UP NCPAG SC Website

Posted on August 30, 2006
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Finally! NCPAG SC website is now up and running.

To Modify or Start from Scratch?

Posted on August 23, 2006
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Iâ€™ve been browsing wordpress themes for sometime now during my free time trying to look for my â€œideal theme.â€ I know there are a lot of themes out there but Iâ€™m not satisfied even if its uber cool theme. I found out that there are some factors that we should consider in choosing our ideal theme.

1. Purpose

First thing that comes to my mind when choosing a theme is â€œwhat is my purpose?â€ Am I going to use it for just a blog? What are the plug-ins and extras that Iâ€™m going to include there?

2. Column

How many columns I want? Do I need 2, 3, or 4 columns? Yeah I also like that uber cool thing called bottom bar.

For bloggers who arenâ€™t really a web designer, changing those themes would be very difficult. So choose what you really need. Other wordpress theme gives you an option whether you want your sidebar on the left or right so no more worries.

3. Color

I really donâ€™t consider the color at all because you can easily alter them but for those who donâ€™t have enough knowledge in modifying a theme, then you should choose the right color for your blog.

Well I do find a lot of nice themes but again, Iâ€™m not satisfied because they arenâ€™t made specifically for my blog. I want this and that but this theme doesnâ€™t have that and itâ€™s so complex I couldnâ€™t even modify it. The last thing that Iâ€™m considering right now is to start from scratch. Yep, no more kubrick and hemingway themes to modify. Iâ€™ll create my own theme that would satisfy me and be my ideal theme but that would take time because of my thesis.

My question again is whether to modify a theme or start from scratch, what do you think?

What browser are you using?

Posted on August 22, 2006
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Hey, check here to see if this one is true. Hehe I’m using firefox 1.x and it says that I’m a geeky person.. blah blah. Go find out. haha

Learning PHP

Posted on August 22, 2006
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A few months ago, I had a little chat with khats(sheâ€™s a friend from high school) in YM. I forgot how we ended up talking about web stuff. What I still remember is that I volunteered to create their website. The reason why I volunteered is that I wanted to sharpen my skills in web designing and also it will be a good reference when I finish school.

Iâ€™m done with the interface but the back end is still in the process. Iâ€™ve used JSP several times for my school project and ASP.NET for my OJT project but Iâ€™m really a newbie in PHP. We had a project in my Modeling and Simulation class and we were asked to create an e-learning system, we used PHP but then I didnâ€™t really cooperate well. Now, Iâ€™m stuck here downloading ebooks and learning PHP.
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