I made some progress on the new WordPress theme for my
website this week. I ran into a few snags, but got past some of them. I've changed
my mind several times about what my goal was.
Changing Goals
While I over came many of the snags I ran into, I gave up on
the search for solutions to the others. This caused me to rethink my goals
several times.
At the start of the week I had planned to create a entirely
new theme that incorporated a new look and support for mobile devices. As the
week progressed, I saw that this was a difficult goal to meet.
I wanted to make the theme more flexible and dynamic. I
decided that rather than trying to make everything flexible, I should just hard
code the template files. It is a bit clunky to do it that way, but at least it
works. I only really need to have a more flexible theme if other people want to
use it, and I don't plan to do that.
I think I need to identify a series of versions that I want
to do, so that I can start using what I've done. My new plan is:
- (release 1.80) Create a new theme that replicates the look of my current theme. In this theme I would keep the code simple and avoid any fancy dynamic features. In this theme I will include an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) plug-in which isn't compatible with my existing SEO data.
- (release 1.90) Upgrade the new theme to be mobile device friendly.
- (release 2.00) Change the look of the theme.
- (release 2.01) Convert the old SEO data to work with the new SEO plug-in.
- (release 2.02) Upgrade the theme to make use of dynamic features.
Final Thought
Although I felt I make progress this week, and learned a few
tricks, I'm not sure I can remember what I picked up if I want to go back and make
more changes later.
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