Category Archives: Web

General web development

New Look

I decided to do a bit of work on a new look for this site on Monday. I began just messing about in Firefox using Firebug and I was attempting to see how easy it would be to mimic the look and feel of a few sites I’ve seen recently. It wasn’t long before I’d got the basis of a new theme installed on my local copy of WordPress and the natural progression would be to test out on a live site, like here.

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Another Look

I’ve decided to adopt Ian Stewart’s Kirby theme while I work on another look for my site. I think I prefer the smash down what was there before and rebuild method rather than a smooth transition.

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Farewell Sweetcron

I’ve decided to stop using Sweetcron to aggregate all my social networking activity.

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New Look Part II

So like I said in the previous post, when I was creating the last style for the site I was already thinking ahead about another look. The thing is, I’d developed a bit of writer’s coder’s block and whenever I tried to give this place a spring clean and a lick of paint, I’d just sit there looking at my editor and get nowhere. I’d fiddle around for a while and then go and find something else funky to do instead. I’m so rubbish getting things off the ground. I wanted to get something going using Ian Stewart’s Thematic Theme Framework but my CSS skills (well those that I possess) were a bit rusty and I’d simply do the usual screen staring for a while.

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