Comments on: I Need a New WordPress Theme http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/ Technology and more from the perspective of a Catholic teenager Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: New Theme! | John Lamansky http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-12239 New Theme! | John Lamansky Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:04:10 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-12239 [...] to this blog may have noticed, I have a new WordPress theme! I mentioned back in February that I needed a WordPress theme to replace Kubrick, and was planning to develop a theme on my [...] […] to this blog may have noticed, I have a new WordPress theme! I mentioned back in February that I needed a WordPress theme to replace Kubrick, and was planning to develop a theme on my […]

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-5094 Jeremy Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:52:39 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-5094 If you're going to code a theme from scratch, I'd highly recommend you using the <a href="http://www.plaintxt.org/themes/sandbox/" rel="nofollow">Sandbox</a> theme as a starting point, although it's entirely up to you. After my first encounter with it, I'm never going to write a WordPress theme that's not using Sandbox. It's really beautiful in the way that it has zillions of CSS selectors in the XHTML markup enabling you to do all sorts of crazy CSS stuff, including stuff you wouldn't in your wildest dreams imagine doing on Internet Explorer. ;) Sandbox is a <a href="http://automattic.com/code/widgets/" rel="nofollow">widgets-friendly</a> theme. So, if I want to add some extra markup (like a banner) to the code that using only CSS won't allow me to do, instead of modifying the Sandbox PHP/XHTML code, I'll whip up a 30-second WordPress plugin that will add a widget that I can add to my Sandbox sidebar, which I'll later reposition with CSS so it doesn't appear to be in the sidebar. I'll send you a few snippet examples if you want. If you’re going to code a theme from scratch, I’d highly recommend you using the Sandbox theme as a starting point, although it’s entirely up to you. After my first encounter with it, I’m never going to write a WordPress theme that’s not using Sandbox.

It’s really beautiful in the way that it has zillions of CSS selectors in the XHTML markup enabling you to do all sorts of crazy CSS stuff, including stuff you wouldn’t in your wildest dreams imagine doing on Internet Explorer. ;)

Sandbox is a widgets-friendly theme. So, if I want to add some extra markup (like a banner) to the code that using only CSS won’t allow me to do, instead of modifying the Sandbox PHP/XHTML code, I’ll whip up a 30-second WordPress plugin that will add a widget that I can add to my Sandbox sidebar, which I’ll later reposition with CSS so it doesn’t appear to be in the sidebar. I’ll send you a few snippet examples if you want.

]]> By: John Lamansky http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-5092 John Lamansky Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:29:57 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-5092 Yeah, as I said before, K2 is pretty nice; but regardless, I think it would be good practice for me to design a WordPress theme from scratch (something I've never done before), and that way I can make it exactly how I want it to be. And as for the AJAX stuff, it does seem really cool, but recently I've been wondering how/if that affects SEO/search engine friendliness. BTW, I've actually used K2 on both of my <a href="http://www.johnlamansky.com/2006/12/01/announcing-two-new-podcasts/" rel="nofollow">podcast websites</a>, so it's not like I'm abandoning it completely :-) Yeah, as I said before, K2 is pretty nice; but regardless, I think it would be good practice for me to design a WordPress theme from scratch (something I’ve never done before), and that way I can make it exactly how I want it to be.

And as for the AJAX stuff, it does seem really cool, but recently I’ve been wondering how/if that affects SEO/search engine friendliness.

BTW, I’ve actually used K2 on both of my podcast websites, so it’s not like I’m abandoning it completely :-)

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-5030 Jeremy Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:39:50 +0000 http://www.johnlamansky.com/blog/i-need-a-new-wordpress-theme/#comment-5030 K2 is quite nice, you commented on it before on my blog about its 'AJAXy goodness' (which is currently disabled on my blog due to its incompatibility with my new mime-type). The cool thing about K2 is that it is designed to be really easy to customise the header image. Any image will do, and the theme will resize itself. Obviously, a sane size would be good, like 700x300 or so. K2 is quite nice, you commented on it before on my blog about its ‘AJAXy goodness’ (which is currently disabled on my blog due to its incompatibility with my new mime-type). The cool thing about K2 is that it is designed to be really easy to customise the header image. Any image will do, and the theme will resize itself. Obviously, a sane size would be good, like 700×300 or so.

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