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    Nuovo update: fix one thing, break 10 others, that’s the way coding goes

    So on the one hand, I actually managed to complete the one task that I had set out to do a while back: rewrite the theme options page so that I had better control over the formatting of the page and to be able to add check boxes to the form.

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    Substantial Improvement With Nuovo Theme

    It’s been a while to say the least since I was last able to get some solid work on the Nuovo Theme I’m working on to get into the WordPress theme directory, but the progress I made this past week was great. First off, I finally finished the theme option page complete overhaul. I figured…

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    Changing colors with Nuovo and formatting for tablets

    Last week, I made a ton of progress with creating the Nuovo WordPress theme, finally figuring out how to get scripts into the theme option page and fixing the featured post slideshow. This week, I was able to make even more progress with the theme, mainly focused on switching the color theme based on the…

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    Finishing the tablets and heading for mobile

    So formatting the theme for tablets turned out to be way easier than what I was anticipating. Essentially all I had to do with it was divide the sidebar into two and put it under the main post area. Also, I moved the social icons to under the header and had to eliminate one of…

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    Nearing the end of one process and starting another

    I see the light at the end of the tunnel, but know there’s another tunnel immediately after. Such is the life of a coder I guess. At any rate, it feels really good to know I’m coming to the end of a process I began back in December of last year and to see the…

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    Taking a break before the overhaul to enter WordPress theme directory

    So after a month or so of hard work getting the Nuovo theme up to where it is today, this past week has much needed break away from all of the coding and stress that comes with building a Wordpress theme. Well, it hasn’t been too much of a break. I’ve been helping out at…

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    Decisions abound with Nuovo mobile/tablet design

    I’ve always hated making tough decisions. There’s always that nagging feeling that the other option you didn’t make was actually the better decision. That’s sort of what I have to deal with going forward with this Nuovo theme. Right now, I’m filling the mobile styles for screen sizes between 320 pixels (the width of the…

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    Coming down the home stretch with Nuovo

    I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Roughly six months after beginning this project to create a WordPress theme, I’m almost done with it and ready to submit it for the WordPress theme directory. All that remains now is the official debugging by following what the theme reviewers do…

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    Nitpick cleaning on one theme and starting designing another

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    So in the past couple of weeks, I’ve found that it’s easier to create a theme than it is to go through and nitpick and clean it. Case in point, this week it’s taken me a while to knock down the number of HTML validation errors from 160 to 91, though a good majority of…

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    Finally getting to see it all come together

    If seeing is believing, then I more than believe that I struggle at building themes perfectly in the initial coding aspect. Last week, I finally finished coding the biggest part of Giornalismo and decided to give it a bit of test run. Sure, not all of the features I’m looking to run with the theme…

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    Taking things one item at a time

    After a pretty successful week last week with Giormalismo, this week wasn’t quite as great, but then again I had a lot going on this week.

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