Sidepodcast

Near the end of last year we mentioned that we were busy learning the finer details about WordPress installations. We were doing this mostly so that we could build the theme Christine could only find in her head, but also because we wanted to extend the platform a bit further.

Today, we can announce the first of those extensions, the F1 Minute Player.

Sharing

You may remember a while back that we made F1 Minute available to any website wishing to use it.

Embedding “bytesize Formula 1 news”, involved copying and pasting a small block of code, which wasn’t particularly onerous, but now we’ve made it even more straightforward.

If you have WordPress installed it’s just a case of copying some files, before dragging the player into position on your page.

Plugging In

More information can be found in the the plugin directory, including detailed installation instructions, various configuration options and a couple of screenshots. There’s also further information on the F1 Minute site too.

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You may have noticed a new theme around these parts.

We’re working on upgrading everything about the show, and the site was the first step. I wanted things to be a bit more orderly, because I am a control freak, so I spent a while looking around for new themes. I say a while, I mean a few months.

The thing is, there are so many themes out there that have interesting ideas or good designs attached, but none of them quite do the job for me. I found a couple that were contenders, but there was always something irrefutably wrong with them that couldn’t really be fixed without major work.

The solution, it seemed, was to write our own Wordpress theme. So that’s what I’ve been doing over Christmas. Fun! This is my punishment for being a control freak.

Actually, it was interesting, and although I can’t claim to have done it all by myself, a lot of the CSS is written by my fair hands. So if you find anything irritating, I guess you should point your complaints at my good self.

Seriously though, it’s still a little baby theme, with tweaks happening all the time, but if you see something you think could be done a better way, or any constructive feedback you’d like to make, we’re open to any suggestions.

The quote button that was requested for the comments a couple of posts ago is now up and running, it has issues, but it works. We’re hoping to bring some more buttons to make commenting even easier.