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Tag: widgets

  • 20090806-New Theme

    I’m bored again and trying another free theme at WordPress.com:

    Unsleepable by Ben Gray

    A simple two-column theme that appeals to the monochrome amongst us.

    Tags: two-columns, fixed-width, right-sidebar, white, light, widgets, sticky-post, rtl-language-support

    PROS:

    • Subpages to my main parent pages: contents, web book, faq, about me, and contact me.
    • The `search` form always appears on the upper right hand corner.

    CONS:

    • Excerpts (summarized around 60 words) instead of full view of each entry.
    • No time/date stamps.
    • No tag-line.
    • Monotone but it’s okay because my most recent theme felt too colorful and busy.
    • Applying one widget to the `Main Sidebars` would knock out the subpages feature.

  • 20090720-New Categories

    Got bored again! Added more categories under ‘Verse’ (disc) based on the number of lines (circle), in which invented rhyme schemes are placed (square). See `Archives` page or `Categories` widget.  Still more poems to sub-categorize.

  • 20090718-Restored Widgets

    Restored widgets to sidebars:

    • Calendar,
    • Archives and Categories (per `Archives` page),
    • Links (which can be viewed alphabetically as a page) and
    • Recent comments (because it shows one comment by the MATT meister).

    As a result and as per my blog stats, there were some views for the orgone `vendors` and `weblog` sites.

  • 20090715-Editing Weblog

    I tweaked my pages and still am not satisfied because the current global navigation, top bar doesn’t have a drop-down menu feature for children pages. Only the parent pages are shown:

    1. Welcome
    2. Content
    3. Web book
    4. Posts
    5. FAQ
    6. About me
    7. Contact me
    8. Orgone
    9. Archives
    10. Links

    I’ve just discovered that instead of using the `Default template`, there are two more templates that one could create instead of using the widgets for the side bar:

    • Archives
      • Months in descending order (with the number of posts in parenthesis).
      • Categories in alphabetical order.
    • Links
      • Blogroll links in alphabetical order.

    As a result, the side bar looks cleaner with mostly images and only eight widgets:

    • Gravatar – about moi
    • Text – Signed books by DB
    • Flickr – Orgone and Orgonite
    • Tag cloud – with the `spook` topic as the most
    • SocialVibe – for the whales
    • Blog stats – includes my test
    • Askimet – spam comments blocked
    • Useful links – | Poll | Translate | Top | Feed | Comment | Donate | Disclaimer | Copyright |

    Unfortunately, the images on the sidebar might slow down loading for those readers with slower internet connection.

  • 20090704-Editing Weblog

    Been tweaking my weblog site and restored the widgets to the bottom-bar. Added a whale image for fun to even out the look of the two bars below. Never satisfied!

    An image of two cliparts from Microsoft.
    An image of two cliparts from Microsoft.

  • 20090702-Smaller Blog

    Made the appearance of my free WordPress.com theme: `ChaosTheory` much smaller at 450px height for the `content`. Removed sidebars & left two widgets instead…