Well, after working for 3 weeks (or a week and a half, since the rest of the time was on vacation) on it, I’ve finally moved out of wordpress.com! *is so happy* If my blog is on your blogroll, please change the link~ 
Anyways, welcome to the new Blossom Media Center! Hopefully things will be bigger and better. I don’t really think I deserve moving, but I couldn’t resist. X3 I’ve honestly wanted to self-host it for months now, but I didn’t want to buy a host again and decided to find a free host. Huhuhu…now I can delete that rant on wordpress.com draft. Somehow I stumbled upon hosthelpers, and so I’m really happy to finally find my own hosting. There are a few regrets I have, but overall, I’m pretty happy with the move. I wasn’t able to move all of the comments because they were made after I imported everything, so if you want, you can re-add them. :D But I apologize for that.
Gah, I’m assuming this wasn’t a surprise to anyone like I’d hope because I was changing the youtube video codes and that accidentally sent a pingback which exposed my little secret. Now the rest is just mindless babble on the little adventure of the move (along with cute unrelated pictures of Sakura).
Theme
Well the first thing I needed to decide was which theme to use. And it was a lot harder than it sounds. I guess it’s because there are just so many themes to choose from. I went through the whole list on wordpress.org, lol. I had jumped around with what theme I was planning to use. I guess it was because I didn’t have any image at all for what I was going for. The only things that really mattered were custom headers, 1 right sidebar, and it had to be wide because of a certain post with large images that needed to fit (but thinking about it now, I could just change the image size…). Later on I wanted round corners, haha.
In the beginning I was aiming for a theme with massive customization, so at first I had planned on using the “Constructor” theme, but the navigation menu bugged me so much I looked further. :/ “Arclite” was one I was really considering, but the CSS was so confusing for me (I’m a newbie at blog CSS…>_<) that I couldn’t change the background and it wasn’t something I was fond of. I’m so picky xDD. Anyways, suddenly on a phone call with my friend I had the image I wanted. Immediately after I hung up I guess I just started looking around and the closest one to my image in terms of layout was the “This Just In!” theme. But I guess there was just so many flaws I could point out that I looked further. I had looked at l2aelba-2 (my current theme) awhile back, but even though I liked it I brushed it off because it didn’t support category hierarchy and the sidebar was too narrow and the content part was too wide. However, I kept going back to it, until I finally caved in and tried my best to change the parts I didn’t like on the stylesheet. After I was able to change the widths (I still can’t figure out how to change the main width though >_<) of the sidebar and content, I guess I had hope and stuck with it.
I changed quite a few things on this theme, but the CSS was simpler, so I didn’t have as many problems. Let’s see…I changed the background tint to a dark blue that almost looks black, lol, since I was trying to make the theme go with my Sora no Manimani banner. As mentioned before, I changed the widths. And the header obviously. Other small little things I added too such as the dots underneath the title, and the post title is aligned center rather than aligned left when you view the post. There are still some things I need to fix though, that I’ll include later. ^^
Overall, I’m somewhat satisfied, haha. It’s a simple theme, but I like it anyways. I’m not sure if I’ll get into the habit of changing my theme frequently yet (because I have some strange attachment to the themes I tried before), we’ll just have to see I guess. 
Banners
Rotating Headers
So one of the main reasons I moved was for moving headers, which ended up being the most frustrating part of moving for me…ironically. xD But I looked around, used google, and I used a pretty promising code, which worked for other bloggers. I was pretty excited, until it didn’t work. 
I tried typing in multiple URLs, and it still didn’t work. Thankfully my uncle is in computers and installed Zeus to help me with the code, to see if it was broken…it obviously wasn’t. I think the problem I had was that I didn’t know what the URL to get to that code was. Somehow, I don’t know how, I was experimenting and typed in one of the banner’s URL and voila, it was there. So I tried typing in the code file, and suddenly, it worked. XD I do not know how, but somehow it worked. But I’m happy it did and I happily added in banners to fit the theme. ^^
The Banners
Well, I decided to do a banner on what I originally had hoped in doing before the move. I had the Sora no Manimani banner first, but it was pretty much that I wanted banners for the new shows this summer. And since I added a small blue tint into the background, I decided to make the banners have a hint of blue to compliment with the whole theme. But these banners relate to summer from the summer anime season!~ >:D Now ramblings on the banner and how it’s made. ^^ I’ve put them under spoiler tags just so it’s a bit cleaner, just this one time. ;]
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Sora no Manimani…Implied SakuMi
This was the original banner really. I was going to add this in before the move, but decided to wait. I was so tempted (and actually did save another file like this) to add a circle around Mihoshi and Saku with a heart in the middle, lol. But anyways, pretty happy with the banner. The picture is from the opening, and has that nice Astronomy Club and night-ish feel to it. I also liked how they all just gathered together like that. I’m a little sad that not everyone is in it, but it’s okay. As long as I have the main two with them together which shouts “OTP!” then I’m okay. ^^ And I’m also a little sad that Edogawa’s face is cut off. Dx Sorry Edogawa!
