Comments on: About http://thortz.com Big issues, small brain Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:58:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: thortz http://thortz.com/about/#comment-830 thortz Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:45:06 +0000 #comment-830 Very sorry, George; you really have to do some work yourself to understand the code and the way Wordpress works: your questions suggest you haven't fully got the hang of it. You're very welcome to take this theme for free and do what you like with it. But you can't ask me to write a new theme just for you for free, or to teach you php. There are plenty of free resources around to help you with that already. Very sorry, George; you really have to do some work yourself to understand the code and the way Wordpress works: your questions suggest you haven’t fully got the hang of it. You’re very welcome to take this theme for free and do what you like with it. But you can’t ask me to write a new theme just for you for free, or to teach you php. There are plenty of free resources around to help you with that already.

]]> By: george http://thortz.com/about/#comment-828 george Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:44:49 +0000 #comment-828 that's what i've been doing. check out the website i'm working on... www.jaxbrigade.com i put fake posts in there to see how it looks. i have some questions which are easy fixes, but i probably overlooked them. any help would be greatly appreciated even if all of these can't be answered. 1. is there a way to lowercase the footer? it looks like the date, header, and footer share the same code because when i changed date to uppercase, the footer changed to uppercase as well. 2. also, is there a way to get rid of the blog title and put an image there while keeping the subtitle, "jacksonville's art and indie magazine?" 3. how do i change "x responses" to "x comments?" 4. how do i add a title like "categories" in the sidebar for the search box? 5. there is too much space between the blog title and the posts. how do i change that? 6. how do i put more space between the sidebar and posts? any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS! :D that’s what i’ve been doing.
check out the website i’m working on… http://www.jaxbrigade.com

i put fake posts in there to see how it looks.

i have some questions which are easy fixes, but i probably overlooked them. any help would be greatly appreciated even if all of these can’t be answered.

1. is there a way to lowercase the footer? it looks like the date, header, and footer share the same code because when i changed date to uppercase, the footer changed to uppercase as well.

2. also, is there a way to get rid of the blog title and put an image there while keeping the subtitle, “jacksonville’s art and indie magazine?”

3. how do i change “x responses” to “x comments?”

4. how do i add a title like “categories” in the sidebar for the search box?

5. there is too much space between the blog title and the posts. how do i change that?

6. how do i put more space between the sidebar and posts?

any help would be greatly appreciated. THANKS! :D

]]> By: thortz http://thortz.com/about/#comment-825 thortz Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:17:40 +0000 #comment-825 Shouldn't be too hard - but I can't do it for you. Start with the stylesheet (The .css files) and try making just one change at a time; colour, then font, then font sizes etc. You will have to combine experimenting with researching about css on the web. When you're feeling more confident you could look at the php files to see how to change the wording and other details. Good luck. Alternatively, see if the owner of the site you like will let you have their theme. Shouldn’t be too hard - but I can’t do it for you. Start with the stylesheet (The .css files) and try making just one change at a time; colour, then font, then font sizes etc. You will have to combine experimenting with researching about css on the web. When you’re feeling more confident you could look at the php files to see how to change the wording and other details. Good luck.

Alternatively, see if the owner of the site you like will let you have their theme.

]]> By: george http://thortz.com/about/#comment-824 george Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:07:18 +0000 #comment-824 hello. i love this layout, but i'm trying to make it even more simple. there is a website layout that i like alot, and i'm trying to use this theme to do it. can you help? as i am only a reverse coder, i can't get it exactly the way i want. i'm trying to make it look like this site..EXACTLY. It's perfect for my magazine project... http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/ thank you in advance. hello. i love this layout, but i’m trying to make it even more simple. there is a website layout that i like alot, and i’m trying to use this theme to do it. can you help? as i am only a reverse coder, i can’t get it exactly the way i want.

i’m trying to make it look like this site..EXACTLY. It’s perfect for my magazine project… http://www.rossevertson.com/blog/

thank you in advance.

]]> By: lindsay http://thortz.com/about/#comment-805 lindsay Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:07:35 +0000 #comment-805 Me again....Why o' why do men get so HUNG UP on all this stuff? Your 'tone' overall is explorative, you're engaged with where you're going, but it is a tad on the 'I-take-my-Self-very-seriously-thank-you-very-much'. The beauty of blogging is to EXPLORE, to genuinely welcome the unfamiliar and the unknown. There's a 'post' on our site (canadada.wordpress.com) called, 'This is NOT a Jackson Pollock Painting'. Regardless of what you think of Pollock, the link within that post is just downright FUN. You'll be firing off those dusty neurons in no time flat. Welcome to the 'Club'...L. Me again….Why o’ why do men get so HUNG UP on all this stuff?
Your ‘tone’ overall is explorative, you’re engaged with where you’re going, but it is a tad on the ‘I-take-my-Self-very-seriously-thank-you-very-much’. The beauty of blogging is to EXPLORE, to genuinely welcome the unfamiliar and the unknown.
There’s a ‘post’ on our site (canadada.wordpress.com) called, ‘This is NOT a Jackson Pollock Painting’. Regardless of what you think of Pollock, the link within that post is just downright FUN. You’ll be firing off those dusty neurons in no time flat. Welcome to the ‘Club’…L.

