I’ve been battling with the previous theme, this_is for a few weeks now.
Due to a few design flaws it’s proving a challenge to get some of the content1 to display correctly. This comes down to a combination of limitations in the template structure I used and a small number of foibles in the 2.0.x wordpress family2.
I’m also more fond of the ’split’ layout option — that is, where the sidebar has migrated to the ‘bottom’ of pages.
Having cut my teeth converting a basic XHTML template into a wordpress theme, it’s time to up the anti and look at developing ‘the look’ from scratch.
In the mean time, a briefly tweaked3 version of 281 has been pressed into service. I really like the minimalist and clean design.
A few small updates to the core design here, a little prod there.. and it should do the job nicely.
After having far too many buttons, dials and sirens I really want to move back to basics — where content is the primary focus, with minimal, yet pleasant eye-candy acting as a background. It’s all to easy to lay on the Ajax, MooFX, images, etc and end up with sizeable bloat. :)
- .. particularly topic sensitive sidebar related data. (↩)
- .. specifically, is_page() detection flaws.. although there are others. (↩)
- .. more ‘tweak’ to come. (↩)
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Brendan Borlase is a Systems and Network Administrator living in Adelaide, Australia, having lived, worked and breathed Information Technology for over 12 years. Learn more.
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