Comments on: The 30 month evolution of my online graphic design portfolio

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:39:47 +0000

Hi Omar, unless the customization is unrecognizable from the original, site owners should leave credit to the theme coder somewhere on their site (or in the html/css code). Many are far too quick to take the credit themselves, however.

By: Omar Ayoub

Omar Ayoub — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:54:17 +0000

Hello David,

I was wondering about wordpress themes and how one can customize them to the point where you cannot recognize them anymore: Lets say you come across a nice site and after checking the page source you discover that it is a customized wordpress theme–how can you know what the original theme was?

By: Jessy

Jessy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:53:18 +0000

I wish that I had the time and energy to make my own design, I currently live by reusing publicly available themes. I should brand a bit more…

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:02:54 +0000

Hi Justine. The WordPress forums are the best first-stop for any WP problems you come up against.

By: Justine

Justine — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:57:24 +0000

I have followed to tutorial you referred to by Small Potato, and it was wonderful. I’m new to blogging though, so I’m having one slight problem. When I log in to the localhost as an admin, I can see the theme I’ve created. But when I log out and type my wordpress.com URL into my browser, the page the comes up (so, what everyone else sees) is still the default theme.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to upload my theme from localhost onto my actual blog. Help?

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:42:14 +0000

You’re very welcome, Derek, Claudio. Glad to be of some help with your own evolutions.

By: Claudio Rimann

Claudio Rimann — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:20:20 +0000

hi david,
very inspiring to see, how your site evolved from the beginning! thanks for that look ‘behind the scenes’. i’m in the middle of redesigning my own page and never spent a second thinking about my blog as the main page and portfolio/work section as secondary page – but it’s a very good point! this post really made me think about many decisions i made and have to make for my new page!
thank you, cheers
claudio

By: Derek Kimball

Derek Kimball — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:14:16 +0000

Very inspiring. Thanks for this. I’m in the early stages still, so seeing your progression is very motivating. I bookmarked your site and will view it frequently. Thanks again.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:47:51 +0000

Hi Ariane,

I’m glad you enjoyed my little look back over recent years. Especially as I’ve provided some inspiration. All the very best with your reinvention!

By: Ariane Benefit

Ariane Benefit — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:42:37 +0000

Hey David, what a wonderful glimpse into your online evolution! I’ve been on line since 1996 and have evolved as you have. In 2005 like you I decided to establish a brand…www.neatandsimple.com and now I’m thinking about going back to my http://www.arianebenefit.com My reason for not using it was very similar to yours…plus I had the problem that people could never spell my name right. But Ariane is becoming more commonly known – Thank god! I’ve carried this issue for 48 years! There is even a top chef contestant named Ariane.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your retrospective and appreciate you being there from me right at the time I was thinking about reinventing myself on the web – YET AGAIN!
Thanks for the inspiration!