There really wasn’t too much work into making this banner. I wanted to add a tagline but it didn’t fit anywhere so I just excluded it. I did some overlaying with the picture. I also added some of those new brushes I got, and I think they make it look more complete. Overall though, I don’t think I did the show justice with this banner, it’s just decent, although I do have a certain liking to it.
Bakemonogatari…Hitagi
This was the second banner I made. Immediately after the thought of more banners, my mind jumped to the Bakemonogatari ending picture. I know that it’s pretty pathetic that the ending has one picture (okay…maybe not anymore), lol, but I like the picture. X) And I haven’t given the ending enough love, because I really do like the ending song, it’s just nice. So this is also to give the ending more love (I think it’s my favorite ending of the season). I actually had another version of this, but then after I found a bigger image (credit to Random Curiousity for most of the screenies banners) I decided to remake it to how I originally wanted it to be. I didn’t like that big space I put on purpose before, and so I’m happy that this version only had a small blank area, althougoh it goes pretty well (I tried covering the whole banner with just Hitagi, and lol it looks like she can see right through you…let’s just say it was better smaller).
So yes, just a screenie for the banner. I just thought the dashes would fit and the tagline is simply the title of the ending. Yep…I’m that creative. ._. [/sarcastic] Anyways, even though it’s pretty simple and I barely did anything to the picture, I still like it. It does feel a little incomplete somehow, like a nagging feeling, but then I also don’t really feel like I should add anything.
Kanon’s Evil Aura
I fail. Period. This was the worst banner I made, and definitely does not do Kanon justice. It’s…it’s just plain…TT^TT. I couldn’t get a higher quality picture of Kanon and so it looks like a terrible quality image, like my terrible Amuto banner. Dx I just got random Kanon evil aura images and put them all together with a glow effect to help with the frame stuff. ._, And the tagline is lame too. Oh and I didn’t know where to place the blog title. -__- So why did I put it up? I don’t know. Because I wanted to worship Kanon? I…I don’t know. I just had to have a banner with her evil aura. I think I’ll just be replacing the banner with hopefully a better banner in the near future. But the tagline will stay the same just because I can’t think of anything else. Otherwise, my least favorite banner…possibly ever. Kanon is awesome, just not the banner.
Umi Monogatari ~Anata ga Ite Kureta Koto
Lol, I didn’t realize until afterwards that I made two Umi Monogatari banners, which encourages the “dump-the-Kanon-banner” idea even more. Anyways, unlike the Kanon banner, I like this banner. It’s just so vibrant and gah! The scan and picture is just pretteh. Unfortuntately I had to deal with Marin’s clothes, but oh well, I’m not getting bugged about it right now. But, like the Kanon banner, the tagline is soo lame I wanna shoot myself for how lame it is, lol. But anyways, the scan is so pretteh I just had to use it.
All I really had to do was rotate the image for the main picture. Then I just added text, which I thought the effects complimented the picture quite nicely (as for the tagline, the words are lame~). And lastly, just a border I thought would fit, along with the shadow effect. Overall, I think the banner isn’t too bad (due to the beautfil scan), I like the vibrant colors though. ^.^
Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou…Learning Codes
Well the next banner up is a Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou (YWGM because I’m lazy xD). Anyways, this banner was probably the trickiest one to make. I knew I wanted Koyomi in it (her hair is blue…it works >_> plus she’s just a cute character :3). But anyways, I think I owe the background for making the banner a lot better than it was before. It’s just…awesome and perfect, the background at least.
