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Fri | July 01, 2005
things I'd like to do with this blog
consider changing the color scheme-- it's currently the default, which means many people have blogs that look exactly the same as mine.
except, of course, my blog has a lot of little customizations and tweaks, and this amazing rotating-cube flash file
which happens to match the current color scheme.
so I think this blog looks perfect the way it is, and yet I don't want it to look exactly the same as the default-- what to do?
to do
[ ] search for color schemes already done, for ideas
[ ] try new colors and stare at them, decide if they are better
[ ] figure out how approval works on comments (and how to alter it)
[ ] make a bookmark icon
[ ] back up files
[ ] consider using a diff font for the banner
hmmm... that's it for now. I already spent like two hours the other day (seriously) just trying to modify the unordered list type (<ul type="square"> wasn't working) for one particular list (my new sticky posts list) in the sidebar. finally, I tested the square shape in the style sheet and realized I didn't really want a square anyway (it was too bold and dark) and manually typed in an ◊ (which is the little diamond shape ◊) which is much better.
so I might experiment with the color scheme on some day when no one will be surfing the web, like July 4th. it's either that or go experience suburban/ modern-american quiet desperation in full force at the neighborhood bbq. actually I happen to really like the neighbors. a few of them happen to be very intelligent. but I never talk to them/ they never talk to me/ we never talk to each other. I feel it even more acutely when (if) I convene with them annually. it's like, what do I say to you? I can't even talk to you. I know nothing about you. I know you're much more than this recitation of news headlines but there's no way to get there.
I might create a new blog and just experiment there. it's kind of an out of the way way of doing things, but the thing i've realized about movable type is that you can't work on the files, preview them on your computer and upload them when you're done and ready; you pretty much have to get to an internet connection and edit through a browser. people who've been checking in on this site over the past week might have noticed little changes/ signs of construction while I worked. or not. (who am I kidding, no one was reading, and anyone who was wouldn't have noticed. and I know that no one wants to know about how I decided between a square bullet and a ◊)
once everything's all set up and decided of course I won't have to make any more changes to the templates. actually I think I'm pretty much done customizing this blog. there's other stuff I want to do with it (see list of 3 above) but I think I should try NOT to do them. I've put a lot of time into it over the past couple of weeks and I need to stop.
revisions I've made*:
- entry footers-- modified posted by, comment link, everything really. added category link to footer.
- modified order of elements in sidebar; probably deleted some elements I didn't like; added sticky posts
- modified style sheet to include <h4> for motto quote; familiarized self with style sheet
- made comments visible on same page as the entries
- revised comment fields
- set up quickpost on laptop, desktop, and at K
- found this super-cool cube swf (shockwave flash), used my incredible cut and paste skills to install it on all my template pages.
*not necessarily listed in order they were done, though at times roughly so
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