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November 21, 2007
Finally I finish the 8 hour overnight work on modifying my blog layout using the Christmas Days theme. Last night I when I logged in to the WordPress control panel I did I quick check on the latest news about WordPress. Out of which was the 20 Nov releases of WordPress theme and plugins.
The New Themes
I found nothing special about the new plugins but found very interesting new themes.
After spending 1 hour testing the demo and on my own blog, I left a comment on that page like this:
- Christmas Days theme is fitting it at absolutely the right time. Cheers everyone. Merry Christmas and see it run on my blog.
- Curved 3-Columns content too small for a 468×60 banner ad.
- FluidFlower is not bad either, unfortunately I’m not a girl
- Genesis is too dark for the eyes.
- Paperback is too simple for a blog.
- PortraitPress is worth a try.
- Skyscraper should not be called a theme.
- WPDesigner is neat and nice.
Agree with me, not? You are always welcomed to leave a comment on my blog 
Improvements
So, I really did make the promise come true, I spent the last 8 hours editing this theme to suit my needs. You can notice the following difference than the original theme:
- The content pane padding has been reduced, allowing the content to span 480px, which can fit a 468x60 banner ad.
- There is a square 180x150 AdSense block on the sidebar, which look really attractive.
- There is a 468x60 AdSense text-only banner ad at the bottom of each page, except homepage.
- The post title has been re-leveled from h2 to h1 (SEO reason)
- Unnecessary words are removed from the title of archive page (SEO reason).
- The copyright notice has been fixed to dynamically display the actual blog name from the database, not "BlogName"
- Many more small fixes but I can't list all here.
What's next?
I thought about making my edition available for downloading right here, but I feel too lame if no one bother taking it. So if you like it, drop a message here request for a download package and I will post it up a.s.a.p.
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nice layout binh. refreshing look. am always thinking of having a unique layout for myself, but am having no idea of how to customize the template
hey binh, i sent u a short msg re layout/template through facebook. kindly check if you have time. thanks.
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very interesting, but I don't agree with you
Idetrorce
Idetrorce » Thanks for your opinion. I'd love to hear on what statements did you disagree on.
All » Oh no! I put the wrong URL for that theme page. I wonder why no-one told me about that. Fixing it now.
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Hi. Your site displays incorrectly in Firefox, but content excellent! Thanks for your wise words