I worked on my new site Bass Pictures the other day. It was added to my network list in the sidebar if you haven’t noticed. I started out by searching for a decent free web template. I usually go to OSWD and pick out a design from there. Since they’re open source, you can do whatever you want to them.
I tried to pick a simple blue/white theme. I feel like fishing sites should be kept with that watery feel. However, when I was stripping the footer and sidebar from the theme I downloaded, the header didn’t quite match up. I mean it looks ok, but you can tell it was my first attempt at skinning a script. I’ve never take a script like plogger, wordpress, or phpbb and tried to add a design to it. I’ve always just downloaded premade skins. But since Plogger is so new, I don’t think there are many skins, if any, to download.
So I just wanted to give you guys an update on it. I doubt I’ll keep the design that is on it now. It just doesn’t look right. I should be able to have it complete by the end of this week.
Also on a side note, I think it’s funny that since I made my post last week about Bass Pictures, my BLOG made it to the front page of google for the search “bass pictures”. Check out the SERPs here. I guess my blog holds a lot of weight in Google. If my blog was able to get on page 1, that gives me some hope that it’s not a competitive keyword and I should be able to get my site near the top.
And if you’re wondering … I actually have had some hits to my blog from that keyword
4 Responses
sl
July 11th, 2007 at 10:24 am
1The theme looks good for sure, but it doesn’t match the theme very well. I’m a fisherman myself and although the site looks like something I’d actually use, the current theme just … feels weird. I think at least a picture of some fish or fishermen or something fish related in the header would be very suitable. And also, brown/tan and green I think would give the site a more rugged feel… but at the same time, working with those colors would be a bit of a challenge because they are not nearly as eye pleasing as blue on white… Hmm…
well, good luck.
William Profet :: OneJobTwoSalaries.com
July 11th, 2007 at 10:41 am
2Plogger is a very good gallery software. Easy to install and update. I like very much its design and structure because it is very easy to prepare your own designs for the interface.
David Lithman
July 11th, 2007 at 10:46 am
3@ sl – I agree. I will definitely update the header with some images once I settle on a theme.
div
August 8th, 2007 at 11:04 am
4Hey man , great blog. I have also build my lens on same niche. you can get great info on web templates here http://www.squidoo.com/web-template/
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