As you probably have noticed, I have changed the theme on this blog. But I think I’d better start from the beginning.
I have moved my blog from WordPress.com to my own host. Why? I get more freedom to do what I want. I am not limited by few blog themes offered by WordPress.com. I do not have to pay to be able to edit theme files. I can have Google Analytics and Google AdSense on my blog. The list just goes on. The move itself was not difficult at all. Install WordPress on the new web server, export the contents of the blog from WordPress.com and import into new one. All done in 30 minutes. I’m a happy camper now.
The question was – what to do with this newly gained freedom? Themes were the obvious choice. After a prolonged search I settled on a ‘desk mess’ theme for a while. You probably have seen it. It was the one with an iPhone and a cup of tea in the header. But somehow I was not entirely happy with it.
Everything changed when I came across www.smashingmagazine.com website. It is a virtual goldmine for all things web related. Themes, icons, design tips. It has it all. It is there that I’ve discovered few nice themes. In the end it came down to two of them. One, with beautiful graphics. The other, had no graphics at all. One supported the widgets, the other did not. One was a real eye candy, so was the other. Decisions, decisions.
In the end I settled on the minimalistic ASCII theme. Somehow it appeals to me on some sort of subconscious level. It reminds me of the early days of the Internet. Days, when one created complex email sigs with ASCII pictures, using vi editor (still my favorite BTW). So, there you have it. I am an old, vi loving, Unix junkie. And proud of it.
BTW, I am now enjoying unlimited data transfer, unlimited storage, unlimited sub-domains and many more ‘unlimited’ things 
. And all for less than a price of a good cup of java per month. I guess this financial crisis/meltdown has its good points.
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Comments ( 2 )
Ah yes, I understand now
And I still think the theme’s a good choice. You’re right of course, it has a sort of “old style” feel to it… which actually makes quite a refreshing change.
I’ve got a few self-hosted blogs and the flexibility and control they offer is far superior to the WP-hosted ones.
Dunno really why I’ve stuck with WP hosting for my photo blogs. Just one of those things I guess.
mike added these pithy words on
Apr 30 09 at
18:06
One downside of leaving WP is that you loose some traffic that is generated from your tags and categories. I certainly noticed that when I switched.
yOOrek added these pithy words on
Apr 30 09 at
18:23
