I have just finished building my Aunt and Uncle a website for their apartment in the lake district, which they are renting out when they arent using it. The website i have built is very simple and is built using wordpress and the theme framework of k2, which i still strongly support even though development has pretty much stopped for the framework now which is a shame as it was reveloutionary when it was first released, it still is now to all extent.
The website i have enjoyed making and constructing although simple, it does look very good in my opnion and functions very well, the k2 feature of allowing to choose what is seen on each page is a very handy function as it allows for dynamic and changing image sidebars which are nice. Overall i like the design of the website as it does the job and nothing more, it doesnt need to be anymore fancy.
If you would like to check the website, please head over too http://www.glenriddingapartment.co.uk.
I have just finished my new wordpress theme called “Jackson” in honour of the great Micheal Jackson the legendary singer who passed away recently. The wordpress theme is quite simply, it is based on the stable framework called K2 which powers this blog. It has a simple header with a menu blended into the background and a simple colour scheme to match, simplistic is the key.
To install make sure that you are running the wordpress framework k2, and simply drop the folder jackson into you k2 styles folder within your wordpress theme directory. Active from the k2 options menu, and you new theme will be ready to go.
Download From below:
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Iam planning for a major redesign of my websites, i currently own the domains:
I currently run my personal blog on 8bit-online which has been run for the past 4 years and it has been going very strong, but unfortunately i have not been able to keep pace with updating with digital portfolio over at 8bitdesign.co.uk, that is currently just a gallery pulling data from my flickr account.
Im thinking of one of two things move my digital portfolio over to a sub domain of 8bit-online, something like portfolio.8bit-online, which would make alot of sense and much more easier to update etc.
Or
My other idea is to pull the digital portfolio of 8bitdesign into 8bit-online with a new blog page set-up and a redesigned theme to go with my new content, and still go with the name of 8bitdesign for any thing that is webdesign only and leave that over at 8bitdesign which seems the more logical idea. As 8bit-online is really only used as a play ground for modding, wordpress themes, and photography and other stuff. Its not a serious venture, whereas 8bitdesign may become a serious venture as i maybe getting back into web design and simple website hosting.
The latter idea seems the best idea as i can make 8bitdesign a professional look and make it only for web design and all things relating to design, so some elements of my digital portfolio can be displayed as examples.
All and all the last way of doing things, is the method i will be going with.
*Rant over now* I find this a good way of working out how i should do things, but that’s the best thing about a blog, you can post what ever you like.
