New template: (to be determined) (beta)
New template: (to be determined) (beta)
Hey guys,
I have yet to decide on how to name this baby, and it's still in development, but I'm getting to the point where I need feedback, either disguised as compliments or critisism
This one picks up some ideas I came up with while developing the (now cancelled) default template with Carl - basically, it's more or less my variation of it with a new, also tableless layout. It also has some nice features for s9y > v1.1, but since my blog is still powered by 1.0.4, those will remain hidden until release
See my blog for a demo, see roberts blog for one of the colorsets. Want to have a peak at the code or try it out (remember, it's beta!)? Get the zipped template.
It has 2 more colorsets, one called "The Matrix", which is of course patterned after the movie, and one called "Pirates!" with a jolly roger header and a tropical color scheme. Feedback on those by people already using v1.1 would be awesome, I'm not really sure about the colors ...
This should work in any popular newer browser, robert has done some testing for me. However, feedback on that is always welcome I'll see if I can manage to upload some screenshots tomorrow.
YL
I have yet to decide on how to name this baby, and it's still in development, but I'm getting to the point where I need feedback, either disguised as compliments or critisism
This one picks up some ideas I came up with while developing the (now cancelled) default template with Carl - basically, it's more or less my variation of it with a new, also tableless layout. It also has some nice features for s9y > v1.1, but since my blog is still powered by 1.0.4, those will remain hidden until release
See my blog for a demo, see roberts blog for one of the colorsets. Want to have a peak at the code or try it out (remember, it's beta!)? Get the zipped template.
It has 2 more colorsets, one called "The Matrix", which is of course patterned after the movie, and one called "Pirates!" with a jolly roger header and a tropical color scheme. Feedback on those by people already using v1.1 would be awesome, I'm not really sure about the colors ...
This should work in any popular newer browser, robert has done some testing for me. However, feedback on that is always welcome I'll see if I can manage to upload some screenshots tomorrow.
YL
Some extra info before I go to sleep:
The theme configurator options are:
* 4 colorsets
* entry footer can either be a box below the entry (like in my blog) or splitted into two lines (like in roberts)
* coComment support (on/off)
* two boxes for counter code or additional footer text (both are inserted into the page footer)
* the patented new configurable navbar configuration (link, link text, number of links), code by Garvin
Screenshots of the other colorsets:
* The Matrix
* Pirates!
As I already said, this is a CSS-only layout. It can either have 3 columns (both sidebars can have different widths) or 2 columns (both sides possible), the width of each column is set in %, and the total width of the 2 or 3 columns can be limited easily. It has rounded corners and very cool blockquotes (thanks to the great Carl Galloway!), the forms (comment and contact) have some sort of hover-effect which I really like.
In terms of plugin support ... well, it should cover the most popular plugin, but of course those robert and I use in our blogs were sort of 'preferred'
YL
The theme configurator options are:
* 4 colorsets
* entry footer can either be a box below the entry (like in my blog) or splitted into two lines (like in roberts)
* coComment support (on/off)
* two boxes for counter code or additional footer text (both are inserted into the page footer)
* the patented new configurable navbar configuration (link, link text, number of links), code by Garvin
Screenshots of the other colorsets:
* The Matrix
* Pirates!
As I already said, this is a CSS-only layout. It can either have 3 columns (both sidebars can have different widths) or 2 columns (both sides possible), the width of each column is set in %, and the total width of the 2 or 3 columns can be limited easily. It has rounded corners and very cool blockquotes (thanks to the great Carl Galloway!), the forms (comment and contact) have some sort of hover-effect which I really like.
In terms of plugin support ... well, it should cover the most popular plugin, but of course those robert and I use in our blogs were sort of 'preferred'
YL
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I should probably add that changing the header and the background-color for the body requires to edit the images which create the rounded corners. It might look like the rounded corners are done via the header image, but that's not the case. See the image folder, there's 4 sets of images called *-rounded_*.gif - those are 'layered' over the actual header image. That way, the rounded corners can be switched off via css pretty easily (someone told me yesterday rounded corners are 'out' - what a shock! ).Col. Kurtz wrote:Gotta say: I like it a lot! I might use one of the styles for a website, I just need to modify the header I guess.
Sure, here you go: http://www.yellowled.de/tmp/3-column.jpgCol. Kurtz wrote:Can you make a screenshot with a 3 column style?
