A while back I turned comments off to unregistered users that were not logged in. What that did in effect was make it so that you had to not only register but also login in order to post comments on my blog.
I know that is a hassle but I was getting so much frickin spam that I had to do something. Akismet was doing nothing. I was moderating upward of 40 spams a day and I got tired of it.
But lately I have had a change of heart. I have ran across several very popular blogs that do not require user logins or even registration. And if those large scale blogs that are read by thousands of viewers a day can do that then my scant little blog can certainly do that, too.
So today I am restoring my trust in people. Trust that they will not abuse my little blog that all three of my loyal readers visits once every couple of weeks. Trust that spambots will not launch an all out attack against my little space on the internet. Trust that, if given the chance to say something about something that I have said, people might just speak up if it is easy enough for them to do so.
So I invite you to comment freely on my rants and blurbs. Beginning today.
Man oh man has it been a long couple of weeks of blogging. I have so wanted to write so much. And if you are reading this now it means that I have finally caught up to this point on my blog. What that means is that three weeks of daily blogs have been added to my blog because I could not find the time to handle them as they happened.
My blog so needed love I could not give it. Glad it can’t divorce me because it would so have grounds.
Anyway, I am going to try to stay on top of things around here. Not saying I am going to. Just saying that I will try.
As much as I loved my Chocolate Ocean theme that I developed a few months ago…
… I thought it was time for a change. So I changed.
My theme that is.
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I ran into something today that made me stop and think that I am not really as smart as I want or need to be. It is something that is easily overlooked for most people but should always be a priority for bloggers or developer’s that make blog themes.
Worse yet, it is something that I have ran across before but completely forgot about since.
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I was just thinking that I love Wordpress. No, not for the exceptional code that is in it. Or for several of the other reasons that one could really not like the application.
No, I love it for the ease of using it. I just updated my blog today and was very impressed with how fast and smooth the update went.
Step 1: (Optional) Delete old files
Step 2: Upload new files
Step 3: Run the upgrade script
Step 4: Enjoy the new digs
Yes, it was that easy. And the newest admin interface rocks hard. I was using the Tiger Admin interface but this one looks nice enough to use as is.
So to the Wordpress dev team, well done on this one. I am looking forward to the newer stuff coming out in the future.
I have discovered recently that emails sent from my blog to newly registered users may not be getting through. I am looking in to what might be causing this.
In the meantime, if you have registered on my blog and have not received your username and password email please email robert [@t] everah [d0t] com with the username you selected when registering and I will try to make it better for you.
And for security, email me from the email you used to register. Otherwise I won’t do anything. Thanks.
So I have released the theme I have wanted to release for a while now. And I am a little proud of it.
I know there are things that could be different/better, and I solicit all feedback in regards to the design, CSS and markup involved. Constructive criticism is always appreciated.
Anyway, I want to welcome you to….
Chocolate Ocean, a theme by Robert Gonzalez
I believe that I am going to have the new theme built for my blog within a week. I have spent a little time on it the last few days and am actually looking forward to rolling it out.
It is going to take some small risks as it relates to layout. It is even a little risky as it relates to color. But I am hoping it will capture the essence of a blog in the most nontraditional way possible. I am really excited about it.
On a side note I am also planning a new look and feel for my PHPBeginner.net project in addition to my main Everah Media Services web site, the MyLifeJournal and the PHPDesignPatterns site.
So I am a little busy at the moment working on things for me. I hope they come out good. Wish me luck.
As I sit here getting ready to see how right I am in the American Idol vote-offs I am reminded more and more of how much I am not liking my blog layout anymore. It is still pretty (thanks to the folks at JustSkins.com for putting this theme, Webby Blue, out). But I think it has outlived its use.
After some Googling (because really, who uses Yahoo! anymore?) I came across a few designs that I think I may try to mimic.
Yes ladies and gentlemen there is more…
Have you ever noticed that the content on my blog seems to bounce all over the place? It just seems like I can never wrap my mind around what day it is, what I want to say or when I want to say it.
I have noticed, reading back through my recent posts, that sometimes I write as though it is today, sometimes I write looking back on yesterday. Sometimes I write about things that are going to be happening later. I am confusing myself. 
So I began thinking of why this is happening the way it is and I realized that I usually let my thoughts flow out of me as my fingers walk across the keyboard. Maybe I should actually think about what I want to write? Or at least think about what part of what I am thinking about writing I should really write about?
Is that the right way to rightly utilize my right to write?
Oh yeah, I was thinking that this blog needs more sarcasm and pointless, but funny rants. So I am trying to figure out a few of those also.
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