Ok, this upgrade confirms two things for me. One is that I really, really hate coding (and I have zero knowledge in it other than very basic HTML) and the other is that WP developers could always do moar and lurk moar. I had a panicky moment during installation through uploading, turns out I had to upload twice. God. More changes and notes under the jump.

Ok basically I also had to deactivate all plugins in order to tweak the PHP so that I can edit both sidebars. Other than that I made a few changes here and there so let me talk about them one by one.
 

Theme

First of all, I only really recently thought about changing themes, largely because I found the old one getting unsuitable for certain new widgets or additions, such as a RSS feed in the future. The new one is called Darkride. If you happen to be the original author of this designed theme, please contact me and tell me about it and provide me with details as to how to link back to you and credit you with this theme’s design, thanks. Also, if any readers find any pop-ups or whatever that arise from my blog, be sure to inform me immediately.

Further, the theme now allows for two sidebars both on the right, which means if you come into the blog, the post is now on the left, and everything else on the right. It allows for neater organization of my sidebars and hopefully ease of reading. The colors are default ones from the theme, so I hope you like it. At least I do. :p

As for the header I have been unable to get any others up in time to make new ones other than this current one on top, since they are of different sizes from the ones used in the previous theme. I will probably update in the blog updates section when I get each one redone and up individually.

If you find any other problems or weird spacing or whatever in the theme, be sure to inform me.

I am currently in the process of trying to find out how to create featured posts. This should theoretically help in the long run of certain posts I want to feature from this blog. This update will likely only come earliest tomorrow, if even then.
 

Sidebars

The sidebars, as mentioned, are all on one side now, it should make things neater. I placed them in the best way possible, still inclusive of whatever I could get back from the old theme. If anything shows up odd, let me know as well. Ads have to be there, I am not earning much and have no stable income unless you want to donate to me. :p
 

Plugins

All plugins that I installed appear to work fine, including Google Comvatars and WP-Cumulus, which now only shows categories and no longer tags. You should also be able to edit your comments for 15 minutes after you made them (sorry the timer refuses to show no idea why). Again, if any plugins screw themselves up for you, let me know where possible, or pinpoint the most likely reason where the plugin screwed up.

As for those who complain about stupid avatars chosen for them, if you have not made 10 comments here or if the system refuses to recognize you as someone who already made 10 or more comments, then it will select one from the ID pool randomly. To avoid hate, just make sure you register your own avatar after making 10 comments, the link will appear in any single post below the comment box once you are considered eligible.

 
Credits & Acknowledgements

Of course, all of this would not have been possible for me without help. I thank Fuzzy (from Kyouran Kyodai) and especially Orange for their help through the upgrading and PHP editing.
 

Here is to a fine year in 2009, and may this new theme please you more than the last. All those who still hate this theme…

In the words of Walter (Jeff Dunham’s “old friend”)…
 

“SCREW~ YOU~!”

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