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OWN:G is finally online! w00t! We are proud (and relieved) to announce the launch of one of the core OWN INDUSTRIES websites, namely our showcase of graphic and design work – OWN:G – which as of now is live online. We would like to take the time here to give you a few insights into [...] Read more »

Due to the “construction site testbed nature” of clutterlovers we are adopting the Kubrick 4 column theme for now – and as a basis for our  future tweaking issues… some of the stuff we learned in the clutterlovers v1 debacle has proved useful in the facelift over at ownage… my screen resolution… 1024×768… Visit ownage [...] Read more »

due to unforeseen technical problems with the chosen theme – and its distinct lack of worpress 2.6 compatibility… we will have to reinstall wp2.6 on our server. back to square one see you when we get back Read more »

In this episode we will begin the initial changes to the blogs css styling: Colors: The blogs colors are defined within various tags, you will need to go through the tags one by one and change the values to your desired colors. (color tags are always preceded by “#” and look like this #ff9900 or [...] Read more »

The previous post dealt with the (mostly) technical aspects of themes, here we will be looking objectively at the general look and feel before going on to the preparation for customization. First lets check the criteria: 3 or 4 columns Fixed width <1024px Clean Typography Useable structure The Candidates: Default “Kubrick” not really a candidate [...] Read more »

In the simplest sense a Theme is also a plug-in for your Blog. Themes belong in the “wp-contents/themes/theme_name” Folder. Be careful about themes “wrapped” in two folders after you unzip them, they won´t work A theme without css is broken – throw it out! A theme that needs to change file folder permissions is a [...] Read more »

Cool functionality for your blog is mostly achieved by using plug-ins and widgets, there are a few (as far as i am concerned) essential plug-ins and widgets. Akismet, not only because it comes with the wp install but it really is useful too. Function: Stops spammers / Spambots posting comments.  Install: go to dashboard-plugins: activate. [...] Read more »

thought it would be fun and maybe even helpful to document the process of setting up a new nice clean safe self-hosted blog: if you are on a blog hosting service like wordpress.com or blogspot you will not be able to do some of the things listed here… what do we have: access to your [...] Read more »

Welcome to clutterlovers, this is our new blog where we will be posting all kinds of wierd and wonderful stuph… Read more »