It is now well over eight back breaking and butt hardened hours at my Computer. LOL! And my cup still runs over trying to find the least cumbersome way to produce a total makeover blog theme for Lainy’s Musings.
Lainy’s Musings has 140+ categories that will need to be re-organized and reduced to about 10 to 12 maximum to suit a Magazine theme operation.
If you take a peek at Lainy’s Musings, you can more or less understand that the challenge is not only with the 140+ Post Categories but also the number of her Blog’s embellishments that may have to be judiciously reduced to fit the new theme profile.
I poured through the www for solutions and although there were two plugins that would enable make category name changes, these were no longer compatible with WP version 2.9.2.
Fortunately, I found a plugin, “Batch Categories” that is compatible. I could add a new Category name by selecting various Posts and make that addition on-the-fly. There is one disadvantage in that the previous Category name will continue to remain.
In a way, it’s best that the previous Category name remains so that it will not backfire with the SEO and SERPS with an Error 403 page.
Lainy already is excited about the impending change to a Magazine theme. She has seen and made her choice of the new theme change. This is a preview of her blog’s new theme.
I move with caution for this massive makeover. Her SQL datafile has been downloaded just in case. All her scripts and sidebar codes have been saved. I have tested the new Theme on an unused Domain at my external webhost. So far so good.
It must be done right the first time.
Excited and grateful. These two words aptly describes what I feel at this point, Windy. Thanks so much for the time spent tweaking my blog. You very well know I couldn’t do it without you. Don’t overdo it though.You need to rest your eyes and your bum, LOL!
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wow you’re so techie… I am realy not good in this thingy
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Windy Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
@ bluedreamer,
Thanks for dropping by with a Comment again.
I am still learning. It is very interesting only when my internet bandwidth is running at optimum speed. Otherwise, it soaks up a lot of time waiting for pages to open and that can be terrible when searching for solutions or in the midst of making tests with the scripts.
Cheers!
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Lainybelle is very lucky to have Windy at her virtual side, tweaking her wonderful blog. Without Windy what would Lainy’s Musings be? Only Lainy without her musings.
I can see that Lainy’s blog new theme is better compared to the previous one. Well, life and blog are a changin’, in a state of flux. Blogging is life, and blogging is dynamic, reflective of life.
I also take pleasure knowing that Windy has returned to blogging, with a new blog’s name, but with the same brilliant and entertaining posts, as always.
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Lainybelle,
Just to learn more about Magazine Themes. I won’t be blogging with the same zest of yesteryears.
Thanks for the confidence you have always had in me.
God Bless you Always
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