I had been looking to improve the look of the website I manage for the media committee I’m on. I’d been meaning to change the look of that site for quite a while but it’s easy to become overwhelmed with all that is out there. Then I found a premium Wordpress theme that really seems to suit the needs of the site, Thesis. This theme was created by Chris Pearson, who created the (free) Cutline theme I was using on this site. Because I had to write an article, I told myself I would delay working on the site in order to get the article finished. Alas, that didn’t happen so after a ton of research (I don’t even buy a DVD without thinking about the pros and cons) I actually paid for a Wordpress theme that I could tinker around with. I feel so much better about the website though and it was well worth paying for. And, I know when I get more time, I can customize it to my liking with or without code.

I thought that was that and thought I could continue with the article but then I felt like changing this site. I ended up going with Pearson’s free Neoclassical theme and decided to retire the Caffeinated Muslim header I created last year. Instead, a few of my pictures will rotate in the header. Right now, I only have 3 pictures that will be rotated but I’m sifting through my pictures to figure out what else I’d like to rotate. If anyone has any ideas of which of my pics I should include, let me know! So far, I’m thinking about adding this, a pic I took in Singapore Airport’s restroom:

(I kid)

This is random, but I wanted to go into a few other aspects of all of this: my web host, FTP, working with images, and working with Wordpress.org, all under the cut (meaning you don’t have to read it if you don’t want to )
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