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For the past few weeks, I have been sorting my blog entries and ‘cleaning’ them by means of transferring the photos from here (WordPress database) to an external image hosting site to save space. I did not expect that it would be a tedious task. I have a lot of drafted posts that I’m supposed to publish week by week, but because of my other activity, I didn’t have time to go through that.

From the concerts I attended last month, to the events my friends handled, to the impromptu splurge moments I had, to this design convention I went to, and this movie screening that I had the privilege of going to. . . I would have posted about them here. Now, I think I have the time because I finished the major transferring of files last night and I only have to check some posts for minor changes.

Anyway, I got to post four of from those, two of them are about Nelly and GCH’s show and Smashing Pumpkins. I hope you find time to read them (previous two posts below!), or just skim through it if you haven’t yet. The one from Smashing Pumpkins is particularly long, and there’s a good reason for it. Hahaha!

ALSO, I HAVE A NEW LAYOUT! I’m sure a lot of people has seen this one already, it’s been up for quite some time now. What do you think of this one? This would have to be my favorite so far, since I got to try the style of putting the sidebar’s contents at the very bottom instead of the conventional position.. which would be at the side of the blog posts. I also like the color scheme, but I wish I could’ve come up with something more different because this one reminds me of my previous layout color scheme. I can never seem to go out of my comfort zone. I need to explore more in color combinations!

So, just hold on and be patient.. I have a lot more in store but my OC side has kicked in and I can’t seem to get myself together to post not until I finish cleaning my blog.

Finally, a productive day from this week! Well, I’ve been busy since yesterday but not from doing this (new) layout for my blog. 😛 I had some freelance work that I did from morning up until 6pm that night. I don’t know when I’ll get paid for it plus the other assistance kind of work that I did for the same person who gave me this work too, but I’m excited for the money flow.

So yeah, today’s must-do list was to have a new layout up before the day ends. I designed and coded everything the whole day. Pretty satisfied that I’ve only came across a few errors this time compared to the last time that took me a day and a half, and that I was even able to put this up within the day (I thought it was gonna be impossible haha). Also, I’m proud that I’ve done this one-column layout successfully though I admit I cheated on the bottom part lol. If there’s an error, let me know. As I was editing the theme, I’ve come across stuff that I want to change more in here but that can be done tomorrow.

Time to rest! What do you think of my new layout? BTW, my header is done by my buddy Jean Pe. She’s an illustrator and a comic artist so if ever you’re looking for someone to doodle or draw you art, portrait, or whatever you have in mind (comic book collab?), you may visit her portfolio at jeanpe.com. Thank you very much Jean! 😊

More tinkering around the site to be done tomorrow. Til the next update! 😀

New layout!

I mentioned in my previous entry that during my indefinite break from school I will practice on creating and coding my own layouts again. For the past three nights this is what I have been working on. Coded this theme from scratch, too.

Welp. I’ve swallowed what’s left of my pride and decided to finally bite the premade-theme bug.

I have mix thoughts on pre-made layouts especially when I was on the “peak” of my online life.. it’s something along the lines of “If you’re serious about blogging, you have to have a nice layout to go with it. Otherwise, you are just in for the thrill.” I know, it’s pretty pathetic. But what can you do, a lot can change in 5 years.

Ever since I got myself a tumblr account (2 years ago), I stopped making layouts from scratch for my blog, especially in tumblr. Back then I didn’t think it was necessary because the point of that specific blog over there was for random stuff.. so even a white, “minimalist” layout would do. I didn’t think much if I were going to have readers or not because I made that account/blog account(s) for me. My mess, my randomness. I never told anyone my URL.. until some of my online buddies found it out on their own.

For the last two years, I’ve spent more time in Tumblr and eventually my WordPress “skills” have (should I say) disappeared. 😞