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Blogs live. Thanks to PHP without much effort, dynamic content is generated. Think then on, I used to be ... the first web pages I made 1999th Static, as they were now times, they were aufgebretzelt with framesets, GIFs, JavaScript, CSS, and all sorts of other stuff. Then suddenly fit in the browser everything X, Y browser but did not support the current HTML specification. Everything was moved, nothing wrong.

Thanks to WordPress and the completely redesigned dashboard Blogging is now a breeze. At least, then if you look at a theme "touches on" so happy and just edited, until the doctor comes. As an old-school drill with an open mind to new things I like to tinker, but still more willingly under the hood.

If it is WordPress a huge problem with it is already beginning to face the same: there are too many good themes. So, as my wife is in front of the closet that is stuffed up out there, and can not decide, wear what she wants ("Schaaaatz, I have to wear nothing!"), Could I not initially decide what to put on my blog . In the first few days I moved it around too often. (Incidentally, the temptation is still great!)

A really good theme: Elegant Grunge.

Elegant Grunge was on the "standard" (default WordPress and WordPress Classic), the first theme. Remained more or less as it was. The header of an image from my "blade with drops" series, used semi-transparent, that's it.

Then I fell into the hands of connections, even before the activation took place on the exchange connections reloaded for better implementation of widgets.

Also a really good Theme: Connections Reloaded v2.1

Classic in design, two columns, with a lot of feeling for colors. The really nice picture in the header I've changed, then the slightly Germanized "dirty" code. (See entry PHP - oh dear . from 01/14/09) No sooner was this done, I discovered the current theme Aeros 2.0. I moved again - although Elegant Grunge and Connections Reloaded 1.2 is really very successful and could come at any time re-used.

Aeros 2.0: Again, I took from code changes. The change in German would not have necessarily needed, the programming is much cleaner and would have to make about language files (. Pot. Mo. Po).

1. <?php next_posts_link(__('&laquo; Older Entries')); ?> for example, is automatically an appropriate default language as "" Older Entries "is issued, although it is coded" "Older Entries". This principle, no adjustment would be necessary. The same applies to all other standard output (entries, tags, categories, etc.). If, however, like me, identify the categories as "drawers", must be entered manually. This applies of course to all other expenditures. Accordingly, I have also made appropriate adjustments manually.
2. Since 1/18/09 is the category "Photo Happen". Photo sharing in their pure form, only with shooting parameters, the title and the recording site. All related items are when you call the home as a standard to be accessed and displayed, while all other entries, even if they are current, not at first want to see. Make I no longer temporarily. It's the mixture, even if this is primarily a photo blog.
   The total was more difficult than it first appeared. WordPress numbered by the IDs for a non-traceable system. To force certain ads or suppress, but the IDs are used. WordPress shows no more, but there are plug-ins. This one ( Reveal IDs for WP Admin Plugin - oliver, Schlöbe, wordpress, typo3, firefox, blog, webmaster tools - SCHLOEBE.DE - Personal Portfolio of Oliver Schlöbe ) displays all ID numbers that you can use maybe.
   With the right number in the baggage (namely those for the category / drawer "Photo Happen" in the example here 57) I was able to realize my plans in the index.php: At the very beginning, after the Get_header -story, I began:
   <?php
if (is_front_page()) {
query_posts("cat=57");
}
?> <?php
if (is_front_page()) {
query_posts("cat=57");
}
?> / / addition to the main rule in programming ... 01/22/09: If you head brackets, which also makes them again, otherwise you're nothing!
   F or the message with the IDs I thank you and Development Blog WordPress maxe from Germany forum .
3. I do not always want to shimmy through meta-field of the sidebar to access the admin area. So I added in the header.php for the bloginfo('URL') part, where in most themes the blog description bloginfo('description') , is this part as follows:
   <a href="<?php
if (current_user_can('level_10'))
echo get_settings('home').'/wp-admin/">';
else
echo get_settings('home').'/">';
bloginfo('description'); ?>
</a>
   The practice now is: Am I already registered in the browser as admin, when clicking on the blog gelange description directly to the dashboard in the admin area. For all other users logged on as an administrator does not happen, however, the same as when you click on the blog title: It comes back to Home / Home / Front Page (which term they preferred as well).
4. In the footer.php I have "made runs with WordPress" was introduced:
   <p class="footprint"><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>" title="<?php bloginfo('name'); ?>"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a>
<?php _e('läuft mit') ?>
<cite> <a class="icon" href="http://wordpress.org/"><strong>WordPress</strong></a>
5. Theme Aeros 2.0 T he ​​has in the admin area (for the average Joe user invisible), a background-selection menu. So I can change the background image with two mouse clicks. All the pictures I have from there own (such as the currently displayed) changed the menu and adjust accordingly.
6. 

   Obama inauguration special, 01/20/09

   On 1/20/09 Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. As a sign of support, there was just the day before and on 20 January a very special background image.

Aeros is (for now?) History. Bottom line for my needs an idea for little classical. But smart is it anyway, and where it fits by design, highly recommended. Many (especially nocturnal) tests of various themes eventually led to a result:

Funktionaliät + Design + adaptability = Vigilance . About adjustments will be reported.

Adjustments to the Vigilance Theme:

The 404.php

1/24/09: Completely reworked to keep errant visitors at the bar. Includes search form and a selection of the latest articles directly accessed from the 404. (The search function in the theme was already there.) See entry Shaped vigilance .

General adaptations

Other adjustments as described above in the list of points 1-3, I've made here, of course, too.

Other modifications:

25/01/09: Results of Search for tags, categories, etc.

01/26/09: navigation to the previous and next article in the single view of an article reference on XHTML tags with the comments now allowed .

Who also travels with vigilance, but has difficulty with adjustments here and did not find one and want to look rather like the father developer of this theme, this is the direct link is highly recommended.

The adjustments are now largely completed and can be traced in the series "Adjusted vigilance" and some other articles .

10/03/09: The proprietary, "Kubrick" based theme "environment" wearing off now this blog. "Vigilance" had to make room for it.