More steps to setting up my WordPress blog

Posted by Wonder

October 2, 2008

I just noticed this morning that the time on my blog was a lot different than the actual time where I’m at.

That was easy to fix in the Settings > General tab. I’m US CDT which was a +7 this morning. I noted that WordPress doesn’t automatically account for Daylight Savings Time though so I’ll have to change that setting again later this month when DST ends.

Now, on with my search for the perfect template.

Wow, are there a lot of WordPress templates out there on the Wicked Wonderful Web. So many that it’s almost impossible to choose one.

I already know that I want an elastic CSS design. The reasons are many but if you’d like to understand why, Chris Coyier explains it much more clearly than I ever could in his video here.

Wanting this type of template does narrow my choices for a template down considerably. As I’ve already discovered on a few of my sites, an elastic width that works requires some pretty complex CSS and can make a few hacks necessary.

I also want a lot of template features such as a thumbnail gallery that I’m not going to find in just any template but I will concentrate today on simply finding a template with a basic layout that I can live with and work on as I go.

I’ve already considered building a “from scratch” WordPress template but after a bit of research, I realize my time contraints right now just won’t allow for that though I did get some wonderful inspiration this morning from CSS Glance.

So off for some more template searching. In the meantime, I’ll edit some of the sidebar links and add some of my favorite sites and blogs.

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