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		<title>Working with WordPress themes &#8211; continuing with SLA23Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary-Doug</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent several days &#8220;trying on&#8221; different WordPress themes for this blog, personalizing them a bit, and then seeing what they look like on the screen, abandoning the ones I don&#8217;t like. I now have something that&#8217;s workable, after changing colours for the header (which I discovered was in several pieces), removing elements that I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve spent several days &#8220;trying on&#8221; different WordPress themes for this blog, personalizing them a bit, and then seeing what they look like on the screen, abandoning the ones I don&#8217;t like. I now have something that&#8217;s workable, after changing colours for the header (which I discovered was in several pieces), removing elements that I don&#8217;t like from the header, changing fonts here and there, adding in more widgets, and moving things around a bit. This goes beyond the necessary for the Facilitating Online Communities course, but fits in well with SLA&#8217;s 23 Things program. It&#8217;s a great learning experience and has moved me forward with my understanding of technology &#8211; I&#8217;ve always been a bit of a tinkerer and this web2.0 stuff feeds into that.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t been able to identify yet where I can change the text on the right side of the black header bar. I&#8217;ve been through every file associated with this theme, as well as examining the page source. Another mystery to solve along the way.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the comparison of the original theme and my current version. I&#8217;ve made quite a few changes, as you can see:</p>
<div id="attachment_31" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.apexinformation.com/meldinme/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/modernpaperscreenshot1.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-31" title="modernpaperscreenshot1" src="http://www.apexinformation.com/meldinme/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/modernpaperscreenshot1-300x241.jpg" alt="original modernpaper theme" width="300" height="241" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">original modernpaper theme</p></div>
<div id="attachment_32" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.apexinformation.com/meldinme/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/meldinmescreenshot.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-32" title="meldinmescreenshot" src="http://www.apexinformation.com/meldinme/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/meldinmescreenshot-300x234.jpg" alt="reworked modernpaper theme (first version)" width="300" height="234" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">reworked modernpaper theme (first version)</p></div>
<p>What I still want to do, at a minimum:</p>
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<li>replace the blue header box with an image &#8211; I need to go through my photos and find a suitable landscape (probably a Vancouver beach scene, but I&#8217;m still pondering this)</li>
<li>replace the heavy black bar under the blue</li>
<li>fix the search box header &#8211; it&#8217;s inconsistent with the other headers</li>
<li>add tags under the posting date, along with the categories</li>
<li>find a Tag Cloud widget and replace the list</li>
<li>find a Flickr widget that shows a randow selection of photos from the site</li>
</ul>
<p>I&#8217;ll just keep tweaking away until I have something I&#8217;m happy with &#8211; it&#8217;s what I do best.</p>
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