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    • Crash Test Dummy Post

    Friday, 22 May 2009, 22:26
    Category : Blog Stuff, Blogger, Blogging
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    My first post on my new blog, which is really my old blog in a not-so-cunning disguise. Yes, it does look very similar, that was intentional;  as I’m asking you to visit a new address, it only seemed fair to stick with the same furniture to make you feel at home. Don’t get used to it, that will change. I have a strange obsession with tweaking WordPress themes, so this time next month it might look radically different. That’s assuming I don’t find the whole dealing with spam/updating thing so overwhelming I turn into blogging’s version of Virginia Woolf (there is a precedent) and head back to the safety of Blogger.

    Anyhoo, huge thanks to Arnaud and Alisdair at Purple Cloud (without whom there wouldn’t be a blog at all because of bizarre shenanigans when I set up my account), and Liam, Rusty and Billy, without whom there wouldn’t be many comments – especially Liam, I know it was really, really stupid-o-clock, you were a star!

    That’s it really, I only posted this to test it all out, hence the title.

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    6 Comments for “Crash Test Dummy Post”

    1. 1Chairman Bill

      wrote on 23 May 2009 at 4:44

      Looks OK, but time will tell.

    2. 2kateblogs

      wrote on 23 May 2009 at 10:50

      You'll get used to it, change can be a good thing! It will still be the same endless stream of whatever it is I blog about.

    3. 3liamalexander

      wrote on 23 May 2009 at 13:17

      I think it's quite impressive that you've got your wordpress theme to look pretty much identical to your blogger layout; well done. Thanks for the mention :-)

    4. 4kateblogs

      wrote on 23 May 2009 at 20:30

      No problem :-) The theme was really easy to replicate, it's so basic. I had to remove more than I added from the one I started with.

    5. 5liamalexander

      wrote on 23 May 2009 at 23:59

      They say less is more, so that has to be a good thing. I think this incarnation is actually a slight improvement. :-)

    6. 6kateblogs

      wrote on 24 May 2009 at 1:10

      A slight improvement in what way?

      Oh, I've just customised my 404 page http://cheekyfrog.me.uk/error Thought it seemed more interesting than the standard 'can't find that page' blurb.

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