Written by Susan Lane

ColourMine Favicon – From Dandelion to Camellia

ColourMine was still on Squarespace, still winging it – this is the story of how one bright idea turned into a two-day whirlwind of colour changes, favicon fuss, and a few well-earned facepalms.

As you may have noticed yesterday, 
I was completely lazy 
Couldn’t be bothered to step into the foray 
Although I had loads to do 
I didn’t do anything 
Not a poem, blog or nothing for you 

Well, if you believe that then more fool you 
Because I was doing absolutely nothing 
That any of you could actually see 
But . . . I was busy . . . 
As you may now have seen 
I changed the shades of ColourMine 
From yellowy shades to a nice bright pink 

I’d included it on the website for all to see 
Hoping the change of shade 
Would help you to stop and view 
And consider what was waiting 
Within ColourMine to be read 
With a bedtime cuppa by your bed

With that said, I can guarantee 
One or two of you will have thought 
“That would have only have taken 
A couple of hours
Then she’d have been free”
Well, you are actually wrong 
With that assumption you see

It took several hours 
When you take into the equation
Everything I had to do 
It was a mammoth task and
I truly hadn’t considered the whole thing through
Or even thought of everything 
That I would need to do.

ColourMine Favicon – Not Enough Consideration

It was just one bright idea, 
A change of shade right here 
So easy to do, no problem for me 
But what I hadn’t thought of was 
It was every page, every alt text, SEO Title 
And Description, metadata too 
Oh, what an idiot not to fully think it through 

Yup that was me, 
When everything was almost sorted 
All in the yellowy shade 
With all photos, information and accessibility 
Then on a whim 
I decided to change it 
To a beautiful ColourMine pink
And all because I saw 
One photo in my phone that was stored 

It was a lovely Camellia I bought last year, you see
I decided I’d like that for my favicon, 
So, in place it went for me
Then I took a look at everything else 
And what did I see
It was all kind of saying 
“Go, get out, don’t like this here, it’s not for me”
So, change it I did to make it inviting it you see, 
To hopefully, make it nicer for us all 
And especially for you to stay and have a read

Favicon – Then Full Livery

Therefore, I had lots to do,
I decided on a colour palette that 
I thought was inviting too 
Then there was all the backroom stuff you don’t see 
For me to amend, like the Social Sharing Image, 
SEO Titles, all descriptions for everything 
ColourMine for you and Google to see 

By the end of the day, 
Would you believe 
I was quite mentally knackered 
Then another decision came by me, 
A bottle of cheap Asti 
With crisps and peanuts for me, 
Followed by sleep 

But this morning what do I see, 
A huge list of things I’ve not done 
Waiting for me, oh, lucky me, tee hee hee 
Now let’s see where this change takes 
ColourMine, you and me?

Although you have missed it 
I’d still like you to email me:
www.susanlane.colourmine@outlook.com
To let me know if there are changes 
You’d like to see 

It would be good to know if you have any thoughts for me
I’m checking my email right now just to see 
Because your opinion is important to me
Thank you, Good Morning and goodnight 
Wherever you happen to be 
From ColourMine and me

© Susan Lane. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the author.

ColourMine poetry, and the original photographs, are completely authentic to myself, Susan Lane – no AI, no plagiarism, all checked and verified by copyleaks

Apologies for the emoji presentation – I tested several, but this was the only one that worked reliably on ColourMine. Just click the box next to the emoji and hit submit, and I’ll know if the poem resonated with you. Thank you for sharing your feelings.

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