Once again, as Bill the Cat would vehementlly say:
`Ack! Thbbft!`
I’ve switch the WordPress.com theme again! This time it’s:
Sandbox 0.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick
A theme with powerful, semantic CSS selectors and the ability to add new skins.
PROs:
- Theme Options. Available skins of `One-Column`, `Two-Column` (one content, one sidebar), `Three-Column` (one content, two sidebars – either left or right).
- Auto width for different screen resolutions and zooms for web pages.
- Time/date stamp nicely located underneath the post entry!
- Meta data displayed as hidden. I hate tags, categories and comments!
CONs:
- Too plain. Purchase CSS upgrade and have fun editing the layout of your weblog. Good luck!
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I modeled the colors based on the `Vostok theme`. The nice orange color of the `header element` matches the orange colors of a 12-sun rays in my Gravatar. The color of the `links elements` is a cool blue, which I noticed appeared on certain cable news programming (i.e. FoxNews and conservative pals). The colors of the hover element are black for background and white for fonts.
I hate sidebars! But I love balance, which TWO sidebars achieve with the Sandbox theme. I wanted to try the other Sandbox themes with top navigation bars. But I don’t have the patience or expertise to identify how to get TWO sidebars on either side of the `content element` or how to make the drop-down menu feature `vertical` instead of `horizontal`.
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There were more tweaks that I couldn’t figure out in the past. Now I solved three tonight! What luck!
- Links. The `unlisted element` for the `links categories` were TOO friggin’ close to the header for each `links categories`. I made the bottom margins for both the h2 and h3 `1em`. Now my `Links` page looks better!
- Image. The `caption image element` was TOO narrow on top. I made the top margin 4 pixels. Now the `Image widget` in the sidebar looks better!
- Hover. The `hover element` for the sidebars didn’t look like the push-button effects found on the `Solipsus theme`. I made the color of the background darker for the hover and switched the margins between the hover and active links.
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Will I keep this new layout? Nah! You know me: I want perfection! Plus, there are some elements that are not part of this theme. Let’s see how long I’ll be satisfied this time around. But I really like the darker scheme because of an `rare sight` as mentioned in my previous blog entry.
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