I was going to mention this earlier today when I wrote the other post, but I finally settled on a template (and also figured out how to customize it better). Oddly enough, this is the template I initially chose. I spent some time yesterday evening (actually, spent a lot of time) trying to get a really sleek-looking template working. I actually got it working without too much trouble; however, it wasn’t a template of the newfangled XML variety. That basically means it’s not compatible with the new widget and layout stuff (which I really like).

So, after a few hours working on that, I gave up and reverted to old faithful here (the current template you see). I was then determined to get it looking more like how I wanted it. After doing all the old school template stuff, I actually was able to determine how the new ones work out (at least I have a much better grasp on it). So, then came the fun times.

I now have the template modified in a similar way I had wanted from the start. Most of these changes are related to the sidebar content. I would still like to widen the template some (I might do that at some point in time), but since I got more content in the sidebar now (and have it laid out how I want it), the page looks more well-used (aesthetically). So that a Happy Matt makes.

I’ve been doing some cleaning up on my desk (while I’ve been developing stuff today) since it’s kinda cluttered, and I’ve come across a few notes I made related to posts I wanted to make on my old news system (but never did). I might ramble on about those things later today. We’ll see. I know anyone reading this can’t wait.

And speaking of reading — I made convenient links for feeds over in the sidebar. Not trying to sound too narcissistic, but I’ve got my own feed showing up right in my quick links in Firefox. Fantastic. 🙂

Anyway, that’s all for now…

–MZ