>greentext

Ever since the implementation of threaded replies, the quote function that came with WP-Comment Remix seems to have lost its purpose. As such, I've decided to revamp it to fit the nature of this blog's personality, if you would, by introducing >greentext. Oh boy...

New Blog Get!

Maestro's house got foreclosed earlier in the week and in order to help him sustain himself for coming days, I offered monetary assistance in exchange for one of his hosted blogs. After browsing through the catalogue, I decided to go for Kurogane's. While I'm its brand new owner, I'm having trouble coming up with a name for it, so that's where you guys come in! Help me come up with an awesome name that reflects my blogging style! Yes, something that has me written all over it! And in case you're wondering, yes, I'm letting Kurogane guest blog on it from time to time, so you'll have your Negima and Hayate updates

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?

Two Years Old; Feels Good Man

Obligatory two year anniversary commemorative post! As of last week, July 14th to be exact, Atarashii Prelude turned two, which also marks the 800 over days I've spent blogging. Would have posted it sooner, but I had to weather out the (shit)storm Heartfelt thank yous to everyone, be it fellow bloggers, readers, commentors or the occasional passersby, who've supported the site directly and indirectly for the past two years m(_ _)m

Once again, I must also thank my senior and co-founder, gaiden, for making it all possible in the first place, and the writers who have graciously dedicated their time to contributing content. A special shoutout to co-admin and good friend in real life, hoshi, whose expertise has been invaluable to the general maintenance of the site and some of my more well received posts, which required his superior Photoshop-fu and Moonrunes comprehension.

It didn't feel all that long ago when I first started blogging, but it is times like these that I tend reminisce on my origins. Long gone are the halcyon days when this blog use to serve episodic summaries on a weekly basis, as I became more brazen and nonchalant in terms of the content I post here. In retrospect, seeing as how my roots stem from that god forsaken imageboard, it would have been only a matter of time before my true colours became apparent. I sometimes even wonder if I had irked my senior by desecrating the site and turning into an outlet for my depravity There is also of course the backlash where I am ostracized for being a creepy bisexual lolicon by my peers in the blogosphere, renouncing all forms of credibility in the process Still, thank you all so much for making me feel right at home and tolerating my absurdity in doing whatever and however I wanted for the entire duration thus far

Atarashii Prelude x365: A Year Of LOLWUTs, You Lost Mes And Plain BS

Before I even realized it, a year has passed since this site was founded by my senior and co-founder, gaiden, which also marks the anniversary of my very first foray into blogging of any kind. Since I've been meaning to do this but never found the opportunity nor necessity for it before this, here's a statistical overview of Atarashii Prelude for the past 365 days.

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