Working through issues that colleagues brought up this week revealed more neat things about WordPress 3.0 and changes at WordPress.com.
The default theme has especially caught my eye because that is where we first tried to work out our issues.
In WordPress Global Dashboard, there is a profile for the account holder. That can be difficult for someone like me who writes for a spread of blog topics. I don’t want a profile that pins me down as a gardener or a virtual professional for my blogs. Then, the blogs that are really someone else’s voice don’t fit my profile either.
It helps when more than one person is the editor and/or administrator. But, I would say, maybe, get on your “privacy” high horse and keep some of your information to yourself. Then, there won’t be a little statement after each post telling about you.
That lets us get past this week’s problem with WordPress and into that new default theme. I knew that the self-hosted default theme, TwentyTen could be adjusted with different header images and background colors and more. You can even add your own image. Yesterday, I found that this default theme for WordPress.com works the same way! WordPress.com bloggers can now make their blog appearance even more unique within the new default theme! How cool is that?
I have at least one blog where I still use the old default theme, Kubrick. I liked being able to tinker with the background and font colors to get an effect that worked with the topic of a particular blog.
I found an interesting article online from January 2010, posted by Tina Daunt in The Huffington Post, entitled, The Secret History of Kubrick, the Blog Theme that Changed the Internet.
Happy Blogging. When I find more things that fascinate me about WordPress, rest assured I will have them here!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
