Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Tag: themes

  • 20090930-Trying Theme

    I got sick of looking at the three-column theme of Sandbox 1.6.1: It was too busy! It had everything except the full view of post entries in archives mode. So (ONCE AGAIN) I reverted to a two-column theme for free here at WordPress.com: Dusk by Becca Wei.

    The appearance of this particular theme is cleaner and NARROW with a width of 760px, which I tested to fit well (by default) for screen resolutions of 800 by 600 pixels. The colors are `web-safe` in gray shades with font colors of cool blue.

    My previous blog entry mentioned the feel of this weblog as a holy Mosque, all white-washed and such.

    With the today’s new `Image Widget` by the HAPPY ENGINEERS, I’ve expanded the sidebar to include eight widgets:

    • Text widget – A greeting, a tagline, an image and words of encouragement.
    • RSS Link for posts and comments.
    • Text widget – A list of nine parent pages.
    • A search form.
    • Image widget – Recommended reading.
    • Flickr widget – Orgone and orgonite.
    • Image widget – PayPal button for donations.
    • Gravatar widget – Image and four useful links.

    I would have like to add more widgets but it will make scrolling up and down to much work for the lazy readers!

    Oh, look! I see a nice golden heart pendant made of orgone as a recent photo of the Flickr widget labeled `Orgone and orgonite`. I wished I had some money to buy this nice piece and a NANO SHIELD for my handbag, too!

  • 20090929-Old Theme

    Well, I’m trying another free theme here at WordPress.com:

    Sandbox 1.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

    Rich with powerful and dynamic semantic class selectors, Sandbox is a canvas for CSS artists

    Options: Widgets | Extras | Edit CSS

    Tags: white, microformats, fixed-width, flexible-width, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar

    Personal PROs:

    • Time/date stamps underneath post entry titles.
    • Three columns for content, archives and lost list of weblog links.
    • Custom header featuring an image of a sylph, blog title and tagline.
    • Navigation bar with drop-down menu feature (only FireFox not Internet Explorer).
    • Customizable search form widget.

    Personal CONs:

    • Posts in archive mode viewable as excerpts only!

  • 20090929-Trying Theme

    Well, I’m trying another free theme here at WordPress.com:

    Sandbox 1.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

    Rich with powerful and dynamic semantic class selectors, Sandbox is a canvas for CSS artists

    Options: Widgets | Extras | Edit CSS

    Tags: white, microformats, fixed-width, flexible-width, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar

    Personal PROs:

    • Time/date stamps underneath post entry titles.
    • Three columns for content, archives and lost list of weblog links.
    • Custom header featuring an image of a sylph, blog title and tagline.
    • Navigation bar with drop-down menu feature (only FireFox not Internet Explorer).
    • Customizable search form widget.

    Personal CONs:

    • Posts in archive mode viewable as excerpts only!

  • 20090923-Tweaked Again

    Well, I’m back to the free theme here at WordPress.com: Dusk by Becca Wei. It’s new and improved. Check it out! I’m tired of changing themes and will [probably] stay with this one.

    For details, here is a list of the latest tweaks to my weblog:

    • Lightened background color to gray, a neutral shade.
    • Adjusted margins and paddings for both sidebar and content.
    • Used six widgets.
      • Text widget of table containing a tagline, an image with caption, a simple greeting and two links to the feeds for both the posts and comments.
      • Text widget of main menu containing nine parent pages, complete with brief descriptions in italic and in mouse over.
      • Search form widget for inquiries within my weblog.
      • Flickr widget of  current three images from maximum display of ten for `Orgone and Orgonite` administered by MessiahMews.
      • Text widget of table containing an image of four books authored by Don Bradley linking to a hosted site by MessiahMews.
      • Text widget of five links to donate, link, translate, disclaimer and copyright.

    Personal PROs:

    • Customer header of a cloud formation featuring an image of a sylph.
    • Wrapper width of 780px to accommodate screen resolutions of 800 by 600 pixels.
    • Two columns with the sidebar floating left and the content floating right.
    • Full visibility of posts in archives mode.
    • Ordered and listed elements perfect.
    • Automatic adjustments for browser zooms.
    • Time/date stamp and meta data underneath the post title.

