I could wait no longer before putting my first mark on this blog’s theme. Apart from the theme being very basic the original theme it did not display the sidebar on post pages. The only way to navigate to other posts was to hit next /previous or to click on the title to go back [...]
More Ways to Make Fellow Bloggers Hate You
Mihaela Lica at The Dog Yard has tagged me to continue a tongue in cheek thread she has started “10 Ways to Make Your Fellow Bloggers Hate You” . I will not duplicate her list as you may be interested in following the thread via the others she tagged. Starting from number 11: Another 10 [...]
How to make your blog speed along
I have talked before of reducing sidebar clutter and limiting the amount of widgets. plugins, scripts and images to speed up your page loading time. You may have done all this and still find your page slower than a wet week and are wondering why. What slows down page loading times and what to do [...]
All you need to know about styling lists
Lists are used extensively within blogs, particularly in the sidebar; for example in blog rolls, category and archive lists. Lists within posts are an excellent way to improve readability and to highlight areas. Your blog software automatically creates some of these lists for you and your template styles them so you may not have had [...]
Blog Design – 25 KISS techniques
I have had blog design on my mind for a few days in lieu of having the time to actually design something for my impending move to WordPress. I came up with some wild, wonderful and complicated ideas only to end up reminding myself of the KISS principle – Keep it Simple Sue. I brought [...]














