(Finally) rid of that ugly theme
I've hated my personal site's theme for a couple of years now. Cleaning it up has been sitting a few items down on my todo list for a long time, and I finally decided to stop waiting for a good time and just move it up the stack this week.
I tried out a couple of starter Drupal themes (Ninesixty and Blueprint) but found them light on documentation and simply not as "complete" as my stand-by on nearly every site, Zen. I was adventurous and went for the 6.x-2.x-dev version of Zen, which has some really nice changes under the hood. The dev branch's documentation still needs some updating, but my familiarity with the theme helped me quickly overcome any issues I encountered.
My main goal with the new theme was to get a more clean, readable, and more timeless look. I essentially don't want to have to update my site's theme anymore... at least, not unless one of my far-more-talented-than-me graphic designer friends want to help me out with it. *wink-wink* *nudge-nudge*
I'll be going through old posts and cleaning them up as-needed to make everything fit within the new size restrictions, but that may take a few days.
Comments
Love the new look!
Nice work, simple and clean.
Question: does header image have some meaning, or it's just nice image?
Thanks! The header image doesn't really have any deep meaning, but it is a picture I've always loved of my dog running through a field in Flagstaff, Arizona - where I used to live.
Big difference...Keep up the good work.
kate,
Web Design Company
love the new theme, i think it is sharp and compact, with good usability.
This theme is nice. Clean, professional, loads fast, and easy to read. That's a nice picture of your dog, captured while running.
Aaron from Internet Business
You know what, you've made the right choice :) This theme is definitely better than the previous one. You've got a beautiful dog by the way :D Colon Cleansing Phil
This theme is much better. Cleaner with a much more simple look. And the dog is pretty sweet as well.
Much better theme you're rocking now. I like the white sidebars instead of that topey, mustard looking color. This look is much cleaner.
I agree with housing grants. The new sidebars are a little more typical, in terms of their use on popular websites, but I like it a lot. I can't stand when sites make use of the sidebars for advertising purposes and use a bunch of flashy artwork and such. Things don't have to be so flashy just because original web design is now typically viewed as stale.
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