{"id":1333,"date":"2014-09-21T06:39:34","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T10:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2014-09-18T20:43:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T00:43:17","slug":"layout-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/layout-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Layout Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I spent a lot of time perfecting this new layout earlier this year.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; And for awhile, even though it loads like winter molasses, I loved it.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But now, I hate it again and by the time this pre-scheduled entry runs, I may have switched it again. Maybe a dozen times!<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I want something more streamlined.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Something classy.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Something simple, clean, elegant.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Something pretty.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; And this layout has a LOT going for it. It has the rotating splash images, the linked categories, the spotlight, and then recent entries. All of it looking neat and organized.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But it is sloooooooow.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; And it is biiiiiiiiiig.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; And it requires more upkeep than I&#8217;d like, as well.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But I like my featured images. And I like the rotating splash. And I like the linked categories, the spotlight, the organization of the recent entries.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Maybe I should just re-learn to code and create my own custom template. What do you think? Is that a valid thing to do these days, when I spend so little of my free time working on my <b>real<\/b> fiction and so much time dicking around on Tumblr, working on my Pathfinder games, or writing roleplay-inspired snippets?<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; No.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Nope.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Nuh-uh.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I&#8217;ll update this entry if I decide to update the layout before this goes live. But for the moment, I just really am undecided. Do I love it or hate it? Is it the theme that&#8217;s slow or Dreamhost at large? Does it matter anyway, since NO ONE reads this stuff unless I specifically post it to Facebook for my Aunts &#038; Cousins?<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Whatever.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Time will tell.<\/p>\n<p><b>\/\/ Update: Yes, I got fed-up and just, changed the layout. It is &#8220;Twenty Thirteen&#8221; by the WordPress team and I chose it for the &#8220;featured images&#8221; header and the orange-y-ness. \\\\<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"Signed, Josie\" width=\"92\" height=\"139\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13\"\/><br \/>\n<i>Note: Image is &#8220;dices&#8221; by (tijmen) from SXC.hu<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I spent a lot of time perfecting this new layout earlier this year. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; And for awhile, even though it loads like winter molasses, I loved it. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; But now, I hate it again and by the time this pre-scheduled entry runs, I may have switched it again.&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/layout-woes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[165,15,204,200,201,202,203],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-uncategorized","tag-blog","tag-blogging","tag-conundrum","tag-decisions","tag-layout","tag-template","tag-theme","xfolkentry","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1385,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jeezjosie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}