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I finally got around to editing and looking at the code for WordPress. I like seeing all these technologies weaving in and out of one another like something that has evolved rather than something that has been planned. The internet was very much evolved rather than planned and it’s still evolving, which is why I like it.

Things I edited:

• I changed the title tags to display the article title first, rather than the blog name, for better SEO on the topics.
• I removed all the images and shrunk the header section to increase the screen real estate (I hate huge headers, especially on blogs. People read your blog for the text not some huge half-screen header). I plan on doing more customization to the layout and colors; this was just a start.
• I tweaked the spacing a little in the CSS with the help of the Firefox web developer’s toolbar. CSS layout was always a little abstract for me to comprehend, but I discovered the Outline Current Element Option on the toolbar which is amazing. It, well, it outlines the current element and the shows the DOM path in the status bar letting you easily figure out what you need to change.