Mar 08 2008
Changed My Blog Theme
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I’ve been using a cool theme (Connections) since 2006 and never thought of changing it. I picked it then because it was artistically appealing to me and fitted well with my own header picture – an ancient Chinese work that dates back to Song Dynasty (960-1279).
However, recently when I read my own entries on those pages I felt the font size was too small and the background color didn’t give enough contrast. I guess most readers’ eyes must be strained by those two factors. 
I was told that most Internet readers never read online but browse through articles. Ah… I’m one of them myself!
Now I changed the theme to WordPress default. Simpleness is sometimes more beautiful. 
This is the theme I am using, so I still don’t understand your FB comment… The sidebar is standard with mine, maybe it’s different in China?
I really liked your previous style… in particular the header. You could add a header picture to this theme, like I did. That would allow you to customize the header and get something closer to your heart, in terms of culture.
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Hello Nadine. Yes, I’m trying to customize the header with my old picture but the link color looks incongruous with the yellow color. Hmmm… I will try to find a solution for this.
What I mean in the FB is that you have a standard sidebar with this theme. But when you visit the post page, like this one, the sidebar disappears!! But you see, I added one using the techniques taught by those posts. Also, I used different sidebars. The one on the main index page is longer but the one on this page is shorter and serves different functions. Have I made myself understood this time?
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