    Personal CONs:

    • No tagline.
    • No top navigation bar of parent pages with drop-down menu features for sub-pages.

  • 20090922-Trying Theme

    Well, I back to a free theme here at WordPress.com:

    Sandbox 0.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

    A theme with powerful, semantic CSS selectors and the ability to add new skins.

    Tags: white, left-sidebar, theme-options, widgets, two-columns, one-column, three-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, microformats, rtl-language-support

    Personal PROs:

    • Time/date stamps for posts (not pages) and underneath the entry titles.
    • Three columns for content, archives and my LONG list of blogroll links.
    • Automatic adjustment of views for different screen resolutions and browser zooms.
    • Very simple CSS stylesheet for easier editing by very pick web designers, like moi!

    Personal CONS:

    • Excepts and not entire posts for archives mode.
    • No navigation bar without a drop-down feature near the header.

    I’d like the meta element near the date element and underneath the entry title. But with my FireFox web browser, I am able to `View Page Source` by right clicking near the area of the weblog site, find the < div > code and make the adjustments in my paid CSS stylesheet upgrade:

    • Hide the visibility of the entry date for the sticky page.
    • Hide the visibility of the entry meta for the archive mode and sticky page
    • Add a light gray background color # eee for the sticky page.
    • Add a mouse over effect (per the `Solipsus` theme) for the sidebar link items.
    • Add a custom header showing a cloud formation (or a sylph elemental).
    • Add a `Character code` from `Unicode (hex)` before the entry title, page title and entry meta.
    • Add more widgets to even out the bottom of both sidebars.

    If only I know how to get the secondary sidebar from the `Sandbox 1.6.1` theme, I would use that theme.

  • 20090922-Old Theme

    Well, I back to a free theme here at WordPress.com:

    Sandbox 0.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

    A theme with powerful, semantic CSS selectors and the ability to add new skins.

    Tags: white, left-sidebar, theme-options, widgets, two-columns, one-column, three-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, microformats, rtl-language-support

    Personal PROs:

    • Time/date stamps for posts (not pages) and underneath the entry titles.
    • Three columns for content, archives and my LONG list of blogroll links.
    • Automatic adjustment of views for different screen resolutions and browser zooms.
    • Very simple CSS stylesheet for easier editing by very pick web designers, like moi!

    Personal CONS:

    • Excepts and not entire posts for archives mode.
    • No navigation bar without a drop-down feature near the header.

    I’d like the meta element near the date element and underneath the entry title. But with my FireFox web browser, I am able to `View Page Source` by right clicking near the area of the weblog site, find the < div > code and make the adjustments in my paid CSS stylesheet upgrade:

    • Hide the visibility of the entry date for the sticky page.
    • Hide the visibility of the entry meta for the archive mode and sticky page
    • Add a light gray background color # eee for the sticky page.
    • Add a mouse over effect (per the `Solipsus` theme) for the sidebar link items.
    • Add a custom header showing a cloud formation (or a sylph elemental).
    • Add a `Character code` from `Unicode (hex)` before the entry title, page title and entry meta.
    • Add more widgets to even out the bottom of both sidebars.

    If only I know how to get the secondary sidebar from the `Sandbox 1.6.1` theme, I would use that theme.

  • 20090921-Trying Theme

    Yippie! After about two hours of tweaking my weblog site AGAIN, I’ve found the best theme for free here at WordPress.com:

    Sandbox 1.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

    Rich with powerful and dynamic semantic class selectors, Sandbox is a canvas for CSS artists

    Tags: white, microformats, fixed-width, flexible-width, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar

    Personal PROs:

    • Time/date stamps for posts (not pages) for single and archive views!
    • Navigation for both single and archive modes appear on four corners of the content!
    • Default font size is HUMONGOUS and good for the more myopic eyesights!
    • Other features include: customer header (of a sylph), a sitename, a tagline and a navigation bar with drop-down menu feature!!!

