So here we are, New Look for 2006! Happy New Year

January 1st, 2006 by ShaolinTiger at 1:14 AM UTC - 4,223 views

New look, new WordPress 2.0, goodbye bBlog, you served me well..

Couldn’t handle the spam any more though sorry. It was progressing pretty well, and I loved the Smarty templates, but well it wasn’t going fast enough and as many hacks as I could put in, it was just too simplistic to get into shape.

Happy new year, let me know what you think of the new features/new banner/new layout.

I’m pretty proud of what I’ve done with it actually, took me about 48 hours solid, hardly slept..

Oh well, happy new year to me, it was starting to bug me. And people were complaining they were bored of the banner aswell, so two birds with one stone?

I’ve been experimenting with WordPress for a while, and well 2.0 just came out so it was ideal opportunity to get dug in at the deep end.

Will probably blog about my experiences, had plenty of headaches getting it all set-up. Quite a lot of plugins that didn’t work at all, a lot that just plain messed up, some I hacked to get to work.

The import from bBlog to WordPress itself was a bit of a nightmare and took 3-4 hours of hacking to get it back in shape.

To all the guessers, I think Lionel got it pretty much right.

I am NOT getting married.
I am NOT getting engaged.
I am NOT commiting to anything.

Nothing that serious really, just a shift to wordpress, few new features, new banner, less clutter, more blog!

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SHAOLINTIGER.COM

Yes this is first proper post from wordpress, in the new st.com, best BLOG EVAR!

Tags: happy-new-year, new-template, Party, resolutions, wordpress, wp-2.0

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21 Comments so far

OMG! on January 1st, 2006 at 1:28 am
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP

Seriously, this am the best site EVAR!
scorkes on January 1st, 2006 at 1:53 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP

Hi!

The only festivities I went to was at church so it wasn’t as if I was out partying tonight either. Somehow the traffic and eventual rowdy behaviour is just not worth it.

Love your new template. You got to teach me how to do it if you ever have time.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
P on January 1st, 2006 at 2:22 am
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP

Great design … nice site … interesting reads.

Happy New Year!

w00t!
kimberlycun on January 1st, 2006 at 2:50 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows 2000

wah..nice wor happy new year man
YasMin on January 1st, 2006 at 3:25 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 on Windows XP

have to get use to seeing this new one because i kinda prefer the old one..
Nine3nine4 on January 1st, 2006 at 4:01 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows XP

Nice design
happy new year tiger
Paul Tan on January 1st, 2006 at 4:34 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP

BEST LAYOUT EVARRRRRRRRRrrrrr !!!!!! 11111111 oneonee
l0fT on January 1st, 2006 at 4:39 am
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP

you can pretty much keep this til CNY.

happy new year 2006.
dinghy on January 1st, 2006 at 4:45 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows XP

Err… feels odd, too used to seeing the links to the right I guess. I feel like I’m subconsciously being pulled to the left now… though that might be the alcohol working its magic, lol!

Anyways, a happy new year to you and your readers!
Flyz on January 1st, 2006 at 5:29 am
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP

Happy New Year 2006!!
Intensecure on January 1st, 2006 at 12:43 pm
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP

Very clear, totally legible. A model blog layout IMHO.
Got to love WordPress
Texan on January 1st, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows 98

Seriously, well, JAJA, SIN CITY WAS A BAD ASS MOVIE AND I CANT STOP WATCHING IT.
Dabido (Teflon) on January 1st, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows XP

‘I am NOT commiting to anything.’

Except a commitment not to commit to anything!

And maybe a tacit commitment to continue quality blogging …

Love the new look.
Kenny Lee on January 1st, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Using Opera 8.50 on Windows XP

a cleaner look…2 colomn will be better
HNY!
meekie on January 1st, 2006 at 4:07 pm
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP

wow! tht’s what i was guessing…should be new template, new look. kakaka…

happy new year ST! continue to shine in 2006!!!
Peter on January 1st, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Using Opera 8.51 on Windows XP

This revelation is kinda an anti-climax.. hehe… but welcome to the club.
GhOsT on January 1st, 2006 at 10:12 pm
Using Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows XP

Happy 2006!

A new look for a new year?
Kuzco on January 2nd, 2006 at 12:21 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP

ok mah…
ShaolinTiger on January 2nd, 2006 at 3:31 am
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows XP

Haha thanks all, I dunno got a bit bored of the old one and 3-column layout is the new black!

Given the new layouts have 2 columns on the right, pro-blogger style, but I don’t really like it.

I kinda like what I did with this one!

Hope you can all get used to it.

Sorry if it was an anti-climax for some, nothing that exciting indeed hehe

Yeah basically new look for a new year, hopefully no more headaches dealing with spam and a nicer cleaner look for everyone and the search engines of course

Happy New Year!
Inevitable on January 2nd, 2006 at 4:47 pm
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 on Windows XP

Happy New Year bro
lionel on January 2nd, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 on Windows XP

I win! Can’t believe it wasn’t a popular guess… it was hardly counterintuitive.