci beaucoup yi very nice sorry i speak french thanks
merci beaucoup!
Hi Yi, The new site layout & logo design are fantastic! Keep up the great work and fantastic meals, my family loves everything I’ve made.
Thank you Jessica!
Great logo! And the design is super — nice and uncluttered, and easy to find stuff. Good job!
Appreciate for your kind words John!
The first thing I noticed is that the cat is gone. Where’s the cat? I hope it is OK.
Hi Jeff, the cat is fine (in fact got bigger since that picture). I just feel it’s time to replace my intro picture with something different. Will certainly rotate back some cat pictures in the future 🙂
Congrats for the restyling, the new look is lovely!
Thank you Valeria!
can’t wait!