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We're now having drama over stupid blog themes? Who cares what theme you use, the only important thing is the content. Write it in a .txt and post it to dropbox

by RyanZAG 14y ago

We're now having drama over stupid blog themes? Who cares what theme you use, the only important thing is the content. Write it in a .txt and post it to dropbox for all I care - I'll be just as intrigued to read it regardless of style if the content is good.

jrajav 14y ago
To be fair, he is not the one who manufactured the drama: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373743 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373743 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920905 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920905 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373565 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373565 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4403236 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4403236 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881610 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881610 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770722 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770722 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881055 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881055 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4610042 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4610042 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4713517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4713517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744950 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744950
- edent 14y ago
  Thanks :-) As it happens, I was unaware of all the drama until I started researching the blog post today. I'm not interested in being part of someone else's drama. Hence the post.
  - limmeau 14y ago
    Actually, if you're switching themes anyway, could you choose one in which the archive is more prominent? I couldn't find one, and usually the archive is where I go to find out whether the blog is relevant to me.
    - edent 14y ago
      That's a good point. There are more than a few deficiencies of Svbtle - especially for a long established blog. Any themes you're particularly fond of?
      - limmeau 14y ago
        Particularly fond of, no. Actually, unless your topic is web design, I appreciate it if you're being unoriginal about your blog's appearance. Trying to remember a few blogs where the content has distracted me from the appearance to the point where I couldn't remember what it looked like at all, I came up with blog.regehr.org and www.bunniestudios.com. The former uses the Barthelme theme, the latter looks like a default theme.

by RyanZAG 14y ago

jrajav 14y ago

To be fair, he is not the one who manufactured the drama: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373743 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373743 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920905 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920905 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373565 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4373565 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4403236 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4403236 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881610 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881610 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770722 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3770722 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881055 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4881055 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744237 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4610042 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4610042 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4713517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4713517 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744950 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3744950

edent 14y ago
Thanks :-) As it happens, I was unaware of all the drama until I started researching the blog post today. I'm not interested in being part of someone else's drama. Hence the post.
- limmeau 14y ago
  Actually, if you're switching themes anyway, could you choose one in which the archive is more prominent? I couldn't find one, and usually the archive is where I go to find out whether the blog is relevant to me.
  - edent 14y ago
    That's a good point. There are more than a few deficiencies of Svbtle - especially for a long established blog. Any themes you're particularly fond of?
    - limmeau 14y ago
      Particularly fond of, no. Actually, unless your topic is web design, I appreciate it if you're being unoriginal about your blog's appearance. Trying to remember a few blogs where the content has distracted me from the appearance to the point where I couldn't remember what it looked like at all, I came up with blog.regehr.org and www.bunniestudios.com. The former uses the Barthelme theme, the latter looks like a default theme.