Otherwise titled “Patchwork Lovin'”
I finally got sick of looking at the old broken layout I created. So I yanked out the classic theme and started modifying that instead of working from scratch like last time. I like to think the results are much better.
Still calling the layout the same thing though; v1.0 Strawberry was a work in progress anyway. And so is this one.
Enough of that. *stretch* Layout’s not broken anymore. All that matters.
For some strange reason, I tossed my ‘Images’ Folder into the trash and deleted it. If I hadn’t had an image open at the time I probably wouldn’t have even noticed I had thrown the folder away. *shrugs*
On the one hand I’m really annoyed because I had screen shots and the like (along with all the images Mike sent me of that one show that I can’t remember the title of) as well as some HQ downloads. It’s nothing I can’t get again; but I can’t remember for the life of me what images were actually in the folder.
*sigh* I know the importance of backing up but I don’t have another external harddrive yet (Poor TIme Machine isn’t getting used…this could have all been avoided. *_*) and Back-Up software is expensive. I’m better off paying $100 on a new external harddrive to use Time Machine than buying some of that stuff.
Ah well; Mini rant because I could have been in bed instead of searching google for a quick way to recover those files. I guess I’ll just have to re-download them later. *sigh* At least it was nothing too important.
Still a pain. End of Rant.
“C’mon boys and girls,
come a little closer.
I’m the reanimator.”
Move Your Dead Bones by the Dr. Reanimator is probably one of the catchiest electronic songs I think I’ve ever heard. I just got it yesterday and my play count is already 37. I highly recommend listening to it if you get the chance.
In other news, spending a bit of time today cleaning up the layout CSS. I think I’m going to tackle the comment CSS and see where that gets me.
Speaking of CSS, if you’re interested in how I did the header, I made a tutorial for the CSS and posted it on Deviantart. Click below if you’re interested. ^_^
Ha ha! I finally made my own WordPress theme. Hurrah and cheers!
This tutorial was a great help. I couldn’t have made this without that; or Mike’s nagging. Nagging is an amazing motivator. You want to get everything done so they’ll shut up. >.> 1
But anyway. The current layout is an homage to Death Note. If you’ve read DN, you’ve probably guess that by now since L is sitting on the top of the page. At first, the entire homage was just going to be a Strawberry theme; then I started the header image and L just popped off my tablet pen. So now it’s a fanart!homage…I like it. But not nearly as much as the little Strawberrys that I’m using at bullet points. So, I’ve got the adorable L on the top of my page, and his favorite fruit as bullets. Hurrah!! Now go read Death Note.
The true irony of this layout is I don’t even like L that much. Well, I like him, he’s just very far down on my list of favorite characters in order which goes something like: Rem, Ryuk, Light, Misa, Matsuda, Mikami, L….etc. You’d think one of them would get a theme first. XD
Anyway, the layout is constantly being tweaked since it’s my first one; so if you see anything particularly horrible let me know in a comment on this post. Thanks!
EDIT:
You can thank Mike for the awesome Rollover Header. :D He taught me the CSS to do it, plus he was the one that requested that second image…and now Light is in the layout. Ha ha. But yes, isn’t it cool? *_*
Hey, been looking into making my own theme for this thing – but for now I’m borrowing one from Fahlstad.se ’cause it’s pretty. I’ve edited the side column a little bit though just for taste.
Anyway, eventually when I have a solid internet connection I’ll be making my own theme – gotta get back into the swing of CSS and PHP before I lose what I learned at the start of summer! Work work work!
