More Cosmetic Surgery

 Misc
May 092010
 

I know…

I shouldn’t have…

But it just felt so good.

You might have noticed that there’s a slightly different look here at WFF. Again.

I know. I promise this is the last time. For awhile.

I’ve spent my afternoon today very pleasantly occupied with a copy of Mimbo, Firebug, a WordPress test site, and lots & lots of child theme tutorials.  The result is what you see before you now.

My child theme, which I’ve dubbed Mim-Kiddie, isn’t significantly different in design from the original Mimbo. But there are subtle differences, and I’ve used several plug-ins and lots of custom functions to make those changes. I’m always thrilled when I can make some bit of code work the way I want it to.

I’m pretty happy with it. I feel like I’ve finally done what I wanted with a theme. Hooray!

If you have comments or suggestions, you’re more than welcome to leave them in the form below (or by clicking over and leaving a comment, if you’re reading via RSS). I’d be excited to hear what you think!

I’ve also turned on Intense Debate’s CommentLuv system, which will link to the last post on your blog when you make a comment. Because I love my readers, and you should all be rewarded with linkage for stopping by!
:)

Kiara

Kiara possesses a dry wit, a sharp sarcasm, and a towering intellect. Her secret alter ego has a boring™ day job, but at night she writes and reviews speculative fiction. She carries the keys to dozens of hearts in her pockets and jumps puddles in a single bound. Her superhero power is losing her socks before they've even made it into the dryer. She also likes to tell stories, so parts of this bio may be exaggerated. Waiting for Fairies is not responsible for any credulity that may be lost in the reading of this bio.
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  5 Responses to “More Cosmetic Surgery”

  1. @jacabur1 says:
    May 9, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    I like simple, uncluttered and easy to navigate. WordPress with plugins is cool way to go and you can play with your updates a lot if you wish because at least they are good ones every time!!!

    jackie b central texas
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    • kiaras says:
      May 10, 2010 at 4:29 am

      I love WordPress! I've been using it since version 1.2. (That seems like SUCH a long time ago!) But I've not kept up on the code changes to be able to write a theme from scratch anymore. Which is just as well, since I don't have a lot of time for that, either. And Mimbo's been an excellent theme since 2007, so I'm happy to have it around again.

      Thanks for stopping by!

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    May 9, 2010 at 9:38 pm

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jackie Burris. Jackie Burris said: RT @linksalpha More Cosmetic Surgery http://f.ast.ly/rKkw4 Melissa has been at it again and check out the new look!!! :0 [...]

  3. John Moves says:
    May 10, 2010 at 10:53 pm

    It looks great! That's a nice big and clear picture of the Firefox logo, also.
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