Now making the banner. I got the promo image of Koyomi, and used lots of magic wand stuff X3. I used a picture of her and Kaho from the visual novel as well. Kaho was just added because the banner seemed plain. The tagline is sort of hard to read and off-centered after adding the picture though. It was a flaw I noticed after putting the header up. Anyways, the background. I had originally planned on adding those codes all over the background, but it didn’t turn out very well. The color was just funny, and when I tried changing it to white, it just wasn’t right. I thought about “terminal” things, and decided to get a terminal picture for the background and make it blue. Well…terminal didn’t really show up, and I guess “matrix” worked…perfectly. X) It was right there staring at me, lol. As for the text, this is the first time I’m using the “blue ghost” effect around the text, but I think it works well with the banner.And the border is just there. ._.
And to elaborate on the tagline…I guess it has to do with episode 00 where we find a very frustrated Koyomi trying hard to succeed in not making pans. She’s learning how to make codes, etc. even though it’s quite hard for her. So I guess it fits the blog because with starting the new blog, I started out with many frustrations trying to learn how to work and fix many things. So I guess we’ll both learn someday~ For Koyomi, magic, for me, blogging and coding (or both of us coding?!). ^^
Overall, I’m actually pretty happy with how it turned out mainly from the background. The rest is alright. xD
Taishou Yakyuu Musume
Ahh, Taishou Yakyuu Musume. Like the Bakemonogatari, this is the second version of the banner. I had found the image from myanimelist, and I thought it was perfect~ But unfortunately, I failed the image with the banner. ._. But it’s baseball theme’d with its stripes and font (not to mention the lame tagline). Anyways, it features the main girls of Taishou Yakyuu Musume. The original banner was quite similar to this except there wasn’t a silhouette on the other side and the picture of the girls had an overlay effect rather than soft light.
Now for this banner, I started out with the image. I used that magic wand eraser, but unfortunately Akiko’s hair had some leftover white pixel issues. It’s still a tad noticeable, but not as bad as before. As already mentioned before, I used “soft light”. The overlay made Akiko’s hair much too orange O_O. Let’s see, for the silhouettes I used the “difference” effect. Unfortunately, since their uniforms are partly white, it got erased as well so there was some white showing in the silhouette. XDD I had to hand draw it back and refill it. The background is simply using the shape tool and I guess it’s the basic ol’ baseball feel to it (or at least that’s what I hoped for Dx). The tagline just enphasizes the baseball feel. I wanted to add the little baseball and bat, but couldn’t find the image and figured it wouldn’t fit anyways. But in the end, I’m actually pretty satisfied with it. It’s different from what I usually make, so I’m somewhat pleased.
Hetalia Axis Powers
I just had to have a Hetalia banner. I just…had to. So when I found this picture that the banner is from, I thought it was perfect. Found it on photobucket I think (so credit to whoever…even though it doesn’t look fanmade) and instantly wanted to use it for the banner. We’ve got most of the main characters, so I’m a very happy fangirl. ^^ There were some small changes added to it, but not much.
The photo had originally had columns with their pictures, but they weren’t leveled. So I simply moved the pictures up and down. I had to slap the title on top of a bunch of their faces, but it’s okay I guess…Again, I didn’t know where a tagline would fit, so I didn’t add it. Not much of a blue tone to it, but the black works with the menu bar. It’s a simple banner, but I like it for that.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni
Umineko!! Well, another show I’m following closely this season, for both the lulz and the *shockgasp!*-ness. Anyways, again, credit to whoever made this picture (not sure if it’s fanmade). I looked for Umineko scans and gah! This one stood out to me. It’s so pretteh! And the colors! So…awesome. Anyways, I just loved the picture, and with Beatrice in the middle, it was just win. Oh and a yandere Maria. Again, a rather simple banner to make because the picture was just amazing on it’s own.
For the banner I simply used some overlaying, and added a small border effect around it. The title was rather small, but I didn’t want to block Beatrice’s face and it just seemed to fit in that little corner. Even though it didn’t take as much time, I think the Umineko one is my favorite banner out of the batch, simply because the picture is beautiful.
