New Theme
I’ve just uploaded a new theme to Blog Jones which I’ve entitled Ronin. I think it’s pretty. It’s definitely easier to read than Starry Night, but yet much more original-looking than the Wordpress Default theme.
Thanks to A List Apart for their article on CSS, which helped me figure out how to make it look right, and to Gary Jessey at Simply the Best Fonts for the Karate font I used in the header.
In other thematic news, I’ve removed the old Wordpress Classic theme; I’ll put it back if anybody protests, but I think it’s really ugly.
Let me know what you think of the new theme!
July 9th, 2005 at 2:41 pm
Looks good, just a few comments: the text in the comment section appears as Times New Roman, not the sans-serif font you use everywhere else. Also, you might want to consider making the brown header backgrounds quite a bit lighter or removing them completely. Though the black on white text is easier to read than Starry Night, the dark bars are very distracting and make it “hard to look at.” Consider this a bit of constructive criticism from a friendly web designer.
July 9th, 2005 at 2:42 pm
Another thing, I just noticed when I went to post that last comment: the preview function isn’t working with the new theme. It posts the comment instead of previewing.
July 9th, 2005 at 2:55 pm
Funny… it seems that the comment preview isn’t working *anywhere*…
July 9th, 2005 at 3:21 pm
OK, I figured it out. I had accidentally removed the preview code when I updated to the latest version of WordPress. It’s fixed now. I also fixed the comment formatting.
I’ll think about the header thing; I think it looks good, but my laptop’s LCD panel might be brighter than most monitors. If it looks too dark on other computers, I’ll lighten it up a bit.
July 10th, 2005 at 12:53 pm
The new style looks good. It looks a lot brighter and cleaner.