Presenting GenSantos.Com’s new magazine theme: Bariles 1.0
Finally, it’s out! My new theme, that is.
After months of looking for the right person who could help me out in my quest for the suitable “magazine theme” I have long been craving for, one of Davao’s The Usual Suspects, a young engineer by the name of Winston Almendras, finally agreed to do it for me.
As you well know, I created this blog by focusing it solely on my hometown, General Santos City, hoping to create its own niche among my townmates who have moved elsewhere and needed to be updated on matters pertaining to their beloved hometown or for people who need more than the usual “news” about the Tuna Capital.
Since I started in November 2007, I have written over 160 posts already, each peppered with pictures to make them more reader-friendly. From my research, I realized that a magazine-theme would best suit this type of blog, creating a balance between function (provide info) and aesthetics (pictures as eye-candy).
It was not difficult to convince Winston to come up with my dream theme for me considering that he is currently busy reviewing for his board exams in Cebu. The catch was in telling him to work on his own sweet time and not rush anything.
Thus, what you are seeing now, this fruit of his labor is Wordpress Theme Bariles 1.0, which Winston based on the Arthemia theme. It is still 90% of the final design because of some adjustments he has to make based on my additional requests, very minor actually.
One major change though is to highlight GenSantos.Com as the title of the blog, putting less emphasis on Bariles Republic which will now be the Corporate Owner Name (hehehe). I have lots of plans for BR hoping to lend it to two or more blogs in the future.
So there you have it, my dear readers, my new magazine theme, Bariles 1.0. Bear with me as this is still a work in progress. Rest assured, it is the same GenSan Blog you have known plus a bit more.
Of course, it will still surely serve its purpose as AN IDIOT’S GUIDE TO GENERAL SANTOS CITY. 
Winston, what more can I say? Daghang salamat gyud. You exceeded all my expectations!!!!
Thanks too to Ayel Lalisan who first designed a header for me when I was just starting out and Dennis Paul Custorio who followed it up with a much complicated kaleidescope of my photos in the header, and finally to Brother Vince Celeste, FMS for being my teacher all throughout my initial fascination with Wordpress.
Hey! I was featured at the Mindanao Bloggers homepage by Davao’s blog guru Blogie Robillo immediately after the Bariles 1.0 Theme came out. Read all about it by CLICKING HERE.
Thanks IDOL!!!!
Related posts:
- Bariles inside Cebu Pacific’s SMILE Magazine
- Bariles Republic’s Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs for 2008
- Congrats to the winners of Bariles Republic’s Blogoversary Contest
- Happy 1st Blogoversary, Bariles Republic!
- Bariles Republic votes for Batang Yagit at the Philippine Blog Awards
This blog post must be worth at least a cup of cappuccino or a bottle of beer. Buy Bariles one now!
Bariles is Tagalog word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
Ayel Says:
Wow! Very nice! Ang galing!
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 9:02 AM
bariles Says:
@Ayel, thanks a lot! You were instrumental to how this looks like now.
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 2:51 PM
meg Says:
Hi Avel,
finally a realization of your dreams is here…
congratulations and keep up the good work of providing a better avenue of information for the people who truly loves gensan..
god bless you in your noteworthy endeavors.
te meg…
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 3:30 PM
gensanite Says:
nice “image”, KUYA AVEL… your site’s “facelift” is great!!!
keep on, keeping on…
cheers!!!
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 5:12 PM
bariles Says:
@hi councilor megz!
yea, been dreaming about this a long time, hehehe! You should also come up with your own blog someday. Don’t worry, will help you out.
thanks for subscribing councilor!
and may God bless you too.
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 5:36 PM
bariles Says:
@gensanite! thanks again. hey, have we met before?
