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Re: Site Upgrades

danielrm26 — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:52:45 -0000

@Robby

Thanks for the comment. Now that I have a basic functioning theme I'm going to work on fixing all the issues with presentation. I currently have no 404.php page, no comments.php page, no single or page.php -- nothing. Everything you see in my theme is just one page -- index.php.

So as I learn more about WordPress themes I'm going to create all these pages myself.

By the way, I only had to install the Permalinks migration plugin and mine is working fine. Just wanted to let you know...

Re: Site Upgrades

Robby — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:06:48 -0000

I see that you have switched over to /archive/postname, which I did a couple weeks ago and I think it is much better. This is what I did: http://robbycolvin.info/archives/refreshing-per...

I do agree with Steve that it is a little hard to read some times. And the only other thing is that the main comment textarea flows too far to the right behind your "Popular" section.

Other than that, I really like the speed and simplicity of it all!

Re: Site Upgrades

Stephen Cronin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 10:54:15 -0000

Hi Daniel, just a note about changing your permalink structure - it breaks your old permalinks (that might be linked to by other sites or indexed in Google, etc). There are plugins such as Dean’s permalink Migration Plugin that you can use stop the old links from breaking.

Also, just a warning about using /category/postname/. Many people suggest this, but using category isn't sensible unless you are very sure that your categories won’t change. If you change them as your blog matures, you break your permalinks. Also, if you post using the wrong category, then you can't change the category without breaking the permalink.

Re: Site Upgrades

Steve — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:14:40 -0000

I like the look of the site, though it's hard to read. The font doesn't pop enough off the screen with the page color you have.