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Back in August I wrote about how I created a theme for the site called Individual System: Nexus. Since October of 2009 I have been working on the next version of that theme, which I recently released. You can call this version 1.2. Since the release of my first Nexus theme I have been thinking of ways to improve it, which is part of the reason for the scarce updates towards the end of 2009. Not that its been all work, the other part is I can be a bit distracted with other things also (only when it comes to personal projects though ^^;;).
Decided to use WordPress’s Sticky Post function to create a new feature content section on the front page. On the old theme, I only featured photo articles. But sometimes I wanted to have a why to put regular post up there as well. The sticky function was the perfect tool for doing that, as any post tagged as sticky could be featured now on the home page. Limited it to the latest three post tagged.
Also display the latest twitter update as well ways on connect with me through RSS, Twitter, Flickr, or Facebook.
Added a jquery panel to the navigation containing my connection links. Also where I put the search box. Then there is an area for members to login and (if enabled) a registration area. These were part of the original code sample and could contain anything you wish to put up. I chose to leave it close to the original sample for now.
If you are a member (and logged in) then you are greeted with another panel contain various options you have access to. For the panel to work, Javascript does have to be enabled on your browser. Probably stating the obvious there, but just in case.
If you recall one of the things I that I was proud of on the last Nexus theme was the blogroll/rss script I wrote out. It was inspired by Danny Choo’s featured feed section he created to share his traffic with his community. I figured I would create a similar section using the script I wrote. I will post more information regarding some sort of link exchangesoon.
Did a few back-end changes as well. Things that won’t really see but did factor into the new theme. These small back-end fixes shouldn’t really impact the user (hopefully) but does assist me greatly.
Overall I am happy with the new site design. One thing I am still working on is the comment system, as I just copied my old one from the first Nexus theme. Also want to implement a few other things on this theme in the feature. Again, this is just as much a learning experience for me as it is a way to improve site usability. I do plan on doing more to improve both this site and my skills.
Also, if you experience any sort of bugs while using the site please comment here and I will look into it.
I can’t help but notice the resemblance of the site layout with this article of Danny Choo’s search for a new layout for his blog- http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25211/Japan+Design.html. Specifically, this submitted design- http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/4048488963_36363dc9ce_o.jpg
Anyway, nice layout btw as I’m into learning wordpress theme customization as well
Yeah, I liked what that designer did with the three post at the top of the page. So I adapted it to use with WordPress’s Sticky Post function ^^;
And I like how Danny had title and post excerpt over an image. Been using that for a while LOL!