Time to freshen up
Me? Bored with a blog design? Yep, hence the new look. The template is courtesy of WooThemes (link in footer) and the tweaking and logo were, of course, by the inimitable Ronnie Brown. As ever, expect layout weirdness for a bit.
Oh, this theme supports gravatars, so you can have pictures next to your comments. If you want.
19 Responses to “Time to freshen up”
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Squander Two on July 13th, 2009
I like it.
One small suggestion: I reckon the little comment icon should be a link as well as the number next to it.
Gary on July 13th, 2009
Yeah, I agree. Need to dig into the template files to work out how to do it.
I’ve had to disable the CAPTCHA anti-spam thing temporarily :(
Squander Two on July 13th, 2009
Yeah, I tried to comment last night and it wasn’t working. Would have texted you about it, but reckoned your turning it off meant you already knew.
You getting inundated with spam yet, then?
Squander Two on July 13th, 2009
OK, so how do I put in a gravatar?
Gary on July 13th, 2009
Gravatar.com, I think.
Squander Two on July 13th, 2009
Oh, OK. I’d assumed it’d need to be done from here. Didn’t realise it was a cross-site thing. Clever.
Squander Two on July 13th, 2009
Test.
Squander Two on July 13th, 2009
Oo! Look at me! I’m Bill the Cat!
Gary on July 13th, 2009
> You getting inundated with spam yet, then?
Yep. Akismet plugin’s catching it all so far though. Just means I have to wade through it until I can get the captcha working again.
Heather on July 13th, 2009
On behalf of those of us whose Identicon appears as a big freakin’ red swastika, I thank you for choosing Gravatars and not Identicons.
Gary on July 13th, 2009
Heather, you know how some people believe there’s an international conspiracy to piss them off? In your case, I think it might actually exist.
Ronnie on July 13th, 2009
Oh, it’s all nice and blue in here.
Gary on July 14th, 2009
Revisited:
> You getting inundated with spam yet, then?
CAPTCHAs definitely work. Before changing template I was getting one or two spams a week. Now, 30 in 24 hours. Akismet’s still catching them, but it’s a pain in the arse wading through them to make sure legit comments aren’t being zapped.
Heather on July 15th, 2009
I’m getting a popup window for the login for your Twitter API.
Heather on July 15th, 2009
PS there was indeed an international conspiracy to piss me off – it was called Pluto in Sagittarius, 1995-2008.
Gary on July 15th, 2009
That’s weird. Will check it out when I’m at a computer.
Gary on July 16th, 2009
Heather, are you still getting the popup? Can’t make it work (Firefox and Safari on Mac with popup blocking disabled).
Heather on July 16th, 2009
Nope, you killed it.
Gary on July 16th, 2009
Weird. I didn’t do anything. Unless it happens again I’ll put it down to the twitter widget playing up.