Well that didn’t go so well…
With reference to my previous post, I’ve realised that there aren’t that many good tutorials online about WordPress theme development for someone with some programming background but almost no web development background. Terms and concepts are thrown around as if I knew everything to begin with, which is frankly annoying.
Thus, I’m kind of back to searching for a theme for my blog again. I keep coming across themes with these great slideshows at the top and wish I could use them. Alas, they don’t quite fit the needs of a personal blog. There is even a jquery slideshow plugin for self-hosted WordPress blogs that looks awesome. While slidedeck has a pro version that costs at least $99, they offer a free, lite version as well that’s a simple WordPress plugin. It’s pretty damn cool, not only does your mouse’s scroll wheel interact with the slideshow (which is a great improvement over having to click the left or right side to change panes), but it even allows for vertical sections within each pane. Awesome.
If I were operating a magazine-style blog, I’d get this in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, I like my personal blog to be as minimalistic as possible…
