I refrain from putting my address and active phone number there, for obvious reasons. Instead, I use my Skype number, hence the strange country code. I may probably make a separate Contact page with active direct email submission just like in version 2.0. However, the hCard still serve its purpose to embed my contact info in all the pages within version 3.0.

I’ve wrote about Wordpress when I started version 3.0, so I won’t put too much writing in this post. As my Blogspot was made over recently, courtesy of Blogger’s new template collection, I’ve reaffirmed its continuation. Overlapping will inevitably occur in the future, but a series of measures are already taken such as counter-linking, twitter-feedburner updating, and single-day posting (for future archival, publication, and merger purposes).

Hopefully, those will help to anticipate future problems.

Hence, the idea for putting on of what would become a side billboard. I put f0101’s prepackaged Ads widget on the side bar. Currently, it just show you WooTheme’s advert, but I’ll use some other services in addition to it. While the WooTheme ads is static, I think WooTheme has been satisfactory until this time, so I don’t mind placing static advert there. If you think you can use WooTheme’s service, please get it through the links here on version 3.0. You’ll get great templates and I’ll share your happiness as well.. hee.. hee..

Furthermore, as version 3.0 continues to develop and resemble my Blogspot, there will be more overlapping categories such as Personal, Pop Culture, and Techie — all of which I have posted writings for them until today.

On version 2.0, the concept for Social Media links was to put them all in one separate page. While it’s still possible to do it on version 3.0, I think a widget in footer (or sidebar) area can come handy. For one thing, it’ll show up in every pages on the web site, hence driving up traffic and improving retention (so the theory goes). Plus, the customized button design is so neat.

Sure thing there will be several links down there, but I’ll start with my Flickr. Flickr is a photo-sharing site similar to Google’s own Picasa. I have joined Flickr since 2004, but until now have only uploaded 3 photos. I have lots of photos, mind you, as my former colleagues can attest. It’s just that photo capturing and photo uploading are two different interests I guess, requiring similar level of enthusiasm to make Flickr works. Well, let’s hope it’ll change, or will it?

The logo that I used is part of graphic-objects I downloaded online when I was looking for a logo for my private venture. It was a paid download and I received 16 objects. I used one for my company’s logo, so I thought why not use one of the other 15 for my personal site logo since I paid for them already? Beside, by using a similar style logo as my company, it should provide identity connection between both sites.

As for the font, I couldn’t resist finding a new font for the site, there are so many of them online. I used Ray Larabie’s fonts for version 2.0, and even downloaded several for version 3.0. I finally settled for a font named Olive Oil. I am not sure whether I’ve downloaded it from somewhere, but I found it while trying out the fonts on Microsoft Word.

Lastly, f0101 enables me to put a favicon directly from its user interface. I use the logo I put on the site and upload it on a favicon generator I used for version 2.0. And voila, it made not just one but TWO favicons for me (the other one being animated).

Combine all those things together, and I got myself an official version 3.0 “public face”.

As of now, I have added another page, Archives. I figure, might as well add one now before the website grow too big. Archives is where older posts are kept, and they listed based on its post time and categories. The theme allows for up to 30 latest posts with category and monthly archives available as well. To add better functionality to the primary navigation and Archives page, I’ve also added a Search widget. The Search widget is available pre-packaged with f0101 theme, and activation was a breeze. I put it right on top of the sidebar because it should be the first and easiest tool for a visitor to find his/her way around, after the primary navigation.

That’s part of the reason I continue writing these updates as I modify version 3.0 BETA, so at least there will be contents generated by my activities, if else. Also, by requiring myself to write for each changes, hopefully it will dissuade me from being trigger-happy with themes.

For version 3.0 BETA, I intend to use f0101 theme, made by the creative people of Woo Themes. I happen to think they provide the most bang for the buck for what I need: aesthetics, price, and friendly user-interface.

And the little brat did not even registered on Google Analytics! F*#k$%g robot!

Lucky for me, WordPress includes Akismet plugin inside its installation package. Akismet required API Keys for its activation. Lo and behold, I’ve already had one from my old Friendster blog. I’ve activated it and let’s see how many spam will get EATEN ALIVE!