“Dan’s gone light!”

If you haven’t noticed my site has dramatically transformed overnight to a “light” theme. The core of it is based off of IAMWW D2, which I had to heavily restructure and stylize to get what I wanted. Heavy props to the author because I was about to write my own sandbox theme with about the same layout and look. And even though I want to do a lot more here it is…

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I want to post a more in depth about why I went to a light theme later but (since I’ve already been e-mailed and asked why) the main reason was I’ve see high-contrast completely different when I’m on the web and I don’t want people to feel the same about mine–including myself–. I actually want to go more simplistic and over the next few weeks it will be toned down a little.

The problems/to-dos:

  • The sidebar widgets are registering on all pages regardless if it’s condition, so no matter if it says is_home it shows on every page. I think it’s a core theme issue.
  • The blockquotes style is making the site too green and if I’m going for more simplicity they don’t fit.
  • The header needs some imaging applied. Gradient fill at the top and a rounded nav is what I have planned.
  • I need to create new post tags, e.g. the alert and info tag. Stryker referred to them as glowing, this time they’ll be more subtle.
  • Comment threads need to be styled a little better.
  • Add some missing plugins.
  • RSS Titles are linking strangely. (May be a WP issue)
  • Post tags are nowhere to be seen.
  • Major CSS changes in Color and Style. I need less green and more brown.
  • page navagation on Pages

About the Author, Dan Cameron:

I'm the owner and solution engineer at Sprout Venture, a web solutions company that specializes in web development including WordPress.

I started my first blog in 2003 and transitioned to WordPress in 2004. Since moving to WordPress I've written a few plugins and themes for public consumption. Lately I'm busy engineering/building/coding and have only been able to share a few code snippets.

If you're in need of some web development, web design or custom WordPress plugins and/or themes contact me, I'll be happy to discuss it with you.

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  • nstryker
    coolness
  • I like the modification of IAMWW w2 DND. Nice way of integrating your Flickr photos.
  • Rhine
    My eyes! My beautiful eyes!
  • I like it.
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