Theme

What I did: I chose a theme that utilizes pictures. I wanted it to be simple and easy to read. I think my blog successfully achieved this desired look. Why I did it: I want my readers to be able to visually see how exciting hiking can be. Seeing something can elicit different feelings compared […]

Blog Theme

What I Did I chose the sorbet theme because it has a lot of great features to add a menu and allows me to customize my site the way I want it. It allows me to change the colors and texts and has a lot of free options to choose from.  Why I Did It […]

Customizing the Blog

What I Did I decided on the theme “Chunk” for my blog.  I also played around with menus and widgets.  I decided to add an archives widget to the bottom of my home page, which will link to blog posts archived by month. Why I Did It Though it doesn’t have a pretty name, I […]

2/6/15: What I Did. Why I Did It

What I Did: Today, I looked at a number of different themes to use for my site. At first, I had the “Eighties” theme active for my site. What first attracted me to the “Eighties” theme was the bold text and impactful photo in the heading; however, I did not like how the menu was […]

chooseTheme()

What I did: I watched the lynda.com video on “Changing the Appearance of Your Site” and then I chose the Hemingway Rewritten theme for my site. Why I did what I did: I chose this theme because I liked the clean layout that flowed downward on that page. It doesn’t have many distractions along the […]

Customizing My Blog

What I Did I chose a theme and customized my widgets and menus. I also chose appropriate colors and photos that make my blog coherent and aesthetically pleasing. I chose the Hemingway Rewritten theme, created one menu, chose a photo with a lot of books in it, and chose warm colors that match the photo. […]