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CSS Reboot

I’ve been quiet this week, but I have a good reason - I’ve been making a new theme for Webgazette.co.uk .

There are still one or two minor problems, and a few cross browser display problems but generally it’s good enough to use. As you can see the theme is similar to the Chameleon theme in that it has the double sidebar on the right but it is now fixed width and has rounded corners.

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I’ve still got more to do as I am planning to reorganise categories and pages and replace all the images. I shall probably do this bit by bit as there is no rush.

Please consider leaving me a comment and telling me what you think to the new theme.

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 20th, 2007 at 5:57 pm and is filed under Site News, WordPress Themes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

5 Responses to “CSS Reboot”

  1. seanrox Says:
    January 21st, 2007 at 3:53 am

    I really like this theme. Excellent job. I think this is the best one yet, so hopefully you’ll keep it around a while.

    I’ve noticed a few browser bugs but as mentioned, you’re working on it.

    If you need some feedback on how it responds in different browsers, let me know.

    Keep up the great work!

  2. Aaron Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 1:02 am

    Awesome theme! Always great work from you :)

  3. Shane Says:
    January 22nd, 2007 at 1:57 am

    Hello,

    I am a frequent visitor of your site. I really like your new theme! I have noticed no bugs.

    Again, Beautiful Design!

  4. Ian Says:
    February 1st, 2007 at 6:25 pm

    I still browse with my screen set to 800 by 600 as this typically gives me font sizes I can read easily on the 17in monitors I have at both home and work. So I didn’t notice it had a third column at all till I just read your post - which mentions “double side bar on the right”.

    I think this is because it cuts off very neatly after the column containing your categories and archives. Whether this is a problem depends how many other people there are browsing at 800 by 600, but if there are many they too may be missing content.

    Obviously this is a risk you take with fixed width. Maybe a simple graphic indicator such as >> at top or bottom to indicate >> more stuff thisaway >> would get over it.

    BTW the charity I work for is using your excellent three-column Chameleon Wordpress theme, which works very well for 800 and even better at wider settings. Thanks!

  5. Ainslie Says:
    February 1st, 2007 at 6:43 pm

    Hi Ian,

    Thanks, that’s a good observation. I intended it to cut off neatly but hadn’t considered if it was that neat that you may miss the far right content.

    That’s not too big a problem though because less than 3% of visitors use 800×600 resolution and the content in the far right is not exactly prime content, if you see what I mean :-)