Updated /tmp to have the kubrick template
/tmp has been updated to use the kubrick template. Main instructions to convert kubrick from Wordpress to MovableType comes from Jose Salazar.com. However, his instructions were not too complete and left some problems. I will list them in the next paragraph. But first, take a look at it: /tmp.
- There were only templates for some of the pages. Jose provided files for the main page and individual entries. So I was left to configure the rest of the pages on my own. For a large site such as this there are a lot more pages to change since it involves redefining the entire CSS and page template.
- His use of <? //Header ?> tags confused the php parser and cause the page not to display. It took some time to realize this. This would not be a problem if we are using .html extensions for the entries. Replacing those <? and > tags with <!-- and > rid me of the problem.
- There was no template for the search page. Fortunately, there were instructions on how to do this on the MovableType documentation: public search. There were more changes that had to be made because the search template resides under a .cgi file so any .php that might reside in Jose's original code had to be parsed.
- There were a lot of uncleaned code in the files that Jose provided. It will take me some time to clean them up.
Other than those quirks, the site looks fresher. I will change the default blue background to something more interesting in the future. However, I do not plan to change the template for this page unless I have a lot of time on my hands. Instead, I will continue to rely on the styles from movablestyle.com.
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