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We’ve redesigned the site! again

March 18, 2007
By Cleverdude
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Just a quick post before I head to bed (it’s pretty late).

I spent about 5 hours tonight recoding Clever Dude into a new theme. The last theme (Dago Pakar) just had too many inconsistencies to make it easy to manage, and I was tired of fussing with the fonts.

I happened upon this new theme and was surprised I didn’t find it before. I barely had to change any colors (just threw in some green wherever you see it). I did have to do some heavy work to trim down the header and get the sidebars just right, but I’m quite pleased with it.

There are still a few things to be fixed, and if you happen upon something that doesn’t look quite right or doesn’t work, then please leave a comment (I get them right away).

Thanks, and enjoy!

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Mike founded CleverDude.com in June 2006 while working as a technical analyst in the Washington, D.C. area. A Penn State graduate, he built the site as a side project alongside a white-collar career that included earning a master’s degree and multiple promotions.

In five years he wrote nearly 1,300 articles on personal finance and life lessons drawn from his own experience. The blog grew from a hobby into a recognized early voice in the personal-finance community and generated meaningful revenue. He sold the site in 2010, continued as a guest contributor through 2015, and returned in 2023 after further career advances, paying off his home, and extensive travel.

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Comments

  1. Zr970 says

    March 18, 2007 at 2:17 am

    Looks much better! The only thing that caught my eye as odd, is where under the title there is a gray bar, which is fine, but the rounded footer to each post looks as though it belongs to the post below it, because of the way the gray work… I don’t know, could just be me over analyzing. Love the new layout rocks!

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  2. Clever Dude says

    March 18, 2007 at 7:49 am

    Thanks! I’ve removed the rounded corner image, but left the gray background. Let’s see how that works.

    I did remove the background entirely, but then it just looked like it was hanging out there.

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  3. Clever Dude says

    March 18, 2007 at 11:19 am

    Also turns out that Spam Karma 2 (SK2) and WP-Cache don’t play nice in wordpress 2.1, so I got a plugin from Priv to correct the problem.

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  4. Zr970 says

    March 18, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    Yes, much better without the rounded corner!
    Great job on the site – I’m still a bit young for a lot of this stuff to really apply / sink in for me (18… almost there, still parent supported, in college, switching jobs) but it’s all great to have in the back of my mind for the future, and its a mindset to get into early!

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  5. Anne says

    March 19, 2007 at 12:24 am

    Looks great. Which platform are you using?

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  6. Clever Dude says

    March 19, 2007 at 7:58 am

    Using a heavily modified wp-multiflex theme on WordPress 2.1

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  7. Anne says

    March 19, 2007 at 10:24 am

    Thanks Clever Dude!
    Got another question for ya, is the share button some sort of plug in? I haven’t seen it on anywhere else yet, it’s kinda neat. Gives the site much cleaner look without piling up all the bookmark buttons.

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  8. Clever Dude says

    March 19, 2007 at 10:34 am

    That’s the Share This plugin. It’s very easy to implement. You activate the plugin and it does the rest for you.

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  9. mapgirl says

    March 19, 2007 at 5:17 pm

    Looks good. Maybe I should finally abandon my custom theme. It causes me too many headaches.

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  10. Robert Irizarry says

    March 19, 2007 at 5:19 pm

    Good looking layout that’s easy on the eyes. I like it. Advertising is also nicely integrated. Congrats on the new look.

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  11. Anne says

    March 20, 2007 at 6:12 pm

    Too bad I am not using WP! And I am too afraid to switch now… after the failture of database restore…

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  12. Clever Dude says

    March 20, 2007 at 7:06 pm

    There’s actually some good tips on switching servers and site platforms at http://forums.moneyblognetwork.com. I recommend joining.

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