Blue Sakura Banner
Ahh, now this banner is a bit different from the rest. It doesn’t fit with the whole theme…at all. -___- It was the original August banner before Sora no Manimani or any other banner. In fact, I made this banner before the summer anime season even started. Because of it’s age and stuff, it was meant for the Vigilance theme; therefore, it’s somewhat blurry. I had meant to change the tagline from “The summer for girls” into “Summer’s almost over” which fit the whole Sakura look on the big picture. Unfortunately, since it’s an old banner, it was saved on my computer before it got reformatted. I think I could still get the file, but I don’t want to run the risk of getting the virus back onto my computer, or whatever procedure I need to fulfill in order to retrieve it. Luckily I had uploaded it on my test blog, and so I saved the image again onto my computer. I’m still not skilled enough to change the tagline though…
I had originally looked through textures, and I came across this cloud texture. I was more in awe from how beautiful it looked, and I was itching to make a banner. Because of that, I remembered my desktop background, and found the image of Sakura without the background. Thus, I decided to add it to my banner. I guess everything sort of just came. The title had to fit, so I decided to try to rotate it, and I actually liked that position it was in. Since it was awhile back, I was still in going brush happy (I still am now, but now I’ve downloaded brushes rather than just default). The grass one just fit the whole breezy feel of the banner, and so I liked the little flair it added, so I decided to keep it. To fill in the hole between Sakura and the title (or just to make the banner more complete), I decided to find another blue Sakura image. I found a couple, but deleted that layer to just keep two. I didn’t want anything to interfere with the title since it seemed like it was just nice to watch for the openness of the background. The border was just added because I thought it “completed” or “closed” the banner well. It was a nice effect to it.
Overall, I’m actually quite fond of the banner. If I didn’t have it so blurry or have the old tagline, I would consider this my favorite banner as well. Let’s say it’s a close call. This banner is a close second.
Plugins
Okay, so small blurbs on plugins. I guess after moving I went all plugin happy. xD I found a bunch of plugins to use, and I’m still looking, haha. Anyways, let’s see, I downloaded the spoiler tag plugin, which I absolutely lo~ve. Expect me to go spoiler tag happy. X)
But anyways~ I also added custom smileys, which I got the smileys from anikaos.com. The website has great resources for anyone who wants smileys. But I actually had to type up the smileys code making me pretty proud (I’m a big coder now~ jk, I suck at coding still). I’m probably going to change the smileys every once in awhile, since I love so many different sets. But anyways, liking custom smileys.
I also installed an audio player, youtube plugin (I’ll still need to change the youtube code to the new one though), lots of comment plugins (if it isn’t already obvious xD), and a cool download monitor I’ll still need to experiment with.
Ahh I love plugins. X)
Other
Well, even though I’ve done the move, I am still a little afraid or regretful on some things. I guess one of them would be the idea of self-hosting. I’m not sure if I’m able to handle it with all of the database backups and everything, haha. And I guess when you move to a site your stats (I hope this doesn’t make me seem selfish or something >_<) you would assume would drop since people still go to your other blog. It’d be quite odd if my old blog kept more views. xD
To-fix list
And even though I’ve moved, and I’ve tried my best to make it start off the best it can with everything working, there are still some things that I’m trying to fix. It’s just a list to let you guys know that I’m not ignoring any of it. And if anyone could give advice on how to fix it, it would help a great deal. *didn’t meant to sound beggar-ish* So let’s get onto it, shall we?~ (On a random note, I apologize if I sound like I have OCD in this, because I don’t have it)
- Special characters
Ahh yes. If you look at my blogroll, I’m having an issue with any sort of special character outside of plain old English. I think this is on my webhosting’s side of things, although I sure hope not. The problem is that it’s just not supported, so whenever I have a special character, they just appear as “?”. I know it’s not my computer since it shows up on any other site, so I know it’s the blog…or something. Anyways, I apologize to anyone who has well…a special character in your blog title because I feel like I’m not being loyal the real title by replacing some of the characters so it isn’t full of question marks. But I’m still looking into it!~
- Font
Yes…the font. -___- The font is probably the biggest thing that bugs me about this theme. It’s not the type of font it is, it’s the size and line spacing. I really apologize if it’s hard to read the blog because of the font (please tell me if it is or isn’t). I tried making the font bigger, but no matter what number I changed it to, it only changed the footer. I couldn’t find the content font so it’s pretty much stuck like this for now. TT^TT Fixed! Thank you very much 7! :]
- Sidebar
Well, a couple stuff belong in this section. The “Search Box” just went off into another line. Dx I tried to change the search box, which no avail. But then again, I suck at coding, so it could’ve been obvious and I just didn’t see it. But anyways, the search box is something I need to fix. Resolved, it turns out it was originally like that. But again, thanks to 7 for helping anyways! (And on an off-topic thing, should I keep the flash twitter widget or is too overwhelming? >_>) And the blogroll is too plain. So I’ll have to fix that too, because just the links makes it look…pathetic or something without decorations. ._.
