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Notice Anything Different?

May 4, 2008 in Beauty by admin | 4 comments

It’s called a favicon!

I didn’t even know there was a word for this thing until this afternoon. It’s the little icon up there in your browser next to the URL. I drew it myself using an online favicon editor. If I could figure out how to embed a hyperlink, I’d do that, but here’s where I did it:

http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/

I’m sure embedding links is easy enough, and I’ll be putting that on my list of things to learn. I’ve found that most of this blog stuff isn’t difficult — the hard part is finding the info and trying it out the first time. Once I found the favicon information, the whole process took about fifteen minutes.

Yes, my icon is a little lame, and eventually I’ll get something more convincing. But it’s very cool for now and I’m proud to the point of smugness that I’ve figured this out.

So… one more victory for which I await your congratulations.

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Nudder Theme

May 1, 2008 in Beauty by admin | 2 comments

Just trying another new look here, for giggles, etc.
It seems like ALL WordPress themes are designed either by Hallmark or by a kid in his mom’s basement wearing a propellor beanie.
Eventually I’ll find one that works for me. Or I’ll figure out how to adjust one to suit my various Lucy Schemes.
Anyhoo… As you were, soldiers.

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New Look… For Now

April 28, 2008 in Beauty by admin | 3 comments

Well.

Tonight’s goal was to alter the look of this blog, mainly to see if I could actually do it. And I’ve done it. Hooray.

In WordPress-ese, the new design on which this new lay-out is based is called a “theme.” As in, I previously was using the default “theme,” and now I’m using a different “theme” that I downloaded off the WordPress website. This particular “theme” is called “Pearly Grey 10.”

I’m not terribly crazy about it, but the goal was not perfection but merely alteration. Now when people visit my blog (ha!) they’ll need at least three seconds to figure out I’m a newbie, whereas previously they could tell instantaneously. I’ll be scouting up other “themes” in the weeks to come, and maybe even learning how to make adjustments within a given “theme,” altering it for my own purposes (he said ominously).

All of which is to say… progress. I’m picking up speed here a bit.

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