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Well, here it is! The outcome of my plan to convert my blog’s theme to a responsive layout. Apparently, I failed at converting it and I still have a long way to go. I thought it would be easy as installing a plugin and attaching a script to your theme’s header, but I was WRONG. :))

I skimmed a couple of articles about responsive web design/web layouts and some of what I read mentioned “grids”, “multi column layout”, “computing”, “framework”, “calculate”.

Lastly, this image/visual aid always makes an appearance:

I don’t even know where to begin with comprehending this

Suffice to say, but I did not understand anything about it. I really don’t. 😥 I’m pretty sure I was turned off and lost interest the moment I saw the words computing and calculate. At this point, I already had messed up the layout I was working on. So what I did is, though I wasn’t in the mood already, try to come up with something and finish it. And here’s the outcome!

So much for being a “web designer”.

I first heard of this “style” when I noticed that a couple of websites that I usually go to, when resized, automatically moves/scales the sections together. It looks so cool and amusing (because it was oh-s0-new-to-my-eyes) that it became an encouragement to try it for myself. More websites are doing this now since a lot of internet users access websites through mobile platforms now (iPads, Android tablets, mobile phones) and this would help load the website faster, as well as provide easier site navigation for small-screen internet browsers.

I also noticed that from the usual 1000px width of containers for websites (blogs, mostly, I think), a lot of people are using 1140px now. With this current layout, I accomplished that. At least there’s one from my objective that I was able to do, hahaha.

Anyway, that’s all. Just some 411 about how this layout came to be. :)) I finished coding this in less than 24 hours, too. New record? New record. If you happen to come across any pages with errors, just refresh the page and it should display propery. If it does not, let me know ASAP.

On the other hand, if you have any recommendations to me w/ regards to understanding and learning how to design/convert/create responsive website layouts in an easier way, please don’t hesitate to comment and tell me about it! 🙂 If it’s a how-to for dummies, that’d be better. . . haha! Seriously.

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! 😀