The Lady Programmer

I was too busy yesterday working on modifying somebody’s WordPress blog. I was actually paid to do the task – the requirements are to fix the blog’s wp-forum that was not working and make it consistent with the look of the main site. Those were the design considerations I had to work on.

I did all the CSS modifications task alone, but I did not work alone in that entire job assignment. Cesar replaced the wp-forum plugin that was not working and used SimplePress forum plugin instead. He still did a couple of fixes but since he is busy with his day job, I went on to continue the job: I designed a very simple header (the job task is estimated to be completed for a few hours) and choose a template and modified it to make its look consistent with the main site.

Here’s the main site where I copied the design from: Christian Book Bibles

Here’s how its blog looks like with the SimplePress forum plugin working well: CBB’s Christian Community

the end result

12 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

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   April 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm #

   A Lenten Season Job: A Christian Blog Done | The Lady Programmer…

   A freelance web designer worked on modifying the blog theme for an Christian Book Selling site. It was a template-tweaking job done for the whole day….

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   pinoydeal
   April 10th, 2009 at 5:40 am #

   i was wanting to have my own christian blog too. i might do that on my next project.

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   Paul
   April 10th, 2009 at 4:38 pm #

   I think I’ll consider putting up a simple forum in one of my sites. I have yet to look into the intricacies of installing it. Sana di masyadong mahirap. Nice work, Ma’am.

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   Call Center Gal
   April 12th, 2009 at 1:09 am #

   That was very timely. How long did you spend working on that blog (total number of hours from start to finish)?

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   Gem
   April 12th, 2009 at 2:26 am #

   I guess it’s around 9 or 10 hours over three days. I have other projects too.

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   betchai
   April 12th, 2009 at 12:17 pm #

   i visited the link Gem, and it looked like something i wanted to have, with a forum it is nice to know your many talents.

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   katz
   April 12th, 2009 at 10:46 pm #

   What a workaholic! hehe… Anyway there’s no such thing as a holiday if you need to get some work done.

   katz´s last blog post..Adobe Flash CS4 on Ubuntu 8.10

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   miah
   April 13th, 2009 at 6:09 am #

   wow galing naman ni gem…. di maopen yung christianbooksbible?

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   Gem
   April 13th, 2009 at 6:34 pm #

   Ayaw ba? The owner kept on tinkering that blog. Binago rin niya ang arrangement ng sidebars, napansin ko lang.

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    Kat - Kat
    April 14th, 2009 at 8:12 am #

    Wow! A Christian blog!!! ) Congrats and goodluck on the new site ^_^

    Kat – Kat´s last blog post..CANDYful Life!

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    Snow
    April 15th, 2009 at 1:11 pm #

    Splendid job Gem! How I wish you can tinker my site in the future. For me, you are the greatest web designer in the Pinoy blogosphere today!

    Pretty pa like me! hehehe…

    Cheers, Snow ^_^

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    Gem
    April 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am #

    hehehe.. I’ve met other designers already. I’m not really the best one. I hope I get to have the day when I can truly master doing WP templates with my eyes closed.