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{ 2010 08 14 }

wordpress ugh

I like that I can automagically update many things within the software now. What I don’t like is that when I update a theme, it eats all of my settings. Afterward, I have to redo my header and reupload my sidebar. Pain in my ass.

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Posted by Mari on Saturday, August 14, 2010, at 4:42 pm. Filed under writing. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

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  1. Em | August 14, 2010 at 1:24 pm | Permalink

    Maybe try setting up a child theme? Can be a pain in the beginning, but might be a time saver in the long run.

  2. Mari | August 14, 2010 at 1:28 pm | Permalink

    what does that do? :clicks linky:

  3. Em | August 16, 2010 at 10:38 am | Permalink

    Hopefully the link helped explain, but basically a child theme is a way of using someone else's theme but not having to redo all your custom tweaks every time they update that theme.

    Child theme file basically says "use WhateverShinyTheme but with these changes." So if WhateverShinyTheme updates, your blog uses the latest version and keeps your changes because as far as it's concerned it's using your child theme.

    If that makes any sense at all. :)

  4. Mari | August 16, 2010 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    aaah. i see. makes sense.