YL
I'm still mulling over some things, got some stuff to cover for robert's blog, and want to/have to write some documentation for this (plus, there's this name thing ). The basic stuff has been in my drawer for quite some time, the new layout concept seems to be amazingly free of browser issues (keep your fingers crossed!), so the big part is already done. However, I don't want to rush this, so maybe it will take another week or so until it's ready for releasecarl_galloway wrote:Good work, I can't wait to see this in Spartacus when you're finished
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Yeah thanks for the info. But I wouldn't mind loosing the round corners, as I don't mind keeping them....YellowLed wrote: I should probably add that changing the header and the background-color for the body requires to edit the images which create the rounded corners. It might look like the rounded corners are done via the header image, but that's not the case. See the image folder, there's 4 sets of images called *-rounded_*.gif - those are 'layered' over the actual header image. That way, the rounded corners can be switched off via css pretty easily (someone told me yesterday rounded corners are 'out' - what a shock! ).
Why don't you just call it Robert?
Marc
Erm ... because it started as a new template for my blog and I'm not RobertCol. Kurtz wrote:Why don't you just call it Robert?
It started as 'YL 2.0', which was primarily because the original template was based on various colorsets taken from 'Web 2.0' sites (for example it had a flickr colorset), but that original template was planned as some sort of illustration of what would have been possible with the cancelled new default template (which is now on spartacus as 'one true layout', but unfortunately it has some browser compatitbility issues).
Anyway, that name thing isn't that important. I'll probably just call it 'YL 1.5' or something like that
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Folks, I just now uploaded a new beta (Zipfile). This is a cleaned-up version with minor fixes, but it's a smaller zipfile, so if you don't have it already, use this one to save some bandwidth if you want to (Gee, I'm rambling.)
Also, this now supports the bookmarks plugin by Falk Döhring. I have little use for this plugin at the moment, but Robert uses it, so the template supports it
I'd also like to point out that I really appreciate Falk's effort with his templates (I've seen bookmarks and faq so far) from a template author's point of view because both templates have .tpl files which - in my humble opinion - makes it so much easier to integrate those plugins well. Very nice, I'd love to see more templates like those
YL
Also, this now supports the bookmarks plugin by Falk Döhring. I have little use for this plugin at the moment, but Robert uses it, so the template supports it
I'd also like to point out that I really appreciate Falk's effort with his templates (I've seen bookmarks and faq so far) from a template author's point of view because both templates have .tpl files which - in my humble opinion - makes it so much easier to integrate those plugins well. Very nice, I'd love to see more templates like those
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I think you will find that a lot of the "external page" templates support this already. At least, Static page should (at least for search), as should Contact form, and User Gallery.YellowLed wrote:Very nice, I'd love to see more templates like those
If you come across any external page templates that you want converted, feel free to post them in the plugins forum.
Matthew (Feeling generous?)
Thanks for reading my blogCol. Kurtz wrote:OK I read the part on Roberts blog wrong. You can still call it Mathias then....YL 1.5 is also fine!YellowLed wrote: Erm ... because it started as a new template for my blog and I'm not Robert
For clarification. The Theme ist from yellowled. Only one of the colorsets is especially done for me (but it is also free). So the colorset is called "Robert" - I´m proud of having a colorset which is called by me
What I meant was of course 'more plugins like that'YellowLed wrote:Very nice, I'd love to see more templates like those
My point is that I - personally - don't use most of those plugins. I use contact form (and I know it's .tpl file quite well), and I have static page installed but barely use it. I just wanted to point out how nice and easy it was to insert Falk's plugins into the stylesheet because of the .tpl filesmgroeninger wrote:I think you will find that a lot of the "external page" templates support this already. At least, Static page should (at least for search), as should Contact form, and User Gallery.
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I'm glad it makes it easier! I'd love to see you fiddle with the User Gallery plugin, because I think there are a bunch of fun things you could do with it (especially now that it can be the front page)...
And have you seen the new dynamic Contact Form settings and the tpl it uses? I think it is pretty fun...
Sorry to hijack the thread... I just don't follow the themes section very often, so I'm not sure how much template designers know about the plugins I work on...
And have you seen the new dynamic Contact Form settings and the tpl it uses? I think it is pretty fun...
Sorry to hijack the thread... I just don't follow the themes section very often, so I'm not sure how much template designers know about the plugins I work on...
Matthew (Feeling generous?)