To sum things up, I’ve got some stuff to work on. And I feel like a noob because it seems so easy to fix even though it isn’t to me. Blog coding is so much different from forum coding. Dx
The recording
Well I purposely waited to place the recording after I moved so I can play the audio. So if you actually read through all of this, I finally post up the recording of one of my pieces. It’s called Once Upon Another Time, composed by Dan Coates. Don’t let this be the judge of my piano playing btw…Dx I know there are tons of mistakes because I choked after one mistake. And I’ll use this pathetic excuse anyways: I get nervous when I record. But despite all of this I hope you enjoy it nonetheless!
And for anyone who cares, the recital went pretty well~ Yay! The piano was out of tune, but other than that, it was pretty good.
Downloads/New Segment in BB
Well, after being tempted for so long, I finally got a mediafire account. I actually signed up for terahost, and ripway before, but my ripway account got deleted from inactivity. I might switch back and forth from terahost to mediafire, since I’m still trying to figure out which one works for me. Anyways, onto the point. Since the whole “youtube video” idea didn’t exactly work out, I’m going to try a new section this time. I might re-try to the youtube feature, since I have the spoiler tag now, but I’ll have to see if I gather enough youtube vids to post up. But anyways, the new little feature I’m trying out will just give links to download random things. It’ll be a part of Blossom Blabber, either with a current section or a whole new section depending on the download. I’m planning on adding some downloads that I’ve found (I don’t want to interfere with Kanzeon’s turf xD) such as brushes, older albums, random stuff…but look forward to it! I can’t guarantee I’ll keep it, but I’ll be trying it out and see how it goes…
Ahh, I hope the move was worth it. ^^;
But that’s it for now! If you actually read everything I congratulate you! And reward you with Oreo cookies because we bought so much for vacation. But I hope you enjoy the new blog! And feel free to leave opinions (as long as their not flames and are on a respectable level, obviously) about the new blog~
First of all, CONGRATULATIONS on moving to a new server!
Believe me, I felt the same way you did when I moved into my new server
though I still felt like moving again but whatever. I must say, you’ve done a VERY good job on the move, I love the layout~Also, I’ve got to agree with you on the rotating banners thing, that was pretty much one of the reasons why I wanted a self-hosted wordpress for my blog. Rotating banners FTW
Also, I LOVE your new banners; your skills paid off!
Messing around with the CSS was really confusing to do for me too and I felt like an idiot failing several times when I was doing that until I just settled on Mandigo theme, a theme I’ve always wanted to use. Plus, Mandigo theme comes with a variety of easy-handled options.
I’ve been meaning to ask,
hope I don’t sound n00bish -___-;;, how do you actually install the smilies? Like, what plugin did you use in there or something. That’s one of the things that bother me in my blog; the lack of smilies. Hehe. xDOnce again, CONGRATS on the move and may more blessings come!
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Congradulations on getting your own server. ?????!
Lovin’ the new look. I love the background color of your blog. I’ve always been a fan of dark colors. I love the new banners(CCS banner is win!) and I especially love the smileys.
Please understand I have a big animated cute smiley love, so I may or may not spam my comments here with smileys. I get over it sooner or later.I hope you’ll be fully satisfied with this new look soon. It looks really nice. By the way, your piano playing is so pretty. It’s really calming. Way better than what I can do(but then again I can’t play an instrument to save my life).
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Congratz on moving~! Now you have more freedom in designing and customizing your blog. =3 The banners are so nice and pretty, which I have no idea how to make. ^^;
The piano piece was nice to listen to. I don’t care about the mistakes, I still think it’s pretty~~ ^o^ I just love piano music.
And the animated emoticons are adorable~~
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Yay for moving~!!! CHEERS! Looking forward to more of your here ^___^.
Choosing themes is quite a really hard task, eh? I agree >.<… I really have a huge problem as well choosing my theme but I ended up choosing a simple one. I love your theme btw ^^.
I lovelovelove the new banners!!! <33!!! Senjougahara is looking FIERCE! as ever in her banner~ The Umineko one was EPIC hun. I tell you! EPIC!!! I absolutely love that fanart to bits ^^. And of course, I love the Hetalia one as well. Everything works so well in that banner especially with the big font contrasting the pic, so cool 8D
CUSTOM SMILIES FTW! And yay because the onion smilies on my blog will have their best friends in here ^^. *introduces my onion smilies to your.. cute blobs of cuteness*
(Oh my god I love this smiley btw –>
) OMG JUST SO CUTE!!!! *strains self from smiley-spamming*
And damn, you’re good at piano! I really enjoyed listening to it ^^. I can’t even play any music instruments at all XD. Oh god, make me do anything except from anything music-related ‘coz I’m so horrible at it XD.
