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title: ! 'Announcing: José Mota — New breakthrough.'
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Today I officially launch my blog revamp, after a series of hosting and domain issues. I decided to buy a new yet similar domain and host it in a trustful company.
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<h3>So what's new anyway?</h3>
<h4>New theme series</h4>
As you may recall, the previous series of theming were named after the purple gem, <em>Amethyst</em>. This time I baptize this series with a different gem color, namely <strong>Amber</strong>. I chose browns and yellows to resemble a different level of distinction and so I traded the mysterious nature of the purple for a more determined and sleeker brown & yellow mix. Personally I enjoyed the soft grunge touch to it, it really pushes it up a notch.
I also tried to emphasize the content in a way that's readable, simple and efficient. At least when I read a post, it makes me feel comfortable.
<h4>Back to Wordpress</h4>
Yes, you heard me: I ditched Drupal in favor of Wordpress. But then you ask:
<blockquote>Are you of your freaking mind? First you use Wordpress, then Drupal and now Wordpress back again??</blockquote>
<ol>
<li>Drupal was giving me a lotta headaches just for building a blog and a portfolio. If it were something bigger, then perhaps I'd consider Drupal instead.</li>
<li>I must admit: Wordpress' editor is the best one I've ever seen. The media section is built right in and the whole admin area is just so much more inviting.</li>
<li>Wordpress also includes import/export features, which Drupal doesn't yet. Well, at least not this good, all I did was import the XML file, plain paste of the wp-content folder, configure the plugins and that's it.</li>
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<h3>Well, anything else?</h3>
<ul>
<li>I'm considering the hypothesis of inviting people to guest post along.</li>
<li>A screencast series would be an interesting idea, most likely on Rails or application engineering, and in Portuguese — there are plenty of them in English already.</li>
</ul>
That's it for today. I hope that this installation stays put for a long long time. Give your feedback if you are so kind.
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