Comments on: Frugal Wordpress Theme And A Focus Shift For The Blueprint http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/ Find Your Voice Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:33:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Classical Guitar Accessories http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-11379 Classical Guitar Accessories Wed, 19 May 2010 18:54:37 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-11379 I'm on that online community and 1 guy was chatting involving your webpage. My interest brought me content. I may not use a single thing harmful to say concerning your online site, Infact I assume this very is an incredible weblog! Often writing! I’m on that online community and 1 guy was chatting involving your webpage. My interest brought me content. I may not use a single thing harmful to say concerning your online site, Infact I assume this very is an incredible weblog! Often writing!

]]> By: Coder45 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-6697 Coder45 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:06:13 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-6697 Mattie, who remained in Seattle. , Mattie, who remained in Seattle. ,

]]> By: Marc - WelshScribe http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Marc - WelshScribe Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:01:20 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-796 Spot on. As you know, I'm all for SEO but not everyone shares the same opinion. I don't think Thesis should have integrated the All in One SEO pack into itself. Leave it to the plugins, that's what they are for. Spot on.

As you know, I’m all for SEO but not everyone shares the same opinion. I don’t think Thesis should have integrated the All in One SEO pack into itself.

Leave it to the plugins, that’s what they are for.

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-/#comment-795 Eric Hamm Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:54:17 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-795 Yep, it's stuff like this that made me create frugal. "I hope Thesis isn’t going to end up as being the next bloatware." This is one of the major issues with software in general. There's always this 'need' to come out with new versions and each new version 'needs' to have new features. Unfortunately these features often add more complication with little benefit. It's the whole 80/20 thing. 20% of a theme's features bring us 80% of its benefit. So after a few versions, the new features become minute in benefit, but just as heavy on the bloat as any of the previous additions. This is one thing I WILL NOT do with frugal. I will NOT add a single feature that I don't believe is worth the addition in code. The whole point of the design and the name I chose for it is that it's everything you need in a solid blog theme and NOTHING more. Eric Yep, it’s stuff like this that made me create frugal.

“I hope Thesis isn’t going to end up as being the next bloatware.”

This is one of the major issues with software in general. There’s always this ‘need’ to come out with new versions and each new version ‘needs’ to have new features. Unfortunately these features often add more complication with little benefit.

It’s the whole 80/20 thing. 20% of a theme’s features bring us 80% of its benefit. So after a few versions, the new features become minute in benefit, but just as heavy on the bloat as any of the previous additions.

This is one thing I WILL NOT do with frugal. I will NOT add a single feature that I don’t believe is worth the addition in code. The whole point of the design and the name I chose for it is that it’s everything you need in a solid blog theme and NOTHING more. Eric

]]> By: Marc - WelshScribe http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Marc - WelshScribe Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:41:17 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-794 @Eric That's not a bad analogy :) A lot of what Thesis has done is right on the money, e.g. the integration of All in One SEO but some things leave me scratching my head. Take Thesis 1.5. Still in beta but have you tried it? It has these new settings for column and sidebar widths giving you very fine granular control. For someone like you and me it's a welcome addition perhaps but for others I think it's just going to complicate matters. What with features and teasers, full width control, built in SEO. I hope Thesis isn't going to end up as being the next bloatware. @Eric That’s not a bad analogy :)

A lot of what Thesis has done is right on the money, e.g. the integration of All in One SEO but some things leave me scratching my head.

Take Thesis 1.5. Still in beta but have you tried it? It has these new settings for column and sidebar widths giving you very fine granular control. For someone like you and me it’s a welcome addition perhaps but for others I think it’s just going to complicate matters.

What with features and teasers, full width control, built in SEO. I hope Thesis isn’t going to end up as being the next bloatware.

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-/#comment-793 Eric Hamm Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:32:21 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-793 You know Marc, that funny that you mention that. Even I have trouble with some of Thesis's customization quirks. It's almost too intelligent for its own good. Don't get me wrong, it's an awesome theme that once master has limitless possibilities, but it's really more complicated than most would prefer. I look at it like a modern car versus a classic model. The mechanic pops open the hood of the classic and sees a logical makeup of parts that can be easily tuned to their desire. Then they pop open the hood of a modern car and are met with computer chips that need extra equipment to even make sense of anything. Maybe not the best analogy, but you get my point. I definitely thinks that's an angle I may pursue. Actually @Sean pointed this out to me last week. By the way, I have the threaded comments set to a 6 comment limit, so if you want to reply to this, start a new comment and we'll go from there. :-) Eric You know Marc, that funny that you mention that. Even I have trouble with some of Thesis’s customization quirks. It’s almost too intelligent for its own good. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an awesome theme that once master has limitless possibilities, but it’s really more complicated than most would prefer.

I look at it like a modern car versus a classic model. The mechanic pops open the hood of the classic and sees a logical makeup of parts that can be easily tuned to their desire. Then they pop open the hood of a modern car and are met with computer chips that need extra equipment to even make sense of anything.

Maybe not the best analogy, but you get my point. I definitely thinks that’s an angle I may pursue. Actually @Sean pointed this out to me last week.

By the way, I have the threaded comments set to a 6 comment limit, so if you want to reply to this, start a new comment and we’ll go from there. :-) Eric

]]> By: Marc - WelshScribe http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-792 Marc - WelshScribe Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:28:06 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-792 Ahh Hayden you know how to get straight to the heart of all geeks :) Ahh Hayden you know how to get straight to the heart of all geeks :)

]]> By: Marc - WelshScribe http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-/#comment-791 Marc - WelshScribe Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:26:16 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-791 Oh yeah, what you did was right in this case. Your pricing model moving forward is something only you can decide just don't work yourself to the bone for peanuts :) I don't care what it proclaims itself as, Thesis is not that easy to use. I think that's an angle you can work on with Frugal Oh yeah, what you did was right in this case. Your pricing model moving forward is something only you can decide just don’t work yourself to the bone for peanuts :)

I don’t care what it proclaims itself as, Thesis is not that easy to use. I think that’s an angle you can work on with Frugal

]]> By: Eric Hamm http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Eric Hamm Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:23:52 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-790 Exactly Hayden! That's the idea and hopefully our community won't be afraid to submit their blogging voice for us all to read and discuss. I'll be expecting your submission soon! :-D Eric Exactly Hayden! That’s the idea and hopefully our community won’t be afraid to submit their blogging voice for us all to read and discuss.

I’ll be expecting your submission soon! :-D Eric

]]> By: Hayden Tompkins http://blogopolisblueprint.com/frugal-wordpress-theme-and-a-focus-shift-for-the-blueprint/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Hayden Tompkins Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:21:27 +0000 http://blogopolisblueprint.com/?p=982#comment-789 I love the idea of a bloggers-blogging-about-blogging platform. Not only does it bend the space-time continuum but it is a topic that we can't often address on our own blogs. <abbr><em>Hayden Tompkins’s last blog post..<a href="http://throughtheillusion.com/2009/04/17/how-to-thwart-the-biological-shopping-imperative/" rel="nofollow">How to Thwart the Biological Shopping Imperative</a></abbr></em> I love the idea of a bloggers-blogging-about-blogging platform. Not only does it bend the space-time continuum but it is a topic that we can’t often address on our own blogs.

Hayden Tompkins’s last blog post..How to Thwart the Biological Shopping Imperative

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