So yup~ Looking forward to more awesomeness from you in your new home ^^. KAMPAIII!!!
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kirapika: Thank you~
Yes, rotating banners are awesome. X) And thanks again!
CSS for blogs are so confusing
. But I love your theme, and that’s great it has theme options. I love theme options, it just makes things so much easier. But unfortunately this theme doesn’t have any. :(
Nah, you don’t sound noobish. I was really stuck on custom smileys as well. I had to try several different plugins until I final settled with the Smiley Themer toolbar (but looking at page sources helped too…xD).
Anyways, you have to also install the Smiley Themer if you install the toolbar. It’ll come with lots of smiley packs, but I honestly wanted them, well, custom. You can download packs and put them into folder where the rest of the smiley packs are, or make your own (well, I think you can download them, I’ve only tried making the pack myself). Little tutorial ahead~ I’ll try my best to explain how I did it…
First you’ll have to make a folder in your computer for the smiley pack. Put all of the images of the smileys that you want to use inside that folder (I downloaded them all from anikaos and put them in). Next, you’ll have to open either notepad, or whatever program you use to write .php files. I called the file package-config.php. For the actual code, it’ll be like this:
< ?php/*
* Package-Name:
* Package-URI:
* Package-Description:
* Package-Author:
* Package-Author-URI:
*/
$wp_smilies = array(
':smileycode:' => 'smileyfilename',
':write:' => 'Write.gif'
);
?>
You’ll have to make a new line for each smiley, and of course, replace the examples up above. The second one is actually an example of one one line on my code. Be careful though, you might already know this but file names are case sensitive. In the end you should have a long list of all of the smiley codes and files (you can look at the other smiley pack codes for more examples). Then once you’ve saved it, in your FTP manager, make a folder in the Smiley Themer folder for your pack. Inside, upload all of the images of the smileys and the .php file. Then it should be in your list of smiley packs in the Smiley Themer. Just check your smiley pack and it should be custom now. I hope that helps! If you have any questions about feel free to ask because I know I’m terrible at explaining things.
Rin: Thank you!
Hehe, dark colors are really cool, aren’t they? Thanks! Oh it’s okay, I absolutely adore smileys too. So as long as it isn’t, you know, outside of the reasonable amount of smileys (like, it takes up more than one line), feel free to use them. After all, that’s what they’re for!
Thank you~ :]
Azura: Thank you! That’s what makes me so happy about the move…the freedom~
And, thank you bunches! I’m glad the mistakes didn’t interfere too much for you. :]
kanzeon: Yay! *cheers back*
Thank you~ :]
It really is…x_x But it’s also so much fun for me! Haha, same here. I guess simple always works great! Thank you
Aww, thank you! That means so much coming from you~ Hitagi fierce-ness ftw! xD Haha, yes the fanart is awesome…now I just have to find credits. Dx
Ooh yes! Custom smileys ftw~ Lol yay for my smileys’ best buddies! The title for them according to the resource site is Pink Usagi, but I love cute blobs of cuteness so much more. xDD
Thank you!!~
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ARGH! I should have come to congratulate you first since I’m saying so many congratulations this week! Stupid school keeping me busy (yea, yea, always blame it on the school). Lol xDDDD
But yay! Congrats on a successful move! You definitely surprised me with the sudden announcement. Lol xD; & your blog looks great though I would like to see another background color but other than that, I like the theme you chose. hehe
And lucky you on finding a free host. ^^
Ah, and I’m jealous again that someone else can rotate their banners. That really makes me want to move, too, but I probably wouldn’t have too much time to make banners anyway. Phooey.
Anyways, onto the banners!
I like the brushes you used for the Sora no ManiMani one. It looks very nice. ^^
Ah, and I like how you used the dashed lines for the Bakemonogatari one. It’s simple, true, but it reminds me of the episodes with Mayoi, even though it doesn’t really pertain to Hitagi. Hope I didn’t spoil it or anything but if I didn’t, I think you know what I mean (coughshotsofthegroundcough).
The Kanon one isn’t too bad. I would like to see it bigger, though, cuz then you can get the full blast of her EVIL~ aura.
Oooo, I really like the vibrant, bright colors of the next Umi banner (I’m currently on that one right now, hehe). Nevermind if no one else cares about this anime, the animation is absolutely breath-taking and visuals hard to ignore. I’m glad someone else liked it enough to make a banner out of it. I would’ve but no time. Poo.
