New look for Blog
May 27, 2009 by admin Filed under Mikes posts
I have taken the BlueSkool template and have converted it to a template that I had created for Mambo, it has been totally recoded to work on Wordpress. If you liked the BlueSkool Theme you can download it at the authors site Antidote.com, if you like this theme contact me and I can give you the converted pages and images. Use at your own risk and no PSD files are included.
This took a total of 20 hours to convert, wordpress code is similar to Mambo, but there are several pages that need to be recoded, with Mambo there is only one page to modify. I recoded all the pages, added too or modified the CSS file and created my own images using Photoshop CS3.
With Mambo you have one php file, one xml file, one css file and images to deal with. With Wordpress I had to recode seven php files, the css file, and images. Mambo is not really software for Blogging, it is a Content Management System CMS, it is used as a complete website with a lot of horse power, you have the ability to do anything with Mambo, where as Wordpress is designed for Blogging.
Why did it take 20 hours, lol, I kept changing and adding to it. I forgot to add the RSS feed link and then decided I wanted images instead of links. Then I decided to add images to the sidebar headers. Then I figured out how to display the Archives yearly instead of the default monthly. It takes a little longer when you have NO experience with the software, a little learning curve, lol. All in all I think it looks good, but now I am thinking about converting it to a blue design, three column theme i also made for Mambo pictured below:

Blue Design
If anyone cares to comment let me know what you think of this current design or if you think the blue design would look better.