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 5:37 PM
gensanite Says:
yup… we were colleagues back then…
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 8:29 PM
flashyjames Says:
Hi bariles…
pde malaman kng gagana ang isang blog kapag mag built in na .swf sa header??? curious lng /Mr. author…Nice Job…
flashyjamess last blog post..My Official Entry ABC-CBNKapamilya T-Shirt Design Contest
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 8:54 PM
flashyjames Says:
More power…
flashyjamess last blog post..My Official Entry ABC-CBNKapamilya T-Shirt Design Contest
Posted on July 9th, 2008 at 8:55 PM
george Says:
WELL DONE AVEL ON YOUR NEW SITE IT WAS TASTEFULLY CREATED!!SEE YOU NEXT YEAR (END OF JULY)
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 4:42 AM
Jinky Says:
good morning sir avel!
I like the new look of your site. Malamig sa mata rather hindi siya complicated katulad ng ibang website. . .
By d way, I’ve got a friend na lumad sa gensan then eventually nag teach sa Texas. Then, bag-o lang jud he was adjudged as Teacher of the Year didto, ang galing talaga ng Pinoy, taga Gensan pa jud. Besting other teachers na lain lain ang nationality.
Pwede mo kaya siya ma feature dito sa website mo? Am sure his story will ispire a lot of our fellow generals!
Thank you and have a stress free day ahead!
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 11:17 AM
bariles Says:
@gensanite, really? email mo nga ako privately. Don’t keep me in suspense. Hahaha!
@flashyjames, I forwarded your query to my designer. He has yet to get back to me. Hehehe!
Thanks for appreciating this new look. 
@Georgie Boy! Thank you and to your family there in the United Kingdom. Looking forward to a night of light beer and heavy story-telling with you soon!
@Jinky, hello! I would be glad to feature your friend here. Will email you privately. Thanks also for the kind words. Regards to Doris. Invite mo sya rito one time.
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 11:34 AM
gensanite Says:
hello TUNA MAN…
intriguing diba?
will do…
God bless…
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 6:13 PM
lovelylovely Says:
http://datelinedavao.blogspot.com/ says: nice color and over-design. more professional shoudl i say? by the way advertisement naman konti dyan—who’s your site host?any pros and cons? thanks
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 6:17 PM
orman Says:
maganda! magaling! pero dapat lakihan mo ang word na BARILES REPUBLIC dahil dyan naman unang nakilala ang blog mo. secondary lang dapat ang gensantos.com. but in fairness, over-all, sosyalan ang dating. pakilala mo naman ako ke winston almendras. pogi ba yan? char!
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 9:28 PM
bariles Says:
@lovely, hello! Site host is Bigsky Media. They’re okey. I haven’t tried anybody else so I can’t compare their performance with others. Lately though, I get a lot of Internal Error Messages.
Posted on July 10th, 2008 at 9:34 PM
Hecky Says:
manoy Avel.. congrats sa bag-o nga theme
daw kanami na gid lantawon…. COOL nice fonts and color mix
noy, magazine gid nga layout ang bagay sa imo nga journal
san-o ta mag-celebrate sini?
keep moving… Manoy Avel
Heckys last blog post..Proutists reunion with Dadaji
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 12:28 AM
dimaks Says:
i like this theme better than the previous one. great face lift
by the way, sir did you receive my email the past days concerning a blog post project? 
dimakss last blog post..Comment spam – A brief statistics
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 6:39 AM
Mhiver Jay Says:
Great job! Keep it up. Thanks for informing us!
Mhiver Jay V. Dayupay
Admissions Officer
ACLC College of Gensan
5521311
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 9:47 AM
gensanite Says:
MHIVs… wala na ka sa radio/broadcasting?
Posted on July 11th, 2008 at 5:52 PM
rey cartojano Says:
avel, maya requested me to check your site, its good that you are doing gensan a lot of favor with your site’s very informative articles. ACLC is having incubation R & D work in different IT fields including web development and design through our skeptron business solutions, we hope we can collaborate and help each other in improving the presence of gensan in the world wide web. we are experimenting with a trading portal http://www.gensanexchange.com (which is still in its infancy…) that will generate trading leads for buyers and sellers using existing web-based systems and technology, especially locally produced products to be marketed globally…
again, cheers to you for an extremely well executed site!!!!
