The Missing Stylesheet

Posted by sterndal in blogging career on May 24th, 2009 | 2 comments

It’s always been fun to try different themes especially if you are running a blog with a platform like WordPress. Worry not about html tags and CSS because you just need to choose the design that fits your taste, click activate, and then you’re ready to blog away. It’s that easy.

However, a lot of things have changed ever since I decided to run a self-hosted blog. One of the first things that I had to do to set up my blog was to download free themes from WP Themes Directory. The instruction was to download the template to /public_html/ and then unzip the files. It took me more than two hours to choose the appropriate layout but only a few minutes to download and extract the files. The only problem that I encountered was the missing stylesheet. Most of the templates that I downloaded were broken themes according to the note below my themes directory. I had a bad feeling that while I was on the process of extracting the files, I accidentally click something that corrupted the stylesheet. WordPress sent me an e-mail saying “Don’t push your theme files down into another sub-directory within your zip file.” I didn’t know how to fix it so I just searched for another theme that would work.

Luckily, I was able to find a free wp theme designed by Mr. R.Bhavesh. I think this layout is simple yet elegant. I just wish the font size of the text is little bit bigger, and the color of the header is pink but for me, it’s really perfect! Well, almost hehe :)

My Own Domain

Posted by sterndal in blogging career on May 19th, 2009 | 3 comments

This is it! I made it! Yehey! I’m very happy :) After more than half a year of serious blogging, I’ve finally saved enough dollars so I can buy my own domain name, www.sterndal.com. Wow! Thanks God!

But this is something I didn’t really plan. I am so contented with my two blogs in Blogxi where everything is a piece of cake. Ms. Vienna has always been nice to assist if something goes wrong or if there is anything I would like to change in my blogs. I just had the idea of having my own domain because everytime I would take an opportunity in PPP, the requirement would most often say ”you should have your own domain to take this opp” or “free blogs should not take this opp” which kept me frustrated a great deal. Most of the available opps for me are about online dating or gambling or just about the things that don’t interest me. So, I decided to use my $98 worth of 4-month blogging income to buy a webhosting plan which comes with a free domain. Is it too expensive? I don’t know but I’m glad I’ve discovered that there are a lot of free wordpress themes available in the internet before I was able to purchase one.

Now that I am hosting my own blog, it feels like I am on my own. Now I would have to solve all of my blogging dilemmas by myself. Gone are the days when I need not worry about the template and html codes or java scripts, all those blogging jargons I don’t really understand. Now I have to familiarize myself with FTP, CPanel, File Manager, DNS and everything. As in, everything! Now I have a total of three baby blogs to take care of. Now I would be busier than ever. I know it wouldn’t be easy but it’s going to be worth it. Go Sterndal! I can do this!