]]> By: Farsight aka Popular http://thortz.com/about/#comment-177 Farsight aka Popular Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:28:48 +0000 #comment-177 Thortz: I'm somewhat middle aged and in IT too. What is it with us guys? I've been writing a series of physics essays which will collectively form a popular science book. The word "ontological" crops up repeatedly, and I've been using optical illusions to demonstrate the psychology of belief. I chanced upon your blog when searching for a fresh Adelson image. I too am interested in consciousness. We seem to have a few things in common. So: Hi! Thortz: I’m somewhat middle aged and in IT too. What is it with us guys? I’ve been writing a series of physics essays which will collectively form a popular science book. The word “ontological” crops up repeatedly, and I’ve been using optical illusions to demonstrate the psychology of belief. I chanced upon your blog when searching for a fresh Adelson image. I too am interested in consciousness. We seem to have a few things in common. So:

Hi!

]]> By: huatlim http://thortz.com/about/#comment-47 huatlim Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:30:42 +0000 #comment-47 hi thortz If there is a thing that might start you up again on these fabuluos material posted for our enjoyment and learning, perhaps I can post a link or two: brian eno's generatvie art: http://www.77millionpaintings.com or christo and jeanne-calude's site: http://www.christojeanneclaude.net let me know if I succeed...[why these links you might ask..well I think they fill us with hope and inspiration to create or propose or merely innovate..for the enjoyment of others, in a small way or big...] I do like what you say about the big issues, and they are very enlightnening and also above all, very well written. English is not my first language, I wished it was, having lived in London for some ten years. H www.zlgdesign.com hi thortz

If there is a thing that might start you up again on these fabuluos material posted for our enjoyment and learning, perhaps I can post a link or two:

brian eno’s generatvie art: http://www.77millionpaintings.com

or christo and jeanne-calude’s site:
http://www.christojeanneclaude.net

let me know if I succeed…[why these links you might ask..well I think they fill us with hope and inspiration to create or propose or merely innovate..for the enjoyment of others, in a small way or big...]

I do like what you say about the big issues, and they are very enlightnening and also above all, very well written. English is not my first language, I wished it was, having lived in London for some ten years.

H
http://www.zlgdesign.com

]]> By: thortz http://thortz.com/about/#comment-39 thortz Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:04:05 +0000 #comment-39 Many thanks for the kind words & encouragement! I would love to restart this project - in principle - but I need to do something drastic to force myself to sit down & write; I discovered that it doesn't come naturally to me :-( Many thanks for the kind words & encouragement! I would love to restart this project - in principle - but I need to do something drastic to force myself to sit down & write; I discovered that it doesn’t come naturally to me :-(

]]> By: huatlim http://thortz.com/about/#comment-38 huatlim Wed, 21 Feb 2007 18:45:52 +0000 #comment-38 Hey Its a damn good site, and you write better than most bloggers, so no issue there. Your site is simple but deeply carved out of a passion for good things in life, big issues yes, but they are nevertheless small things that matter to us lot as me. Love your honest and simple approach to creating a blog and filling it out with your intellect, not wanting to do more than is required to send out the salient messages. Please continue to write, or redirect me to where you have moved on. H www.zlgdesign.com Hey

Its a damn good site, and you write better than most bloggers, so no issue there. Your site is simple but deeply carved out of a passion for good things in life, big issues yes, but they are nevertheless small things that matter to us lot as me.

Love your honest and simple approach to creating a blog and filling it out with your intellect, not wanting to do more than is required to send out the salient messages.

Please continue to write, or redirect me to where you have moved on.

H
http://www.zlgdesign.com

]]> By: thortz http://thortz.com/about/#comment-7 thortz Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:01:30 +0000 #comment-7 That was fun, and makes quite a bit of sense but I suspect that one could play that unravelling game with many other words too. At the end of the piece "thing" is already in quotes waiting to be unravelled. The beauty of "is" is that it short cuts all those hesitant <em>seems/appears to be/acts as if</em> terms, but the <em>don't rush to judgement</em> advice is good. I can't hear Robert Anton Wilson's name without being drawn back to being a teenager grinding through the then-new Illuminati trilogy. Makes me want a spliff just thinking about it. That was fun, and makes quite a bit of sense but I suspect that one could play that unravelling game with many other words too. At the end of the piece “thing” is already in quotes waiting to be unravelled. The beauty of “is” is that it short cuts all those hesitant seems/appears to be/acts as if terms, but the don’t rush to judgement advice is good.

I can’t hear Robert Anton Wilson’s name without being drawn back to being a teenager grinding through the then-new Illuminati trilogy. Makes me want a spliff just thinking about it.

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