    Personal CONSs:

    • Colors are currently on safe mode and in gray tones. Blah and boring!
    • I can’t suppress the .entry-meta data for the STICKY PAGE, single and archive modes!
    • Posts in archives mode not shown in its entirety.

    I’m keeping this theme! But for how long? Hmmm!

  • 20090921-New Theme

    Yippie! After about two hours of tweaking my weblog site AGAIN, I’ve found the best theme for free here at WordPress.com:

    Sandbox 1.6.1 by Andy Skelton & Scott Allan Wallick

    Rich with powerful and dynamic semantic class selectors, Sandbox is a canvas for CSS artists

    Tags: white, microformats, fixed-width, flexible-width, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar

    Personal PROs:

    • Time/date stamps for posts (not pages) for single and archive views!
    • Navigation for both single and archive modes appear on four corners of the content!
    • Default font size is HUMONGOUS and good for the more myopic eyesights!
    • Other features include: customer header (of a sylph), a sitename, a tagline and a navigation bar with drop-down menu feature!!!

    Personal CONSs:

    • Colors are currently on safe mode and in gray tones. Blah and boring!
    • I can’t suppress the .entry-meta data for the STICKY PAGE, single and archive modes!
    • Posts in archives mode not shown in its entirety.

    I’m keeping this theme! But for how long? Hmmm!

  • 20090921-Trying Theme

    Okay, fine! I’m trying another free theme here at WordPress.com:

    Andreas09 by Andreas Viklund and Ainslie Johnson

    A three-column theme with customizable colors and sidebars on the left and right.

    Tags: three-columns, white, light, custom-colors, flexible-width, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, widgets

    Personal PROs:

    • customer header (sporting a cloud formation (aka sylph).
    • sitename (Flynn’s Blogs).
    • tagline (My almost Daily Blog for sharing God’S GOLD and living a SuNNY LiFe).
    • navigation (or menu) bar (eight parent pages).
    • two columns (one column for archive and main content).
    • third column (optional for long list of blogroll web links).
    • time/date stamps (for single view of posts (not pages)).
    • full view of posts and pages (for both single and archive modes).

    Personal CONs:

    • time/date stamps (for both archive and single view of posts (not page).
    • meta data is TOO wordy (for both archive and single view of posts (not page).

  • 20090921-Old Theme

    Okay, fine! I’m trying another free theme here at WordPress.com:

    Andreas09 by Andreas Viklund and Ainslie Johnson

    A three-column theme with customizable colors and sidebars on the left and right.

    Tags: three-columns, white, light, custom-colors, flexible-width, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, widgets

    Personal PROs:

    • customer header (sporting a cloud formation (aka sylph).
    • sitename (Flynn’s Blogs).
    • tagline (My almost Daily Blog for sharing God’S GOLD and living a SuNNY LiFe).
    • navigation (or menu) bar (eight parent pages).
    • two columns (one column for archive and main content).
    • third column (optional for long list of blogroll web links).
    • time/date stamps (for single view of posts (not pages)).
    • full view of posts and pages (for both single and archive modes).

    Personal CONs:

    • time/date stamps (for both archive and single view of posts (not page).
    • meta data is TOO wordy (for both archive and single view of posts (not page).

  • 20090920-Tweaked Blog

    I’ve tweaked my weblog:

    • A`Front` (or `Home`) page of four poems and renamed as `Blogger’s note`.
    • A customer header showing an etheric cloud formation (or a sylph, really)!
    • Cooler colors of blue and gray to match the customer header.
    • Reduced number of widgets to six.
      • Text widget: a tagline, an illustration by Dante and two links to my feed.
      • Search form for text queries.
      • Pages widget listing parent pages as the main menu.
      • Flickr widget of orgone and orgonite.
      • Text widget of `recommended readings`.
      • Gravatar widget of useful links.

  • 20090920-Favorite Site

    So I’ve been visiting my favorite religious site: Living with Christ. And lo and behold, I see the footer change in color! No longer is the background the same color of yellow as the content but it has taken on the look of a darker shade of purple, just like my body background!

    I’ve been changing my sidebar and tweaked the two `text widget`, where the text is inside of the `table` and part of but not within the `caption` portion.