About
About the Blogger
Though I have a tendency to take breaks from both, I am primarily a writer and a web developer. I also make videos where I pretend to be an Internets Celebrity.
I stopped running Oh Word as strictly a hip-hop site because it began to feel like a hustle.
New Site
Driven by just one blogger, the new Oh Word is more of a personal endeavor and will have a broader scope than the old site. There are also some technological differences. The old site used Textpattern for a CMS, the new one is powered by Wordpress.
More specifically, Oh Word now uses the Thesis Wordpress theme / framework which is powerful, flexible and SEO-optimized out of the box. It’s also a lot of fun to hack around with if you’re so inclined. I don’t pay for software easily, but Thesis and the support of its creator and community are easily worth the price of admission. If you’re curious about it, just click on the big shiny affiliate link below.
The new Oh Word logo was created by Dukes from The Full Clip. I am extremely grateful for its creation and to Dukes and other Oh Word readers and collaborators for the ongoing dialog about this site’s relaunch.
Contact Rafi
Email: rafikam@gmail.com
Phone: 914-261-0700
Twitter: @rafikam
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Fuck Yo’ Website Relaunch!
Nahh, it’s good to see you back on the grizzly.
Glad you’re back.
The site looks great.
You may prove me wrong re: our talk about the new-old-site…
Thanks internets fam.
Did I mention that I like this new look? The column layouts are pretty smart.
When did the relaunch happen?I took a break from the hip-hop blogosphere about 7 months ago. Ohword was always one of my favorites. Honestly this could shape up to be a great thing. One of the main reasons I stopped reading hip-hop blogs was redundancy.
I gotta say, I like the new Oh Word better than the previous iteration. I’m proud of you as an online friend/acquaintance and a colleague for having the balls to go dolo. I also like the new layout/theme a lot. Kudos sir!
Thanks guys. I like the new look too but I’m wondering if I should ditch the tiling backgrounds and just go with a solid color.
Edgar, it relaunched around mid-june.
This is good news! I followed the old site.
i like the tile. makes me wanna grab a magnum.