So as you can see, the new theme is up.  I quite like it.  I think its speaks more about what this blog is about, and is much more pleasing to read.

After searching and searching for something I liked (I am using WordPress) I couldn’t find anything that really grabbed me.  Most of the themes out there are whimsical or dreamy, with flowers, trees, fields and other images in the header with layouts to match.  There are also a lot of dreary themes out there, dark and brooding.  Not at all what I was looking for.

To that end I found the simplest theme was the best to work with and proceeded to tweak and tweak.  Fine tuning the theme to just my liking.  It took a couple days of hard worn elbow grease but I think it was worth it.

The biggest issue I had when working on the theme is I couldn’t have a live view of it (I use Dreamweaver to edit code) because I couldn’t get any kind of test server running for php development.  Instead I just kept uploading and refreshing the page and then make a change, rinse and repeat until everything worked the way I wanted it to.

If you have never built your own theme before, it’s a really good thing to do because you get a real grasp on CSS and understand the PHP a lot better.  You will also be able to differentiate yourself from the rest of the bloggers out there.

At this point I would normally begin talking about SEO strategies again, but I am still working on my second entry for my SEO series.  Stay tuned for the second installment soon.

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