This is the post I’ve written on miXpost, which is once again my one blog.
Mew Order will remain archived but won’t be updated.
Well, what I’ve read somewhere it’s true: people often return to Blogger.
I’ve used WordPress: more advanced and all, but more boring as well. It lasted just a few more than one month.
I also realised that many of the features I thought were missing on Blogger actually aren’t missing, you just have to work a little harder to activate them (for example, permanent pages).
The main problem with WordPress is the very limited use: wanna customize the layout? Pay. Yeah, right. Wanna embed media? Forget it, it’s dangerouus! OK, gimme a break.
I actually had to do another blog, iMick, to post media, and yet another, miXwidgets, yeah, for the widgets. I might still use iMick to create cool collections of media I can embed here, but not to post.
miXpost is going to be, once again, the one and only place where I blog, using resources from other sites if necessary.
I celebrated the return changing the layout. I couldn’t do it on WordPress, so I did it here.
I just needed something simpler. I actually realised, visiting my own blogs and others’ blogs, that I much preferred simple layouts, one column for the post and one sidebar for archives, links, widgets, etc.
The so popular three columns templates tend to become a bit tiring, because you tend to jump between two sidebars and scrolling up and down to find sections. With one sidebar you know you just have to scroll that to find you’re looking for, so you either read a post, or check the sidebar contents. Simpler use.
I also noticed that I found useful lists with bullets preceding items to immediately identify them.
So here it comes the Tic Tac blue theme, with just a couple of tweaks on fonts and colours for a warmer feel and better readability.
Home sweet home.
Welcome back to miXpost!
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