Good Bloggie!

This blog entry isn’t about Frenchies, it’s about the software running it.

Updated to the latest version of WordPress this week and decided to try a new theme which supports Widgets. (Little apps which do stuff for you.) A theme is the facade or “skin” of a blog. Found a really nice one, but of course, had to tweak it a bit. My tweaking is akin to “hunt and pecking” on a typewriter and mainly cosmetic things, but it’s getting there. Gotta figure out how to get rid of the extra dingbat on the side lists. Any ideas?

This theme is based off of “Tulip Time” by The Southern Highlights group. Do believe they are in Australia.

To see how much has changed from their original, you can visit these links:
Word Press Themes: Tulip Time
The Southern Highlands

If you’ve been wanting to start a blog, take a look at WordPress. There are two versions: WordPress.org and WordPress.com. What’s the difference?

WordPress.com is free, your blog will live on the WordPress servers, and you don’t have to worry about updates, it’s done for you. The functions and choice of themes are limited (but not much).

WordPress.org gives you more control and you can load it to your existing server or Internet Service Provider’s servers. If your ISP has Fantastico, it’s an easy install. The only thing is Fantastico lags on getting the latest WordPress updates out. It’s not that hard to manually upgrade WordPress. Just always backup first! With .org, there’s more whiz-bang things you can do and more themes to choose from.

Because WordPress is open source code, most of the fun things are available as freeware.

Will probably take a week or so before the blog is where we want it. Feel free to let us know if you like the new look or if the old one was easier.