A New Prelude

Posted by Shin

I had wanted to do this for the longest time, but due to traumatic experiences in upgrading WordPress, I've always been hesitant when it came to tinkering with the administrative side of the blog. As such, I would have actually left it as it is, if it wasn't for what I initially thought was a corrupted database following a failed upgrade attempt, turning out be nothing more than a minor issue. At that point in time I was already in the midst of undergoing a fresh restart, and with hoshi's backing, I decided to go for it.

Eve though I've only ever used Mandigo, it's safe to say that few can rival it in terms of functionality and robustness, though refreshing the page to see the same old design eventually got to me Was hoping to keep light blue as the central theme color this time around as well, but I eventually decided on LightWord for a somewhat modern look with its black and gray motifs.

For the most part, the changes are cosmetic in nature, though with a WP 2.8.2 engine running under the hood, I hope to introduce a slew of cool features, though here are some of the more noteworthy modifications:

Twitter Header: Easily my favorite feature in the upgrade cum conversion. I love Twittering and the idea of integrating it beyond the sidebar in the form of a dialogue box hit me while I was browsing for themes. Of course, it wouldn't have been possible without hoshi's technical know-how.

Threaded Comments: I've been considering this feature, since it makes replying a lot more organized, though I'm comfortable doing so in a single swoop. Giving this a trial run.

That's it, really. I'll be implementing everything else along the way. For the time being, enjoy the new Atarashii Prelude! Same shit, different coating!

Addendum #1: Implemented both old and new reply formats. Feel free to use either one!

Addendum #2: Fixed minor alignment issues.

Addendum #3: Updated the favicon.ico

Addendum #4: Need to implement a rotating banner plugin.

Addendum #5: Commentluv not working?