Comments on: from blue to burgundy

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 14:54:07 +0000

yeah, Word is really non cooperative with anything webby! I had read many places saying godaddy didn’t have support for wordpress, so my domains are still with them, but blog is with bluehost..

good luck… don’t hesitate asking if something doesn’t work… I found most people here are very supportive :)

By: The Old Vic

The Old Vic — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:13:09 +0000

Hi Pearl,
Thanks for the encouragement.
The blog I am converting to Wordpress is my financiial one – financialmites – if that works ot OK I’ll change the others too. At the moment I’ve hosted it with Godaddy, but I guess I can change that later.
I was having a problem with the 3 column templates but finally stumbled upon the solution. For anyone else starting out with Wordpress, tip no. 1 is don’t copy and paste using Word ! It messes up your formatting. You need to copy into Notepad first to get rid of all the formatting, otherwise your columns will be all over the place !
Now I need to change the colour. It’s so blue !

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 00:57:23 +0000

Hey Vic, congrats on the decision to move, its really worth it in the long run! it is confusing in the beginning but don’t read the entire manual :) it’ll confuse you further…

Most the fonts and colors are in the style file ….. I’d suggest getting a test site to test different themes … you can follow the same process of hosting this test domain with your current host…. I really like Dosh Dosh templates .. they have very clean and understandable code and structure, even if you want to add more adsense etc…… but I didn’t like the colors :) and didn’t have the time to mess around with the code..

funny you wrote about Maki’s themes, I was just reading his article :) he is pretty down to earth and might even find the time to give you some pointers if you wrote to him!

did you move it already? I host at bluehost and their live support is excellent and can literally walk you thru all the steps or sometimes they’ll just do it for you! install wordpress I mean!

By: The Old Vic

The Old Vic — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:47:14 +0000

Hi Pearl,
I’m trying to change from Blogger to Wordpress and finding it all very confusing. Even for simple things like changing the header font you seem to have read a 500 page manual and still not know what you are supposed to do. Dosh Dosh’s theme seems to be ideal (from what people say) but I agree with you, the colours are awful – it looks like a brown blogger blog. Why don’t they use the same colours as they use on the Dosh Dosh blog which looks really good ? I will downloa dit anyway as it seems to have all the adsense things aleready installed in the right place, but I suspect once I’ve downloaded it, there will still be things I don’t like ! How do you find out how to change a font ? Any suggestions ?

By: pearl

pearl — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:09:48 +0000

Christina – glad you found your way back here :-) I thought last time you were asking who is pearl? hehe – welcome back!! you are doing great yourself…. stay in touch and come back again….

By: harleyblues

harleyblues — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:04:45 +0000

Your Rockin it gurllllll
IM tailights all the best harleyblues Christina

By: pearl

pearl — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:51:54 +0000

Oh Really? Thats a bummer!! But I should have mentioned, I didn’t get the Lasik done :-)
I have what is called closed angle glaucoma!! Its a small procedure they do to make openings (wholes) in the iris so the fluid keeps draining and the eye pressure remains controlled… a sort of dangerous condition if not caught in time I guess… thanks for stopping by Deb… Its always a pleasure to see you here!
thanks for that link too.. I am still looking for a nice theme if this one doesn’t work! I really like the cleanliness of this one though… right now I am having simplest of problems with this one – not being able to post videos! growing pains I guess :) tc Deb and stay in touch…

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:39:48 +0000

I like the theme Pearl, it's nice and clean looking.

here's a link to a ton of themes if you're still trying to find the 'right one'

http://www.wpthemesfree.com/

I thought I had the file for a really good list on this puter but I don't. When I can get to my own puter I'll send you the link if you want it.

Good to hear you're healing :-) Just as well that they've only done 1 eye at a time, you're not completely handicapped for vision.

I've been tempted to get it done myself, but I have night blindness, and I've heard that some that have the condition aren't able to drive at night... they see auras around lights which make it impossible. There's also been discussion that they're trying to pass a law here in Canada for people that have had lasik surgery, to make it illegal to drive at night. Now THAT would be crippling.

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:31:19 +0000

keylee- I write on your board or your page answering your questions :) so you don’t have to make extra effort to come out here…:)

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:30:31 +0000

@ Chee… the ads are centralized, but ill try the smaller dimension, but its not the size though, its something else!! may be i need to re-load the side bar and comment files from original template!! dont know..

@ Kim – lol yeah that is exactly what happened here….everything was everywhere ……. funny and frustrating a bit…. my eye is healing good – until i go next week for the other eye :) thanks for checking in Kim….

By: laketrees

laketrees — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:56:51 +0000

Oh the dramas of template changing !!!!!!..I did it the other night …….and at one stage everything was everywhere…bit like cleaning out cupboards and wardrobes…
hope your eye is better precious Pearl….’] ‘]

By: Chee Kui

Chee Kui — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:51:40 +0000

whoops ;) I wasnt aware of Auction Ads on the sidebar because I am using Noscript plugin for my Firefox browser..
Yeah, it’s broken.. maybe you need to choose a smaller dimension and centralize it.

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:22:53 +0000

Hey Chee.. I know this theme really looks good but something is broken here… and my auction ads are breaking up in the side bar.. the comment file is also a bit broken up!! im still debating if i should go with the blue original bloggingpro and keep my burgundy banner or not!! check out that theme and tell me what you think …

you have to go for lasik? that might not be a bad idea but do go to a well known experienced doctor!! i am better thanks.. the eye drops suck though!! it wasn’t much really!

By: Chee Kui

Chee Kui — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:10:20 +0000

ah.. this theme look better ;) Not so blue, hehe.
And hope you get well soon, I think I would do lasik surgery too some other day. Sick of wearing spectacles :(

By: pearl

pearl — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:46:57 +0000

Oh Maki – so nice to see you here.. listen look at the post I was just modifying it lol and you probably commented just before i updated it!!! yes, I will be looking forward to your new theme and take my word for it, I WILL use it :)

thanks… yes I am much better now :) stop by again when you get a chance!! tc

By: Maki

Maki — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:43:17 +0000

Hi Pearl!

I’m sorry to hear that the theme was too plain for you. Actually, the theme can be easily customized to suit your needs. I’ve seen some users do some great modifications to the theme. pinktentacle.com is one example ^_^

Anyway, we might be coming up with a new theme in the near future that’ll be more classy.. so hopefully that might work better for you :)

Hope your eyes are feeling ok