Endoh’s Dungeon

It’s been a month or so I have been using wordpress. I must admit there were some frustrations among the majority of happiness ever since I switched over from Blogger.

Choosing this theme alone was quite a headache. However, after surfing around I realised it’s quite easy to spot others with the very same exact theme. This is precisely why I tried to customise it as much as possible. I’m still not quite sure what other things I can or should do, but shamefully I have been procrastinating too much.

Things that I procrastinate:

1. Updating of pages.
I need to redo About ET and Essential Selections. Some friends wanted more personal details (errrr…) and personally I am not too satisfied with the way the badge/banners are in Essential Selections. I failed to update the rest of the pages like Events and Resources too. Lazy Bones…!

2. Addition to header banner.
I have been thinking about it for a long time, that the red patch up there seems empty. I’ve been considering what I can fill that red space with but until now I haven’t got the slightest clue. Any suggestions?

3. Top right space at corner.
See that space? That little box is where I wanna place in a visitor counter and the clock but but but… I still haven’t figure out how to do that. Is it creating another frame there? Which part of the codes? I am completely clueless. If anybody can help teaching me… much appreciation.

4. Plugins
I actually activated the Rechuked Buttons plugin but it failed. I’m not sure what is wrong as I am not good with such stuffs. Uninstalling and reinstalling plugins is always a panic button for me. The help forum was of no help, nobody even bothered to reply. Well, this is when I realised the support can be rather horrendous for free themes. Until now, I still don’t have the slightest clue how to troubleshoot it.

5. Adsense/Nuffnang
A few friends insisted that these are necessary. A matter of fact, I still don’t fancy the idea of having advertisments in my blog. If I were to add it it’s only out of aesthetic reasons because everyone else has it, not that I believe in it.

6. Text Editor

How I wish I could have something like blogger’s… and I do not have to key in the code of colours to change my font. Is there such a plugin for Wordpress text editor? It’s quite a hassle… don’t you think so?

I guess there is plenty more to do in terms of customising this blog. I get rather drained thinking how, so if any of my friends/readers have a suggestion how I can improve this blog - share with me?

Suggestions? Advice?

New additions:

1. Archives
Now there’s a page on the menu where anyone can look through my archives more easily. I think the previous archive box in the sidebar hardly do any good. This archives page will be more direct. I don’t like the whole chunk of words in Archives so I will see how I can clean it up.

2. Contact form
I have included a contact form in my Contact page. I have been wondering if I should put up my Windows Live Messenger etc but finally decide to use my email. Instead of putting up my email outright, I am using the contact form instead and it’s sent directly to my email. (Email form up and running now. test it if you like, drop me a note. *smile*)

Again… suggestions suggestions suggestions??

BTW, I apologize if some of your comments are casted as spams. It’s something Akismet did and I am sure it takes some time to learn which are spams which are not. I unblocked all the comments wrongfully thrown in spam box just a while ago. Sorry!