Hello Everyone,
It’s been a while since I was active, almost a year since my last post and much longer since I was posting regularly. I don’t think I’ll ever be as active as I was before, but I hope to get back to a few posts per month. Please remember to check in from time to time.
Every few years I have to change the look of the blog website, the so-called theme. This is like updating your PC or phone, it’s just important to keep up with evolving technology. I always miss the old layout as I move onto the new one, and usually get a few complaints from my readers, but it’s something that needs to be done.
It used to be upgrading the theme was a big undertaking, requiring a lot of customizations to get it the way I like it, with the links just so on the side and so forth. It’s a little strange to now see many of my old customizations are standard. It’s even a small vindication of my earlier efforts.
If anyone has any comments about colors or layouts, I’d be glad to hear them. I may also continue with a few small changes over the coming weeks, so don’t be alarmed if you see some updates.
Anyway, the main change with this new theme, which is the new default WordPress theme, is mobile friendliness. I switched to this over the holidays. The reality is most of you are not sitting at home reading this on your desktop PC any more, but are on some kind of mobile device. This theme was designed first for mobile devices, then adapted for the desktop. The old themes I’ve had have all been for the desktop, without any consideration for mobile users. There are also very few customizations with this theme, which should make it possible to more seamlessly use plugins and addons, should these emerge and prove useful.
I’ve promised several of you I would do some posts, some a long time ago. In the next few days and weeks I’m going to be looking over these, and posting those things that are not hopelessly out of date by now. My apologies to those of you I’ve disappointed.
Please send a mail if there’s something you would like to see here.
