Archive for the 'design' Category

the united colours of smackfoo

After some careful consideration, it was time to jettison the previous design, in favour of something far more simple, clear and uncluttered.

smackfoo_pixelised_insanity

If the design looks familiar, it’s probably because I covet John Gruber’s daring fireball and have been strongly influenced by his aesthetically pleasing approach.

broadleaf <3 wordpress 2.1

On the subject of updates - just a quick note to indicated broadleaf has undergone a minor revision and is now both 2.0.x and 2.1.x compatible. Twice the leafy love, half the fat.

revisionism of a theme

Smithers.. release the hounds!
My experience post creation and releasing a
certain theme goes a little something like this:

broadleaf is released.. time passes..
broadleaf is poked and prodded by quite a few folks.. time passes..
a bunch of issues are discovered and fixed.. time passes.
I read Lorelle’s
reminder on the joys of
oversized element content.. time pas.. oh […]

Broadleaf showcase

After a few months of
broadleaf released unharmed and unhindered in the wild, it’s amazing to see what folks have done with it. At last count the theme has had in excess of 3800 downloads between this site and the
broadleaf themes.wordpress.net entry.
With the knowledge that broadleaf has had some time out in the community, […]

love green - get broad leaf

After many many hours and numerous cups of coffee - broad leaf has just been
released as a public beta.

There’s a lot of work poured into this puppy, with some nifty features, such as:

A choice between wide (defualt) layout or narrow with asides
Built in support for tags, via the excellent
Ultimate Tag Warrior
Simple configuration through […]