A New Theme at Last

Finally, I just made myself a theme from scratch :D and have recovered from the headache caused by some typographical error in my CSS code. The theme that I have created has a table-less layout. I’ve tested it in both Firefox and Internet Explorer 6 and it works pretty good in both browsers. I’ve added new plugins like the Flickr RSS plugin, the Show Top Commentators plugin and the Get Recent Comments plugin. I’ve also made some changes with how my Bidvertiser ads show. It seems that it has been the cause of why my page takes too long to load as what Fendi have commented.

I was even thinking of making it widgets-ready so that I could have others download the template and easily customize it. I guess I’ll just make a two-column, widgets-ready theme in the future. :D

Any comments on my new theme?

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14 Responses to A New Theme at Last

  1. Well, I like it. It’s clean-looking, nice selection of colours (minimal) and definitely much faster now. Yes, I do agree with Fendi… it used to load a bit slow before. Plus, good integration of your ad $$$ stuff (which can sometimes be really intrusive-in-your-face on other blogs).

    The footer area is nice too – populated with the necessary shizzle (top gabbers, recent comments, Flickr, MyBlogLog) without overdosing on gizmo-crack (unlike moi, who obviously doesn’t know how to practice restraint on plugin-sidebar-heroin, HAHAHA).

    Mmmm, mmm, good and tasty with a side of fries.

  2. I’m glad you liked it :D
    yeah I really do not want to put something that is unnecessary.
    you should practice some restraint on the sidebar thing
    it’s just a little bit of coding :D

  3. Hey cool! It’s all organized and stuff. I really like it. Not as cluttered. Good job!

  4. Clean cut! I like the Flickr below..it’s really sweet..

    Kiss
    Fendi

  5. Hi Brian, yeah I wanted to make a theme like this a long time ago but I really didn’t have the time :D

    Hi Fendi
    Yeah the Flickr
    I love that plugin hehe :D

  6. Nice them Karla! Hope I can finish the theme I’m working on as well.

    Go, submit it at WordPress.org!

  7. Hi arnold :D

    Yes I’ll be submitting a theme soon to WordPress.org haha :D
    one of the Link bait tactics hehehe :D

  8. I like your theme actually. When are you going to make it available for public consumption? Hehe :-)

  9. Hi Tess :)

    I’ll make a two-column theme with a footer like this in my blog :)
    I’ll go experiment with different color schemes and make it available for public consumption :D

  10. Looks clean. One minor nag: the comments fall off the container with the white background. *shrugs* (Haven’t looked at the source, but a quick adjustment in the div placement, perhaps?)

    Also, I don’t know if it’s just my quirky browser (FF, in single window mode) but whenever I click on continue reading, it opens up a new tab.

    Great theme, though. :)

  11. Hi Ian,
    The comments fall off the container?
    I’m using Firefox and it works fine with it. As well as in IE.
    Maybe your settings in Firefox is to open the link in a new tab :D

    thanks :D

  12. Got it. Heh. My proxy’s cutting off some pages, which aren’t downloading completely. Must be the Flickr photos at the footer.

  13. haha so that’s the reason :p

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