Ah, the YWGM one…I think I like this best out of all your current banners. Though I like them all because they’re all so awesome and pretty but this one, not only because I like the effort you put into it making it look so cool (blue matrix ftw~) but you really related with the character. Bravo. *clapsclaps* Awesome. ^^
OMG. YAY. You made a TYM banner. You earn my eternal love for the rest of the summer. *GLOMPS YOU* <3 …wait, that doesn’t make sense. xDDD;;;
As for the rest of them, kyaa, I love them all. That Umineko pic has got to be one of the best images for the series ever. Beato looks “Bwuahahaha!” awesome and omg, there’s Bern! 8DDD
And the Sakura one~ <3333
I love the clouds and the grass. Plus, two images of Sakura = automatic win. I like how it really works out with the rest of the banner. Her costume being blue to match the sky and you get to see Sakura in her casual outfit as well. Plus, daisies~ <3
Aaand, back to the blog. Self-hosting does sound tough but I’m sure you can do it. ^^ And if you need help with blog coding, you can always go the kokidokom forums since they have threads that help you with that stuff. At least that’s the place I would go to first since I don’t know much else. Or you can ask someone. It’s up to you (don’t ask me, I know nothing! xD; ).
lol, this is why I don’t want to move. Coding’s such a pain in the rear. :PToo bad about the characters but the font seems fine to me.
UWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! 8DDDDDDDDDDD
You played so beautifully! Omg, now I have to download this song and bring it to my piano teacher. But it was wonderful! I can’t really tell if there were any mistakes since the audio is so fuzzy but even so, they seemed very minor. Kaaahhh, I’m jealous. Should motivate myself to play like you. XD
& I’m glad the recital went well. ^^
Yea, um, I think that’s it. Sorry, I can’t really comment on the plug-ins and technical details since I suck at that stuff but again, congrats on the move and will be looking forward to your posts as always! ^^
Now where’s my Oreos. LOL xDDDXiao Jie´s last blog ..Where has Xiao been? 8(
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Congratulations on the new move! I really love how you put everything together in this theme. The banners are awesome and the blue tinting is a killer idea. I really liked the Sora no Manimani one (because Hime is there…goo Hime!) and the Gendai Mahou one for the lulz message on codes!
I have yet to hear your piano piece…but I’m at work as I’m writing this comment, so I’ll save that for later
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Now for your to-fix list.
1. Special characters
Everything seems to be fine at my end when I’m looking at my blog name. Then again, Exce7ion was used in place of the other one. So I’m going to type my blog name with special characters and see if you can read it.
?Xce7ion
2. Fonts
Go to your style.css and edit line number 1377 called font-family. Replace Tahoma with a font of your liking (Arial might look nice). Be sure to include the apostrophes
3. Search bar
I would need you to make the search bar visible so I can take a look at it.
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Just like XJ said, visit our forums at http://forums.kokidokom.net under the ‘How To’ section for everything else. >_<
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August 7th, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Oh damn…I see the question mark too. I suspect plugins…what are you using?
Sorry if I sound too intrusive.
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*late comment*
I didn’t even notice until the tweets… gah. I’m just not that good on noticing things lately… orz
Congrats on the new blog~!! :’DDDD
It feels good to move away from wordpress huh? Kinda weird at first, but it’s a good thing. ^___^
Looks like you’re doing good so far. And congrats on being able to pull this together by yourself. I got help with mine and.. trust me… it made me feel so guilty and depressed. =_=;;
Such a pretty blog so far~! I love your banners! Especially the Hetalia one… haha. XDDDD
C-custom smilies… lucky. I wish I could install custom smilies. But if it has to do with coding…. I’m out. Haha. orz||
The piggies~! They’re so cute though. Haha~ :DDDDD
Lea´s last blog ..Axis Powers Hetalia – Episode 27
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Lea Reply:
August 8th, 2009 at 9:16 AM
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T-they’re bunnies aren’t they? *fails at recognizing animals*
Sorry for the spam. orz||
Lea´s last blog ..Axis Powers Hetalia – Episode 27
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Xiao Jie: Haha, I blame school all the time too. xD But thank you! :] Oh, don’t worry, I’ll be changing the color every once in awhile. The background color was just so it could go with the Sora no Manimani banner.
