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There we go. Fixed and with a comment to finally associate Trident with tables. ??

Yeah! Trident…so it was yours! ?? I forgot which one I initially used.
BTW, I didn’t take credit out of the index.php…it isn’t in there in the first place, is it? If I took it out, I’m sorry because I definitely didn’t mean to. I’ll put it back in if you like. ??
I just essentially kept the 3 divs in the center intact, pulled one up to the top outside of the rap, took the login/register block and moved it to the top, re-wrote most of the CSS settings which I can even remember, put in the table at the top (I know, I know), moved the search to the top as well, took out the header block and replaced it with my own graphic – don’t think I used the header div at all actually but not even sure..I can check.
Then I added the lines and blogroll and technorati and sitemeter Javascript, added my nice circular logo thing on the right, added my blocks like Email me and all that jazz, added category listing for individual entries or something and moved it to the top on the left instead of having something else there (I forget what)….
Can’t remember what else. I’d have to look at it later. ??
In the end I basically only kept the 3 main center divs and tossed everything else out or moved it across the screen. The only thing I really wanted was a 3 column div setup and I figured I’d add the rest (which I did). ??
Still, even with the tables (you still didn’t tell me why they make you cringe), I made it look nice I think…
Oh but maybe you mean the CSS file. I DID take out the top comment, but I can put that back in and restructure it. I didn’t mean to do that though since what I did (because I’m bad at CSS) was to make one file my “live” file in Quanta which was blank and one file (the regular CSS file I downloaded) a copy file and I’d just copy/paste one block at a time and mess with it into the “live” file until it was right and then add the next block.
If you’ve noticed, however, I meant to put that top line back in there as my CSS file still has the “Comment Here” at the top which is obviously a placeholder which was never replaced. ?? So yeah, I’ll put that back in and add to it etc… Sorry I never finished doing that. I was in a hurry to get things working and I forgot to clean up is all.
Now…why is using a table *so* darned bad?? ??

Since I tore it apart completely and moved things around, I didn’t see why I should keep them in there. But I’ll put them back in there if you want. ??
Notice…I didn’t put my own credits in there either. I just left the top blank. I didn’t feel like explaining that I took a public template and tore it apart and redesigned it to fit my own needs…

Thanks Pibby! ?? Check your inbox.
Root: Thanks. Yeah it seems to work fine. I think only the top layer has a table to split it easily into 3 parts. I just didn’t feel like coding up 3 divs just for that. It would have been a tad excessive and overdone with the divs. At least, it seemed a good enough solution at 1am. But it looks fine to me which is good enough.
By the way, I checked on the development page and apparently 1.2 does have a URI Trackback bug because 1.3 is slated to work with all URI Trackbacks. I checked further and there was a post about how only URIs with (or without – I can’t remember) an =? happen to work. The URI Trackback I ran yesterday didn’t work and that might have been the problem. Apparently 1.3 is going to fix all that so we’ll see. As I said though, it isn’t exactly a huge deal for me. ??
Overall, I have to say that I’m really impressed with WP. It is better than MT for many reasons. And the fact that it’s a dynamic instead of a static site really makes me happy.
I did check out b2evolution and I have to say that it’s a little confusing with the multi-blog and main blog thing. Maybe it’s a nice option but they have very few help files. Their GUI is very nicely done though (nice graphics and friendly looking). But WP’s simplicity speaks volumes as well.

Wow,
That is such a nicely done site.
I love the tiny graphic bullet points for entries and such and for some reason, the icons for the weather match what’s on the rest of the side bar really well. The blockquote looks amazingly great with the huge quotation marks next to it. I might take that idea from you. ??
Just all in all: wow. I really think that’s an awesome piece of work.

It’s really simple and easy to read. I like that. But one thing you should probably do is not post under the name “site admin” unless you actually want to do that… ??
Also, starting a links to your favorite sites might be a good idea as well. That’s not exactly necessary though and heck, maybe you don’t want to follow the crowd ??

I think it’s really very good.
The only problem I have with it is that it’s a wee bit too dark. The dates on the entries I can basically hardly see at all and the dark blue font on the black background hurts my eyes on the side menu.
I think if you brighten up the letters a bit, it would be a little better. But I love the design and the top menu to go to the different sections with the rollover is very nicely done as well. The top graphic definitely portrays a nice surfing site that’s elegantly done. ??
Dark colors are extremely hard to do. When I made my first e-zine back around 1996, it was all dark colors and very hard to design to make it readable. I remember spending a lot of time cruising “artsy” sites of that time (everything was new back then) and figuring out the best colors/shades and layout to use. It wasn’t easy. Now, I’m a lot more lazy. ??
Overall though, really nice touches. Surf’s up. ??

I don’t know, man…one table isn’t so bad. ??
It’s a nice and quaint way of saying “I hand-coded this. I got lazy. I’m old enough to remember using tables in a flash. I’m making my stand. Leave me alone.” ??
So tell me what you think of the rest though. ??

I used a table at the top but I don’t really remember using more than that. But maybe I did – not really sure. ?? I’ll have to check.
What’s wrong with tables though? They’re easy to fit in some situations.
Kind of like “gotos” in coding. I dig “gotos”. ??
So tear it apart…what do I need to fix? It looks fine in Konqueror, Firefox, and IE. I can’t check on a Mac though. What are you using? It looks all the same in all 3 browsers for me, however.

Awesome. Thanks. ??
That’s exactly what I was looking for. Much obliged.

Yeah, my outgoing trackbacks do not work either. They don’t appear on the target site at all.
Any fix in sight? A patch or something? This is fairly important. Actually, I don’t care as much because I only trackback once every few weeks on average, but I’m sure that it would be nice for most people who are “normal” bloggers and need it every step of the way. ??
So a patch would be really nice – especially since I just asked a lot of friends to convert from MT to WP. ?? Don’t make me look bad, please. ??

I got WP installed. I’ve been working on customizing CSS for fonts and the like (blockquote etc…) and I do know HTML. I just have no clue with PHP at all. I don’t know if it can parse HTML #includes or anything like that. I’ll work on it though. Thanks again for trying to help. ??

Yeah, I got that part but the problem I have is, for example, let’s say I want to make a box with a bunch of buttons that link to other sites (graphic buttons), and a little mini-snippet of a review under each button. Or, say, put a box in the menu bar on the right with just general information but without any links, and maybe a thumbnail or two. How would I do it?

Hrmm…So I can put different kinds of boxes just by making different categories listings?

Hehe that’s a good tutorial but what I really want to know is how you got the top two blocks in your regular site. The top two on the right hand column at the very top which display things other than lists.