Blog Update!

So, I’m interested in blogging again.

Seriously.

I’ve decided to make some changes to my blog to reflect my decision to put some kind of effort in this thing.

1. The Theme

I’ve read that the best way to change a blog is to change its theme, but I couldn’t bring myself to do that because my theme (THiCK) is totally awesome. I chose to change the colors instead. My theme already has 4 or 5 different colors but I don’t like most of them, so, I opened Fireworks and made some changes, applied some filters to the default images until I found them to my taste. I changed them from grey to black because, well, blue is my favorite color. :)

Next, I fired up Notepad++ and made some changes to the CSS so that some headings are now blue. Instead of choosing a more traditional blue, I selected something(#4370B4) close to the “Facebook blue”.

The Result:

Before:

Old Theme

Now:

"New" Theme

It’s neither a subtle change nor a complete redesign, but I like it. It may not look as ‘professional’ as before, but my blog never was, is not and never will be professional. Tell me what you think of it.

2. The Commenting System

Previously, I had been using the IntenseDebate commenting system but I’ve switched to Disqus now. The main reason for the switch is that Disqus has introduced several features over some months but IntenseDebate has not improved considerably.

While I agree that IntenseDebate has better WordPress integration (obviously because it’s owned by Automattic, the company which is also behind WordPress), Disqus is better as a package. It offers Social Media Reactions, Twitter, OpenID, Facebook connect and looks better with the WPTouch iPod/iPhone theme.

3. The Widgets

I’ve moved some widgets and removed some. The MyBlogLog widget now only appears on the front page, it has been replaced by the Google Friend Connect widget.

4. Blogroll

Updated it.

5. Footer

Warning: DO NOT READ IT!!(and don’t say I didn’t warn you after you finish reading it) :P

That’s it for today. That’s the first time I’ve written two blog posts in one day. I hope I can write a lot of posts during my 2-week holiday. :)