racoma.com.phJ. Angelo Racoma on technology, economics, writing, problogging, and getting things done

I have (finally) updated to the latest version of WordPress, 2.1.2. Now I’m thinking of overhauling the site’s look. I’ve been favoring the Blogging Pro theme, which was recently released to the public by my former colleagues at the Bloggy Network (actually we’re still working pretty closely together on some projects). Check out Study Driving. After a couple of theme changes (including Cutline and Torn), I’ve settled with the pleasing three-column layout that is the BP theme.

Now, I’ve always strived to keep the J Spot as simple and straightforward as possible, and with the best possible usability in mind (I try). However, sometimes I think the narrow theme (optimized for 800px) gets too constricting.

What would you say to a blog overhaul?

I won’t exactly throw away everything and build up from scratch. I mean that’s bad for SEO. I’ll likely still be applying the same elements (text, navigation links, etc.) but over a new layout. I’ll be experimenting with a new look sometime within the day (while my FTP client does some WP uploading/upgrading across a bunch of other sites).

Jhay Rocas has already done it. His blog used to sport the same Hemmed theme. Now he’s using the Blogging Pro theme. (And incidentally, his blog is now more popular than mine, according to use.com.ph ).

Then again, I’d still prefer a mid to large font theme like the one fellow blogheralderLorelle on WP uses. I probably need to tweak Elena’s (of Design Disease) BP design a bit.

I’d love to hear from you.