Blog copycat.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief June 14, 2005 · 1 min read

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Couldn’t believe someone would copy my blog just like that. Yeah, I did use the winning connections theme from Alex King’s WP Theme competition, but I certainly did a lot of personal customizations to it — the random headers, the css, the navigation boxes and some more tweaks here and there.

Anyone can use the connections theme since it’s free for all. What irks me is that one would go as far as copying my design customizations and not even asking me about it. (It’s a minor thing actually, but big things come from small beginnings. )The culprit knows what I mean; he even reads this blog and lifts an entry or two.

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flaterry, but in this case I highly doubt that.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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24 Comments

Rose · 20 years ago

The Internet has made plagiarism too easy. You can report web design ripps to invision-graphics.com. Sorry to hear your situation.

Paul Reid · 21 years ago

Hi,

I’d like to add a random header to our schools website. Can you give me a hint as to how to do this with the Connections theme. I can get the images sizes right but I’m not sure about the code.

mr nice ash · 21 years ago

you posted the image hacks master, so he did implement it. yeah. ;)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

At least they could have made justice to the “rip-off” by doing it right and making it worthy of a design. Damn, I can’t imagine how the hell they’d end up calling themselves designers and netrepreneurs. It’s not good for the one’s business if the very owners are known to be rippers. :D

Sassy · 21 years ago

I am reading, fleeb.

Tama, don’t mention the name, don’t put up links. Ano sya, swerte?

karla · 21 years ago

grabe naman yun yuga
papahunting na natin sa internet police
bwahahahaha

tobertsarcher · 21 years ago

me i would not copy……
i would have a way to find that person who made the site
i would consider talking to him or her
get insights or better yet magpaturo sa kanya di ba….
it is better to share ideas and thoughts and winning a friend kesa
maging copycat….
more power yuga…..
make the ilonggos proud!!!!!!!

kai · 21 years ago

dang copycats.

nice ash · 21 years ago

@fleeb, maybe you could ask me. :)

Fleeb · 21 years ago

@markku, i’ve been to the droors site and poor him, the contents of his comments section are all spam.

@retz, wehehehe it came into my mind but I thought it was connected with him (still I have no idea who is this copyrat is, I leave him be)

retzwerx · 21 years ago

@fleeb – ahaha, joke lang ^_^ xerox naisip ko ilagay, kaysa sa website addy nun, Xerox yata nagtratrabaho yun e (na-xerox yung website ni kuya yugs).

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

mr nice ash: you just got into their headlines. ;)

Fleeb · 21 years ago

@retz: xerox?

mr nice ash · 21 years ago

i had a clear idea that it wasnt me. i idolized yuga when comes to blogging. yeah. and ask a permission to use the same theme for my wp. then i turn back to ASP.

retzwerx · 21 years ago

Mukhang tama nga hinala ko, sapul na naman sa sinabi ni kuya yugs, nyahaha. Meron kanina link yun e, tapos ngayon wala na /gg
…gusto nyo bang malaman kung cno hinala ko?
click here :D

brianpog · 21 years ago

Ganyan talga pag sikat dami kumokopya , ano ba site nya ? Subukan natin ideface para masya , hehehe….

markku · 21 years ago

Upakan na natin! Hahaha, joke. ;) At least he learned his message quite fast. Good for him you weren’t in a fighting mood so badly that you’d describe his crime with details he could almost cry, like I did. ;)

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 21 years ago

It’s the small things that gave it away actually. Some of the usual graphic elements here were made by me from scratch, so if someone copied those graphic elements and use it on their site, it would be really obvious.

The owner was quick to respond to this entry and by this time has already changed the color elements of the WP theme. The paraphrased entry was also deleted confirming that the idea was indeed lifted from my blog. And not a single link back to me?

That in a sense has confirmed my allegations about this so-called web desginer. In any case, at least he got the message quite fast. :)

hoop · 21 years ago

You mean right down to the shoutboxes,plug-ins and actual color of the site???

Were the post entries paraphrased or lifted as is?

Fleeb · 21 years ago

Di ako dating rapper, dating frustrated poet hehehe. Di ako sure eh kung sya nga, ask Yuga na lang :)

retzwerx · 21 years ago

tsk tsk, pati web design pirated?
kung hindi ako nagkakamali nakita ko na yun.
@fleeb – dati kang rapper? hehe, korek na korek ang sampal mo, originality at creativity (whapak!!)
2 sa katangian na dapat taglayin ng isang web designer or blogger for that matter. w00t! sana iemail mo sakin ang site nya para maconfirm ko. nyahahaha.

Fleeb · 21 years ago

Maybe the guy needs attention. Poor him. I don’t know if he is the guy I have in mind (to confirm, I have to search for your lifted post first unless he already deleted it).

But I pity the guy for lack of originality and creativity, and as I said, maybe attention. He does not want to climb up the ladder, but instead fly on top of it by using someone;s copter (weee that rhymes hehehe).