Happy day! As you can see, tinybuddha.com has a new design.
Earlier this week, I mentioned I was excited to launch this new site in conjunction with the one-year anniversary.
In that somewhat long post, I announced three book giveaways I planned to conduct in celebration, outlined the milestones from Tiny Buddha’s journey thus far, and listed the most popular posts in multiple categories, including:
- Happiness
- Fun
- Relationships
- Mindfulness
- Passion and Purpose
- Being Good to Yourself
- Change
- The Beauty of Life
- Peace of Mind
If you haven’t already, you can read that post here.
If you have already seen it, you’re ready to learn about the new features and developments on tinybuddha.com.
1. New Logo
Joshua Denney, who has done all of Tiny Buddha’s design work, and Rose Hwang created the fun new logo. It works well in so many different colors!
2. Mindful Reading Icon
At the end of every post, you will notice a small silhouette of a Buddha holding a book. This is what I’m calling the “Mindful Reading” icon. This symbol is meant to be a visual cue to remind you to “read what you need.”
It’s all too easy to get lost in the web. You visit a blog to find one piece of information and before you know it, you’ve hopped to six other posts and forgotten what you came to accomplish. At least, that’s been my experience.
Reading multiple posts isn’t always a bad thing, but I think it’s important to be mindful of our reading habits so we don’t end up learning more often than we apply.
The symbol is right underneath the share buttons–get mindful after you share. =)
3. Fewer Blog Categories
Prior to the re-design, the site had over twenty blog categories. Those have now been narrowed down to eight, including:
- Happiness/Positivity
- Living Out Loud
- Love and Relationships
- Yoga/Meditation
- Mindfulness
- Healthy Habits
- Mindfulness in Work
If you’d like to share a post for one of these categories, check out the submission guidelines here.
4. Sponsorship Opportunities
You’ll notice there are several spots on the new site where you can feature your brand, including the right-hand side bar and within the blog and quote feeds. If you’re interested in sponsoring Tiny Buddha, contact me at email @ tinybuddha.com for additional details and rates.
This will allow us to connect with relevant brands while supporting the site’s future growth.
And here we are! I hope you enjoy the new layout.
Many thanks to Joshua Denney of Think Web Strategy for his efforts in creating the site’s new look. He has been working diligently behind the scenes for months, and I am forever grateful for all his time, passion, and attention. I also look forward to working with him on some upcoming projects, to be announced soon.
Thanks to Michael from Pliable Press who built a WordPress theme that is clean, easy to use, and perfect for Tiny Buddha.
And lastly, thanks again to everyone who has made Tiny Buddha a part of their lives. I am forever grateful that you choose to be a part of this community. Thank you for being you and for being here.
About Lori Deschene
Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha. She started the site after struggling with depression, bulimia, c-PTSD, and toxic shame so she could recycle her former pain into something useful and inspire others to do the same. You can find her books, including Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal and Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal, here and learn more about her eCourse, Recreate Your Life Story, if you’re ready to transform your life and become the person you want to be.
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Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 
I really like the new design as it’s simple and peaceful. I’m new to your blog, and I’m so glad I’ve found it. I hope your second year is filled with fun, happiness, mindfulness, and love. Really looking forward to getting to know your blog.
Great new design! LOVE the mindful reader icon!!!! Looking forward to the iPhone ap!
Congrats on the design. One bug to fix is your Twitter in the upper left says you have 0 followers when you have 105,334.
Yeah, it’s a little off 🙂 As soon as we flipped the ‘on’ switch, the Twitter count reset. Currently seeking a solution!
CLEAN! Apart from the lovely header and the footer — I also like the sidebar 🙂
I hope the twitter bug will be fixed soon.
In progress 🙂 Thanks for feedback!
In progress 🙂 Thanks for feedback!
I’m so glad you like it! It looks like the Twitter bug is fixed. =)
Thanks Steve! This has been in the works for a while now, and it’s exciting to see it come together.
Thanks Nikki! I was thinking about my own reading practices, and I thought this icon might be useful. Hopefully the iPhone app will be available soon!
Thank you Erin! I’m so glad that you’ve enjoyed Tiny Buddha so far. In addition to my 6 weekly posts, I generally publish 2-3 guest posts per week. I enjoy reading all the different perspectives, and I hope you will, as well!
