Aug/0947
A New Prelude
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?
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August 6th, 2009
おめでとう
August 6th, 2009
Gokurosama!
August 8th, 2009
I approve.
August 6th, 2009
Different coating, same wolf?
[Magica Ferret Intervenes!]
I love the idea of having Ranka announce your latest tweet. I shall strive to make them exclusively directed towards me! Because when I grow up, I want to be Shin’s bride!
August 6th, 2009
cool saw this on ur twitter
August 6th, 2009
I also want that Twitter widget on your header. ;_;
August 6th, 2009
lol, why is my flag there Australia and why is my name Kairui? Oh wait, I was the one who mispelled my own name. >_>
August 6th, 2009
Love the new design! Now it’s more…well, more Ranka-ish! Love it! KIRA
August 6th, 2009
Damn, dude, I am jealous.
I’d do something like that but then I’d be cramping 2 twitter boxes into my header for obvious reasons. orz
August 6th, 2009
Ranka FTW~! X3
August 6th, 2009
August 6th, 2009
2.8.3 is the latest, btw
also the footer looks pretty ugly
August 6th, 2009
omg I just realized the theme is same as Ilifin’s
August 6th, 2009
Nice! The twitter header is pretty sweet. And Ranka is always appreciated.
August 6th, 2009
Trying to appease the Ranka aren’t you? :P
August 7th, 2009
Whoa, this is the hotness.
August 7th, 2009
Like the new theme , looks great! :D also the wysiwyg editor tool box really useful for html-noobs like myself ^^
August 7th, 2009
@The Sojourner – And now it is! (at time of reply)
@garturo62 – Thanks for dropping by!
@Kairui – Haha, that my friend, was custom designed by hoshi. You’re not going to see it as a widget anytime soon!
@jusuchin85 – My eternal waifu~
@TheFuzzy – It could work you know. Two Vocaloids having their own dialogue box!
@yunamon – Amen.
@Caraniel – How can anything with Ranka in it be scary
@edogawaconan – Was in the midst of fixing it! Also, just so you know, the theme didn’t work right out of the box and many modifications had to be done, especially in regards of the width; it had to be stretched manually to what you see now
@RP – Waifu calls dibs on first header!
@Di Gi Kazune – Well there’s that but this goes to show that I wasn’t lying when I said my heart had belonged to Ranka and Ranka alone. This is my way of attesting to that!
@Kabitzin – What I failed to mention was that some of it was partially inspired by SS!AB
@pp – Glad you liked it! I used to have troubles with html inserts myself, hence the tool box!
August 7th, 2009
Finally, a post without faggotry or lolis.
I’m proud of you, onii-chan!
August 7th, 2009
>Implying all my posts contain either faggotry or lolis.
August 7th, 2009
August 7th, 2009
looks really cool Shin!
back to ranka? that’s unexpected, I thought it’d definitely be mayoi chan XD
August 7th, 2009
The twitter header is really cool, I would love to have that but my theme does not allow it anyway…
And I thought it would be Mayoi Obsession. Ranka? PFFFFFFTTTT son i am disappoint
August 7th, 2009
I can sense something… It’ll come when the wind blows, Shinn-kun! ^^
August 7th, 2009
No Hachikuji? Already given up on her? I’m glad to see you are
kissing upproving your love to your true waifu. I’m sure she’ll forgive you now for all those temporary ones you’ve had.Anyway, lookin good.
August 7th, 2009
Awesome new theme and comments CSS.
August 7th, 2009
ROFL I’m on the screenshot. Twitter integration is awesome. Must learn soon.
August 7th, 2009
Very nice theme. I was actually looking at this a couple of days ago. Glad to know in landed on you!
August 7th, 2009
Looks sleek. Trying to get at the lolis with your new sleek theme eh? Where’s your Mayoi header image?
August 7th, 2009
This theme is pretty Mc-Binker in da Forshizzle Department! =D… (whatever that means…)
lol, that sounds so nerdy =3
OH BOY!!! OM NOM NOM…spits it back out EWWWW!!! THIS IS THE SAME SHIT JUST WITH DIFFERENT COATING!!! ba dum PSH… yeeeaaah (also, excuse my language
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August 7th, 2009
Looks nice! Especially love how Ranka is “talking” to us
August 7th, 2009
Looks Greatt! I echo the praises for the awesome Twitter/Ranka/Header!
August 7th, 2009
BTW 2.8.3 is out.
August 7th, 2009
What can I say? Just a big shock when I went here and I thought I had come to the wrong place. But apparently not.
The theme is wider than the original, twitter incorporated in the header, reply functions from Mandigo added.
I´d love to have a talk with Hoshi :) I want to make some changes to Arthemia to make it more sexy than my own Smexy Arthemia.
But yeah, a great theme change and it looks really good.
August 7th, 2009
Sweet xD
Yes, I’m still barely alive, haha
Totally irrelevant … but you’re still in Australia?
I thought the internet sucked so much you would have left by now.
I’m glad the cute emoticons are still here!
August 7th, 2009
Oh wow. You can comment on individual comments now.
Nagato-sama, freshen up our site too!
August 11th, 2009
Oh hey, why does it show here that I’m in Australia?
August 8th, 2009
hmm, maybe you could reduce the size a little with my normal res (1024×768) I can’t see the post date. It’s just weird that I have to ctrl+roll down just to see the date.
August 8th, 2009
Cool modifications, Shin. =w= Though light blue is a bit more okay..
Dark shades are fine too. =w=
Comment modifications are made of win. =w=
August 10th, 2009
What BimoZX said ^^ Otherwise great new look!
August 11th, 2009
grats on new update (bout damn time! LOL!) and new layout etc etc.
and yes commentluv isnt working, and it seems you’re missing out the author list with this theme (since you got few people posting and all, figured it’d be useful)
August 11th, 2009
i Luv Ranka Lee at the top…. she’s cute
August 11th, 2009
Nice – I actually think the twitter implementation is really clever.
August 12th, 2009
Ha, the twitter header is just pure awesome. Should try that one day.
August 13th, 2009
You need something that shows who posted the article. Also the footer got raped.
August 16th, 2009
awesome layout! i like how yuu used bubble speech from Ranka as yur twitter update.
September 14th, 2009
The blog title sounds like a phrase out of Allegro Cantabile.