My Personal Online Portfolio
JamalahBryan.com (JB) was an expansion of the WordPress Maasahan theme created by Padd IT Solution. While most of the original layout was maintained I added a lot of new features to suit my needs along with the color change. The original theme used multiple CSS files to match layout, colours etc., but I prefer to have all my CSS in one stylesheet which is much easier for future editing and reduces loading time. Similar to my choice to combine the stylesheets I also changed the implementation of some features.
I added the ability for persons to log in to the website using their existing Facebook username and password or create a JB account if they feel the need to. I also expended the footer to be able to extend the blog features more. The footer now hosts the category links, archives etc. which is convenient than having a menu item for those. The reason is that the website has scope to be expanded to more than just a portfolio, it can be used to represent my virtual world and in order to facilitate this growth I needed to utilize as less menu space as possible 
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I also added a custom write panel for creating a portfolio item. It allows easier input of project details such as client, company and other useful project details.
Here are the original features of the theme followed by the extended version. You may need to browse both websites to understand the extent of the changes – or maybe they are evident enough.
Original Features:
- WordPress version 2.7 compatible
- Twitter Account Integration
- Built-in Page Navigation
- Featured Post Gallery
- Option Page for Easy Customization
- Feedburner Email Subscriber
- Popular Posts
- Tabbed Sidebar
- Automatic Thumbnail Resizer
- Adsense Ready
- Advertisement Blocks Ready
- Gravatar Enabled
Features added:
- Single CSS Stylesheet
- Facebook Login
- Extended Footer
- Custom Write Panel for Portfolio Item