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 4:06 PM
bariles Says:
@Mhiver Jay, no problem! The pleasure is mine. Check back often. Thanks a lot.
@Gensanite, you know Mhiver Jay? Small world, huh?
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 6:48 PM
bariles Says:
@Rey, hello! What a pleasant surprise! Thank you for your kind words. Who else could do these things for our beloved city but we natives ourselves. I was looking far and wide for a blog like this which I felt could help in informing people that there’s more to it in Gensan and its environs than the usual negative media soundbites.
Judging from the tens of positive comments I get here (including yours), I must really be moving in the right direction. Am honored and thankful that most of my kababayans appreciate what this blog is all about and what it stands for.
And yes, I will post a feature about ACLC and the trading portal you mentioned one of these days.
Promise.
You’re also doing extremely well in that field since I get to see your school’s presence in a lot of city events lately.
Daghang salamat Rey and say hello to Maya for me!
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 6:57 PM
Kimberly Says:
Wow! I’m happy for you Kuya Avel!
You’ve achieved your dreams!
Iba na talaga ang level mo! hehehe!
Great new look! Nice! Sosi and dating!
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Kimberly Says:
Sosi ang dating! Vongga ka ‘day!
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 8:00 PM
Rey Says:
Hi Avel,
I like your new blog format. I want to meet the engineer that fixed it. I want him to develop my website too. Thanks a lot.
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 8:59 PM
bariles Says:
@Rey, hi! Thank’s a lot. This is the product of months of research and experiments which came into fruition because of Winston. He is actually a Davaoeño who is now in Cebu reviewing for his board exams.
I will inform him of your request, give your cp # and maybe, you can start from there.
Good luck rey! And subscribe to my posts, if you can. Orman will teach you how.
Ayo-ayo!
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 9:06 PM
bariles Says:
@Kimberly, hi! Finally, you’re back! Hehehe! Been waiting for you to write down you comments here again!
Terimah kaseh for liking this new theme. Been wanting to have one like this for a long time. Now I can put in a lot of articles here without worrying on what to do with the older ones.
With this new design, I can rehash old posts and give them “second lives” for newer readers to enjoy.
Thanks for being a subsriber all these times. Mwah!
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 9:10 PM
bariles Says:
@Hecky! Hehehe! Wait for my text for the blowout! Hehehe! I am glad you like this new theme. It’s really made for my kind of journal. Thanks. And thank you also for providing the theme for our MBS 2.
More on that very soon!
Kita kits manoy!
@Dimaks, I haven’t received your email yet regarding the blogpost project. Can you send it again?
Posted on July 12th, 2008 at 9:14 PM
dimaks Says:
what email should i use?
dimakss last blog post..TinyURL unbanned from Windows Live Messenger
Posted on July 13th, 2008 at 8:57 PM
gensanite Says:
hello, TUNA MAN…
yup… i know MHIVER… we used to work before in the same radio station before… is he still in broadcasting though?
Posted on July 14th, 2008 at 10:22 AM
bariles Says:
@Dimaks, you may write your note on the CONTACT BARILES PAGE below the header. Thanks.
@Gensanite, I haven’t met him, sorry. I used to work for Nation Broadcasting Corp before… Anna@Rhythms 97.5, as Marketing Manager. Small world ha?
Posted on July 17th, 2008 at 8:37 AM
michael Says:
great site…
Posted on July 29th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
Th3a Says:
Nice! A little more highlight sa Bariles Repblic. I just happen to drop by this site because of that catchy name. And besides Gen.San. was know for it’s bariles…blog or tuna! Hehehe!
If I may suggest at the bottom right corner of the header it should say something like “brought to you by Bariles Republic” instead of that teeny-weeny yellow stripe.
You should get the credit for this Bariles! Keep blogging!
Posted on August 11th, 2008 at 9:41 AM