So I have decided something. If I wait to blog until I have designed my own site from scratch, well, I will never ever blog. I code all day at work, than I come home and code some more when I can for my company. I have a large back log of coding I still need to do, so why I add to it?
Therefore, I just made a couple tweaks to the default WordPress theme. I liked the theme itself (except for the extremely large header), but I still have to have a few personal touches that I can call my own. So I designed up my own custom header real quick (you will notice that it is much smaller) and played around with some of the css styles to make it more “what I would have done”. Which basically just comes down to smaller headers and footers.
I think as default themes go, WordPress has an excellent one. I was amazed by how easy it was to start right off the bat! I was so impressed by it, that I have no problem keeping it as the one I use.
So anyway, since I’m no longer waiting, I have also added some more content. You can see on the right side I have 2 about pages. I have added a great deal of content to both of these pages.
If you are even reading this, you are either Saman, or somebody who came here from Saman’s site. I’m new enough to not have been spread around much, so any traffic that I get, I know that I can pretty much say 98% of it comes from Saman’s site. So first off, thank you very much for stopping by! I hope after doing this for a while I will have some great content, and hopefully will keep you stopping by!
If you are that 2% that came here from some other route, you need and I mean need to check out Samanathon.com. Saman’s website is packed full of great blogging articles and has a community involved with it that will welcome you right in. Follow that link, and it will hook you too!
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Well, I’m part of the 98%!! I am really glad that you are blogging Bobs!! I always wanted to write my own CMS but, as a very smart coder told me “It’s a very smart idea to use established technology – why write it yourself when someone has done all of the hard work already?!”
Thanks for the kind words! I do like the theme too – are you still developing your own?
Also, as a PHP master, what do you think about WordPress? There’s a story idea for you!
I would hate to say no, because I still yet may someday. But I would also hat to say yes, as it will probably be 25 years before I have the time.
I definitely like it so far. I’m probably a little more paranoid than the average user. Everytime I try a new plugin or anything I feel myself needing to read all the source code so I know exactly what it is I just opened myself up to. I guess it is just that security minded part of me.
Came here thru the “Saman route”
Happy blogging!
Not sure how I got here, I think it had something to do with Shawn Knight though. I have ya bookmarked now though.
Hello Scot,
You are more than welcome here. Thanks for stopping by and for supporting my new little blog.