Congrats!!
Love the new design, simple, neat, like a fresh gentle sea breeze!
Honoured to design the logo, you, this site and Josh are the greatest inspirations for me when I design the logo. =)
(and…. glad to see I’m not the only one who’ll get lost in internet and forget about the main original purpose, hahaha. To be focused is such a simple but not easy thing to do… aghh!)
Congrats!!
Love the new design, simple, neat, like a fresh gentle sea breeze!
Honoured to design the logo, this site, Lori and Josh are the greatest inspirations for me when I design the logo. =)
(and…. glad to see I’m not the only one who’ll get lost in internet and forget about the main original purpose, hahaha. To be focused is such a simple but not easy thing to do… aghh!)
Congrats on the new design!. Hoping to read more inspiring posts here.
Big congrats! The new site looks awesome!
Love the new ideas, but miss the old art, pictures and logo.
Actually, the tree from the old design is still here, in the header and footer areas. The logo is an illustration based on the original @tinybuddha photo used on the Twitter account.
Which pictures are you referring to?
I LOVE the new design Lori! It looks great! xo
Nice work Joshua and Michael! Looking forward to “other” projects coming in the near future from you guys. 🙂
Thank you Cakie! This has been a long-time coming, and I’m really pleased with the way everything turned out =)
Thanks so much!
I’ve not been on Tiny Buddha since the begining, but I have gained so much valuable insight and joy from what I’ve seen so far. I love this new look! Awesome!! Keep on inspiring and “thank you”. Debbie
I love the new design, as well as the simplifying/cutting down of the blog categories. You said there is an iPhone app in the works, but any possibility of an app for us Android users in the future?
I think will definitely have an Android app shortly after, among others. We needed to get the main idea for the new site/logo down before we went too far with the apps and extended Tiny Buddha stuff. Thanks for the feedback!
Haha, thanks! I hope those ‘other’ projects make a mental note to launch when the core programmer is not on vacation 😉
I love it! Except for one thing- with the old it was very simple to glance just once at the home page and see if there was a new post or not. Now, not so easy. But I’ll get used to it. I love it!
Hi Eni. That’s a great point. It’s not quite as simple to do that now, though we do have the most recent posts on the homepage. If you scroll down below the daily quote, which is just below the slider, you will see four photos across the page. Those will always correspond to the most recent posts. It’s not quite as prominent, but hopefully this helps a little. Thank you for the positive feedback!
Hi Eni. That’s a great point. It’s not quite as simple to do that now, though we do have the most recent posts on the homepage. If you scroll down below the daily quote, which is just below the slider, you will see four photos across the page. Those will always correspond to the most recent posts. It’s not quite as prominent, but hopefully this helps a little. Thank you for the positive feedback!
Hi Eni. That’s a great point. It’s not quite as simple to do that now, though we do have the most recent posts on the homepage. If you scroll down below the daily quote, which is just below the slider, you will see four photos across the page. Those will always correspond to the most recent posts. It’s not quite as prominent, but hopefully this helps a little. Thank you for the positive feedback!
You’re inspiring me to post more! I need to get faster at writing my own — I tweak too much. I agree about the different perspectives…I actually love reading guest posts as I’ve found some wonderful hidden blogger gems on better known blogs that way.
Love the new look! I love the idea of the mindful reading icon too. Definitely a reminder I need.
Thank you
Me, too, Michelle! I have a tendency to get lost in the web, so I thought perhaps other people could relate. I’m glad you like the new design!
Haha Joshua, that core programmer promises not to take any more holidays for a while now!
And thanks very much Gary!
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Is there a way to buy the adorable green Buddha as a statue? Love the site. It’s been marvelously helpful and on-target for me. Thank you.
Hi Deborah,
You’re most welcome–I’m glad you’ve enjoyed the site! They sell those Buddhas on Amazon. They’re called “Pocket Buddhas.” You can find them here:
http://www.amazon.com/ROCKET-USA-Pocket-Buddha/dp/B001NXOBIA
Lori
Please consider an app for the android users. Its not difficult to get into play store.
Thanks Debanka. Will do!