We have sidebar
Look to the right of your screen. See that nice blue stripe that runs the length of the page now? Doesn't it look great?
I've been trying to get the site design finished for a while now. But without some way of easily tracking changes I make to the backend it's been a bit difficult. It doesn't help when the code is only 20% mine either.
Sure, it would be easy to make one change at a time, but that takes up way too much time:
- Change code.
- Save Code
- Refresh page.
- Wash, rinse, repeat.
It was good fortune then, that I read about Mike's impressions of a handy little add-on (yes, I don't like the name either) called FireBug.
It turns Firefox into a coding sandbox. It's light years ahead of the previous add-on I used: Web Developer, which has a more 'look but don't touch' vibe.
As FireBug just simulates coding changes you do need to retype them for real, but it's a small price to pay to get this site looking just how I imagined it.
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May 27th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Yup, FireBug is the sort of add-on I always needed but never knew it. Might want to take note that when viewing a specific post don't see the sidebar.
I've tooled around a bit with WordPress before and if you want it there, you'll need to edit the "single.php" file in your theme -- I think you just add the get_sidebar(); PHP command; it's in the "index.php" file anyway.
May 28th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
It's funny you mention the individual posts. Fixing the sidebar actually "broke" them. I didn't realise until I went to write this post.
I'm leaving the sidebar off the individual posts on purpose. It's the look I'm going for.