2007 February | Ollies Blog

SMS Plugin

28. February 2007

I tried an SMS plugin today so visitors to my blog could text message my mobile phone for free, but I decided not to use it as I was unsure if the provider charged me to receive these messages as It was unclear in the plugins read me file, and also I donâ€™t want to [...]

IM Online

27. February 2007

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I added my â€œIM onlineâ€ status plugin today which replaced and made me remove the Skype badge plugin I had. I fully removed the “Skype badge” plugin and deleted the files from my server space. The “IM online” plugin was simple to install as it just needed me to copy the files over to the plugins [...]

Time Plan

27. February 2007

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I have listed a rough time plan in my workbook of my workings so far on the project and also what is to come, I thought that by now I would have a template sketched up, I have viewed many sites as my research shows, but I have not decided on a specific style as [...]

Mac vs PC

26. February 2007

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Ok, I am a PC user, and yeah, Microsoft have done a few crappy things in their OS and got a few things wrong but in general they are always going to be the better option in my opinion, down to the fact so many people use them! Ok this may be a bad reason [...]

http://www.OllysBlog.com

26. February 2007

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http://www.OllysBlog.com Its all up and running again! And with my new theme and my new address, so I decided to give myself a nice new “Web 2.0 style” logo: I used this video tutorial I found on YouTube to help me create my logo: After viewing this I was inspired and I think I might create my own [...]

Re Installation.

26. February 2007

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I exported all my posts in wordpress and re imported them once I re installed it all and low and behold it all worked! And perfectly! very impressed. It also cleaned all the junk from my wordpress installation, all those non working themes. Here is a list of the plugins & theme I’ve installed so far [...]

Big Blog Crash!

26. February 2007

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I’m back, you may (or may not) have noticed, but I have been away for the past 3 days, and just after updating my theme?! Why? well, it wasn’t to do with my theme, as I know many people have had theme based problems… I ended up getting the domain name http://www.ollysblog.com as I found it [...]

Theme Change – Into the light.

23. February 2007

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Right, I have messed about quite a bit with this theme so far, but I now want a fresher, better looking and lighter “Web 2.0 style” theme. I no longer want the dark look anymore so after a good couple of hours of searching I found my perfect theme, and I think I’m going to [...]

Logo sketches

23. February 2007

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I have looked at quite a few logo designs and have also made some sketches within my workbook. I have looked at some very early designs I had done and am making a comparison with a silhouette design.