Oh, thank you. ^^ Unfortunately I’m still trying to catch up with Bakemonogatari (like…wayyy catch up), but it’s okay, spoilers are fine with me. xD Cause I had no idea what you were talking about.
Yup, the colors are what I loved so much about the Umi Monogatari scan. It was so clear and vibrant and just pure love~ I agree though, the animation is just beautiful altogether. Really (about no one caring)? The first impressions post is like on of the most viewed posts for some reason. :/
Oh, I’m glad you liked the banners! That makes me very happy. :^_^: Haha, that’s why I loved the picture of Beato so much. Her awesomeness is shown so well there.
Thanks for the support~ I’ve been wanting the join the forums but I’m just too shy. xD But I’ll be sure to check it out for some tips and clues. I’m always too shy to ask someone directly besides my uncle; otherwise, if he doesn’t know, I use support forums. xDD
Awww, thank you! :yay: I apologize about the audio quality though.
I used my mp3 player’s mic so…yeah. 
But again, thank you! :] Hehe, here they are! *somehow gives Oreos across the internet*
7: Thanks! And thank you for noticing the to-fix list and helping out! For the special characters, I don’t think it’s a plugin problem because I put the blogroll in before I installed any plugins, but I’ll tell you anyways. XD
-Akismet
-Comment form quicktags
-Commentluv
-Live Comment Preview
-Simple Spoiler Enhanced
-Smart Youtube
-Smileys Themer
-Smileys Themer Toolbar
-WordPress.com stats
-WordPress Download Monitor
-WordPress Thread Comment
-WS Audio Player
(It looks like a lot now that I listed them…^^;;) And don’t worry, you don’t sound intrusive at all. I’m really appreciative and glad I’m able to get some help, actually.
Lea: Thank you! Lol, it’s alright. It’ll take time to get people to notice that BMC has moved anyways.
It feels good but a little scary, haha. Aw, well I got some help from my uncle.
But I get where you’re coming from. I probably don’t feel as guilty because he always helps out whether I’m willing to take it our not. But if it was from someone else besides him, I’d probably feel the same. But thanks (on everything else)!
Aww, if you’d like, when I have some downtime from blogging and school I could do the coding part of custom smileys for you. (Lol I just noticed we were talking about how it feels to get help and now I’m offering it. xD)
Yeah they are…but it’s okay! I would’ve thought they were pigs too because they were pink and have small ears.
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August 8th, 2009 at 11:00 PM
ZOMG..I am so sorry. I wasn’t thinking when I referred to a specific line (line 1337
)in your styles.css. But here’s what you have to do.
1. To change the font of your theme..
Go to your styles.css and look (CTRL+F) for this code…
.BlockContent-bodySeveral lines below it should be a code…
font-family: 'Tahoma';Change Tahoma to a font of your liking.
2. To restore order to your side bar, as well as your search bar..
Look for this code
.contentLayout .contentSeveral lines after it should be the following string of codes
position: relative;
margin:0;
padding:0;
border:0;
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
width: 79%;
Change the width from 79% to 60%.
In addition..search for this…
.contentLayout .sidebar1and change the following string below it…
position: relative;
margin:0;
padding:0;
border:0;
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
width: 20%;
…change width from 20% to 30%.
Doing so will reset your sidebar to original setting and make your search bar go back to the first line..but it would crop your Summer lineup image and overshoot your Twitter panel. You might even see your banners cropped.
This is because your theme was meant to be used for banners that are 992 px wide and sidebar images that are 169 px wide. So if anything, I would suggest you change your widths to these.
Hope this helps! I have yet to figure as to why your special characters don’t show.
7´s last blog ..Endless Eight – A Startling Revelation
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blossomgirl101 Reply:
August 8th, 2009 at 11:42 PM
:O Thank you so much 7! Now I’m so happy that I can change the font.
That helped a lot. And now I realized where I can change lots of other font options. Again, thank you very much! *bows a bunch of times*
For the sidebar, I really appreciate all of your help. But like you said, lots of things would be cut off, so that’s why I made the sidebar larger. So I don’t think I can risk resetting it again, unfortunately. And then I decided to go check out the official theme site, and I realized that it was originally on two lines. ._. So I guess that kind of solved itself? (But seriously, I’m extremely sorry about making you go through all of that trouble to explain, only to arrive to this…) It’s my fault for being dumb enough to just now look at the theme’s default template that had two lines. Dx
But thanks for helping so much already. :] I really appreciate it. ^^
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I meant 69%!! Gomen!
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