Ideally, I would have all my content written and organized before I coded a site, but I wanted to finish the BK2K Web Design theme so I can finish the Scrumptious theme. I’ll work on that and the content for BK2K over the next couple of weeks, giving myself a little variety. I love coding – but I really don’t like writing. It’s hard to get inspired! So I’m going “back to school” and treating it like a homework assignment. I’m starting by creating an outline.

1. Home
2. About
   1. About BK2K
   2. About Me
   3. About this Site
3. Learn
   1. Online Schools
   2. Video Tutorials
   3. Tutorials
4. Tools
   1. Hardware
   2. Software
5. Jobs

That was easy enough! Tomorrow, I’ll decide what the title and meta description tags for the pages will be, keeping SEO, and which keywords I want to target in mind.

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I’ve been putting it off forever, but have decided to reopen my old business site, BK2K Web Design, as an online web jobs, web development, technology news sort of blog. Right now it’s kind of just sitting there with a little index page, and I miss it! So the Scrumptious theme has been temporarily sidetracked while I finish up the loose ends (including writing a slew of static pages, ugh.)

Here’s a screenshot of the new theme for BK2K (click for full sized):

I’ll do my best to finish this up soon, and get back on track with Scrumptious, which will be coming by the end of the month. Stay tuned…

I haven’t been visible around the Garden lately, but I’ve busy behind the scenes, readying and upgrading all my WordPress themes for 2.7, and working on a new, magazine style theme.

Daisy Gray has been released and can be downloaded at WordPress.org. This was submitted right before the 2.7 release, but will work with 2.7 if you don’t use threaded comments. If you do, wait for the 2.7 version (coming tonight or tomorrow).

I’ll also be releasing a very nice magazine-style theme very soon, with a dramatic black and white theme and plenty of ad real estate in the wide, tabbed sidebar. I’m working out the kinks now, and should be ready to release by the end of the week!

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In addition to free WordPress themes and advice, Rose City Gardens is now offering web design and hosting.

Pay for one year’s hosting in advance, and get a website customized to your business or specifications, FREE!

Your site will include:

• One year of hosting on a lightning fast Dual Xeon server, with the space and bandwidth you need to run your site.
• Email and cPanel control panel
• WordPress or other CMS installed on your webspace
• Extra care taken to secure your WordPress install, and keep it secure against spammers and hackers
• Your choice of theme, customized to your specifications
• Your theme, no matter if it’s one of mine or another open source theme, will be optimized for best search engine results.
• Your installation will be customized with essential plugins to be search engine friendly and a pleasure to use!
• Daily virus scans and backups of files and database
• 24/7 customer support
• On site help with link building, networking and miscellaneous issues

For a limited time, I’m offering all this for $75.00. On Monday, the price goes up to the normal $150/year.

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Changes to the Garden’s WordPress theme

When I first registered this domain, it was only a placeholder for other sites, and a place where I tested various software. I offered hosting services, but through my other site, BK2K Web Design.

When I decided to use WordPress exclusively for content management, I installed it on this domain, and used a standard fixed with, 2-column skin. I decided that I wanted more space, so I coded the template you see today – ultra simple, 2 columns, and not much else.

I’m about to release the Tickled Pink skin, then go on a 2 week break while I revamp the Gardens. I’m thinking I’ll use the same graphics as I did on the first theme (which are kind of nice if I do say so myself) but keep the 100% width, and go to three columns. Damn, this is going to be a fun July!

Stay tuned for Tickled Pink! Today or tomorrow…there, I’ve committed myself!

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