Comments on: WordPress and Yahoo – kick-ass?

By: Christoph

Christoph — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:18:30 +0000

Of course blogs should look unique, especially when you call yourself somewhat of a "designer" or at least you think you have some knowledge of xhtml, css and php.

But, and I know I missed posting this, when I first saw the Hemingway theme I thought: Wow, that's nice. And in my opinion, it really is. It's completely different to Kubrick which is, beside of a great theme, used everywhere. And so it's somehow used. I'm not talking about modified versions of Kubrick, K2 is really great to use if for your own modifications because it has a solid codebase and it would be pretty simpleminded to reinvent the wheel.

And sometimes it's even nicer to add your own modifications to an already exisiting theme, what I did in the past and will continue in the future (after I've passed all my exams).

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:02:32 +0000

I don´t think that this is such a problem. If the designer of the original template allows it, so why not? Not everybody has the skill to create a unique design, but everybody want´s a “professional” layout. There is a credit to the original designer and that means good publicity for him. For example everybody (WP community) knows Kubrik.

By: Ringerl

Ringerl — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:38:40 +0000

Hmm, mixed feelings about this theme.

Personally I think blogs should look unique and express the individuality of a person online, tweaking a generic template just doesn't feel right.

By: Bhoney

Bhoney — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:54:29 +0000

Thanks a bunch Christoph… worked like a charm :)

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:31:57 +0000

Okay, now I understand. I don’t know if my little ajax script (which isn’t mine, actually) handles unicode correctly.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:19:14 +0000

do i have to use ‘ instead of ` ? hm, sorry. can u exlpain me what ajax does with the comments?

I can't follow you. Do you mean the live comment feature?

@Bhoney You just have to use the_content() instead of the_excerpt() which will show the real content of the post, not only the excerpt (which doesn't contain any links or other style infos).

By: Bhoney

Bhoney — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:36:28 +0000

Christoph, how did you get your links on the main page to be clickable? I'm using Hemingway too and if I put a link in my post it won't be clickable on the main page, only when you click for the full read is it clickable.

Thanks :)

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:08:23 +0000

what the heck? do i have to use ‘ instead of ` ? hm, sorry. can u exlpain me what ajax does with the comments?

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:05:28 +0000

nice redesign, i like it, but it´s a little bit confusing. maybe it need some time to get used to it.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 13:03:32 +0000

Ajax is working, so have fun.