Every so often, I like to remind our readers that we offer a few different ways to get updates. The first way is to visit A Penny Saved every day. While we certainly won’t complain, that’s probably not the easiest way to find out if there’s a new article.

For the nerdy types, we offer an RSS feed that is automatically updated whenever we post a new article.

But far and away the easiest way to get updates from A Penny Saved is through our email subscriptions. They’re easy, free, and it takes about 3 seconds to sign up. See that box over to your right, under the “Free Email Updates” header? Yep that’s the one. Just type your email address in that cool box, hit Subscribe, and you’re on your way. Sure, you’ll have to click “confirm” in the first email, but that’s not too hard.

If you’re not subscribed, would you consider it? It’s the best way to make sure you never miss out on any great A Penny Saved content.

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Currently I’m in the process of giving A Penny Saved what it has deserved all along – a custom designed theme, created by a real live designer.  There are some bugs that I’m still working out, and I’m sorry for that.  Please be patient, and hopefully everything will be working properly before you know it.

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Thesis the WordPress framework, that is.  Thesis is all the rage these days, with cool customizability and fancy SEO, and all other sorts of nonsense you probably don’t care much about.  But it’s a fresh new look for A Penny Saved, and hopefully we won’t be experiencing any layout breaks like we’ve seen over the past few months.

Thesis may not be as dazzling visually, but it is a more sound framework.  I’d rather have things working and a bit plain, rather than fancy, flashy, and broken half the time.  Oh, and don’t worry, a fresh logo is in the works, just coming along slowly.  I need to find a decent free image editor for OS X so I can get it squared away.  If you have any tips, please feel free to drop me a comment below.

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No, I don’t mean threaded commments – I mean new threads as in a new look!  After weeks of looking for the perfect theme without spending $1,500, I finally broke down and purchased a good starting theme, and then customized it more to my liking.  There’s a lot of work to go still, especially working on the sidebar to improve looks ( and probably adding a large footer )… but I think the improved look warranted pushing this theme out today.

If you see any problems, please leave me a comment with the issue, and the browser you are using.  As far as I can tell, the layout works in Firefox, IE7, and Chrome.  I don’t have Safari to test it on, or Opera.  So if you see something loopy, please let me know.

As always, thanks to the loyal readers here.   If you’re current a subscriber, thank you!  If you’re not a subscriber yet, please considering suscribing to A Penny Saved’s RSS feed.

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A reader brought to my attention that the contact form at A Penny Saved wasn’t quite right. For some reason, it was tall and really skinny – about 2 letters wide. No idea what happened, but I’ve installed a different Contact form plugin. So, if you’ve been trying to get ahold of us here, please use our shiny new contact form.

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Today I discovered that there are two RSS feeds for A Penny Saved.  Those of you who are into such nerdy stuff know that it’s not a particularly good thing.  So I have fixed the situation, and removed one feed.  If you’re currently subscribed to the old feed, it will prompt you to subscribe to the new one over the next few days.  Please do, so you don’t miss any posts here.  If you aren’t a subscriber at all, please consider subscribing by RSS so you can keep track of each post here.  If RSS isn’t your thing ( And I can totally get on board with that! ), then please Subscribe by Email.  Whenever there are posts at A Penny Saved, you’ll get them in your email.  No post, no email.  Easy.

Anyway, thanks for reading, and sorry for the techno-babble post.  Back to your regularly scheduled personal finance talk.

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Ever since before I was around, the logo here at A Penny Saved was a portrait of our good friend Ben Franklin, of the $100 bill fame.  While a good guy all around, Ben didn’t really fit in with the title of the site.  After all, it’s not called “A Hundred Saved”, is it?

With that in mind, I finally took it upon myself to replace Ben with Honest Abe.  You know, that guy who’s on the penny.  Now you’ll see Abe in the header, as well as up in your toolbar, and next to your bookmark listing.  ( You do have A Penny Saved bookmarked right?  )

A big change?  Nope.  But I think it fits the sit a lot better.  Now new readers won’t be confused by the title / logo disparity.  Besides, I think the penny looks nicer anyway – even if I’d rather have the hundred.

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I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the readers of A Penny Saved. Without you guys, there would be no reason to keep this site going. Many of you subscribe to this site – some by email, and some by RSS. Thank you for that.

For those of you who are new to the site, or maybe just haven’t gotten around to subscribing, I’d just like to ask you to take a moment out of your busy day to do just that. There are two easy subscription choices for you.

• Get email updates – This is the easiest way to get a notification every time there’s an update to A Penny Saved. If there’s new content, you’ll get an email in your inbox. No updates, no email. Simple as that. You don’t have to stop by just to check.
• Subscribe by RSS – Don’t like to get extra emails? No problem. RSS subscription is the way to go. Your RSS reader will tell you when there’s new content here. Again, it saves you time by not having to check on your own.

Sally and JD have been doing a fantastic job writing here. I’m sure you don’t want to miss any of their great articles, and this is just the way to do it. Subscribe today to make sure you don’t miss out. Alright, back to your regularly schedule personal finance programming.

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Since Sally and JD have been carrying the writing load lately ( thanks guys! ), I’ve had a bit of time to make some small code updates.  Some you will see, some are more “behind the scenes” stuff.  Basically I’m just trying to clean up the code here and make things load more quickly.  

As far as visual stuff, I’ve moved the archives to their own page.  That helps clean up the sidebar ( there were too many links ), and makes room for a new sponsors section.  I’ve had several advertisers ask why I don’t offer any button style ads, so now I will.  I will be incorporating 4 125×125 ads in the sidebar – always relevant ads, of course.  If you have a relevant site or service and you’d like to advertise on A Penny Saved, please contact me.

I also fixed my search box!  The first time my wife saw A Penny Saved in it’s current design, she pointed at the search box and said “what in the world is that?  Is it a search box or what?  It doesn’t say.”  So, honey, I fixed it for you.  Now it is clearly labeled as a search box – no confusion.

Last but not least, I’m in the process of consolidating the categories.  The category list is unwieldy – it’s far too long.  This is going to be an ongoing process, so please bear with me.  My goal is to make sure all posts end up in the best category, so everything works out well. 

Anyway, just wanted to give everyone a heads up on the goings-on around here.  I’m not posting as often but I didn’t move to Kazakhstan, and I’m still around.  Here’s to saving your pennies, and building your net worth.

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Yes, A Penny Saved is at it again. My name is JD and I am a newbie to the team. Here’s a little bit about my journey in life. I am in my middle 40′s (closer to the upper!), I have been a Quality Control Coordinator for a computer company, have also been an Administrative Manager for a small manufacturing company, worked for a non profit enterprise in Personnel, and currently am an Administrative Pastor for a medium sized church. I have a Master of Divinity degree (MDiv) and a Master of Administration degree (MBA) which I guess makes me an educated fool. I own 60% of my home (the bank owns the rest), have a home equity loan at about $13,000, and no other debt. On the personal side, I have a wonderful wife of 20 years and we have 3 precious little girls.

I look forward to sharing some of the things I’ve learned along the way, and from learning from you!

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