Holy crackpot! I have spent hours pouring over themes and editing code trying to find just the right look for a new site I’m working on.
It is driving me crazy!
I finally purchased another domain so I can put together a serious artist’s portfolio. I need to promote myself better and an online portfolio will definitely be a step in the right direction. I’d be an idiot not to. I’m an idiot for procrastinating this long. Problem is, I can’t find anything that is satisfying me visually! Suck…
Actually, that’s not true. I’ve seen a few that are close and with some carefully editing can be really cool. But, the process to get to the point of finding something I can work with has been daunting. Seriously. I thought I’d just find a cool WP theme that I could customize and voilá, instant bitchin’ portfolio. But no, I have to be all anal and can not just settle.
Blah…
So, after spend hours sifting through shit, I’m at a point where I feel like I have found something decent. In the coming days I can actually start adding real content. Once I get everything tweaked and work up I’ll pass on the link. Until then I’ll be the one in the corner banging her head against the wall and babbling odd lines of code.
Good luck with that. WP Themes kick my ass.
For what its worth, I decided to sneak a peek and it looks pretty good to me.
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*pixie* Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:27 am
Thanks. That is just a very rough start. I’ve started stripping out parts of the theme that I don’t want but I may end up with something else by the time I’m done.
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Since I have absolutely no experience in this I did not understand a lot of this. But I do know about being anal retentive, that I am a master at! So I get why it took so long because you want it to be perfect. And rightfully so. This is the place where you will showcase the deepest reaches of your soul. Because that is what art is to me, a sign of someone’s soul.
Can’t wait to see it!
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*pixie* Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Picking the work I want to share is going to be even harder.
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Themes are the devil! Nah, I’m just kidding. They can be a royal pain though. Good luck. If I can help at all, just hollar. Can’t wait to see it.
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*pixie* Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:31 am
Yeah, I thought it would be easy to find a nice clean theme with a gallery and a blah, blah, blah…
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Nobody Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Tug has a nice clean theme on her photo blog.
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You will totally get it, when you least expect it! Good luck… the perfect theme is coming to you very soon. Your art has such an honest, endearing quality that really gives a person a feel for who you are, at your heart. I can’t wait to see what you do!
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*pixie* Reply:
October 27th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Wow. Thank you so much. I hope more people feel that way when they see the work.
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