Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Tag: themes

  • 20090828-Trying Theme

    Well, I’m trying another 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

    It has all my preferred elements:

    • Tagline
      • The reverse letters obtained from Flynn’s Blogs: God’s Gold. Sunny Life.
    • Time/date stamp.
      • Ideally underneath the post entry title for each posts but not necessarily for pages or sticky posts.
      • Appears like a news article: date followed by the time. Perfect!
    • Three columns.
      • Main content showing recent posts.
      • Archives, such as calendar, categories, topics and search box form.
      • Other useful widgets, such as links widget, Flickr widget and Askimet widget.

    It, however, does not have a `navbar menu` selection towards the top but underneath the `header` section. Meh!

    I wanted the `most recent posts` to appear on the left-most side of my weblog. So I chose the following, available Sandbox Skins:

    Three-Column Minimalist R 1.0 by Scott Allan Wallick

    Minimalist style with two sidebars on the right.

    The logic behind this as with other three-column themes is for the purpose of viewing my weblog through an outdated cellphone. The order in which the blog appears on the cellphone depends what is FLUSHED to the left first followed by whatever is to the right: left to down and then up to right and down and up to the right again.

  • 20090828-New Theme

    Well, I’m trying another 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

    It has all my preferred elements:

    • Tagline
      • The reverse letters obtained from Flynn’s Blogs: God’s Gold. Sunny Life.
    • Time/date stamp.
      • Ideally underneath the post entry title for each posts but not necessarily for pages or sticky posts.
      • Appears like a news article: date followed by the time. Perfect!
    • Three columns.
      • Main content showing recent posts.
      • Archives, such as calendar, categories, topics and search box form.
      • Other useful widgets, such as links widget, Flickr widget and Askimet widget.

    It, however, does not have a `navbar menu` selection towards the top but underneath the `header` section. Meh!

    I wanted the `most recent posts` to appear on the left-most side of my weblog. So I chose the following, available Sandbox Skins:

    Three-Column Minimalist R 1.0 by Scott Allan Wallick

    Minimalist style with two sidebars on the right.

    The logic behind this as with other three-column themes is for the purpose of viewing my weblog through an outdated cellphone. The order in which the blog appears on the cellphone depends what is FLUSHED to the left first followed by whatever is to the right: left to down and then up to right and down and up to the right again.

  • 20090825-Same Theme

    Guess I’ll stay w/ the dark flowers theme by Beccary: Dusk b/c of meta data. Added back widgets: ‘Flickr’ & ‘Links’. Wanted ‘Tagline’, ‘Custom header’ & navbar.

  • 20090825-HTTP Error

    While trying to view my weblog through my outdated cellphone, I got the following error message:

    HTTP Error 500

    Description:

    There is a problem with the page you are trying to reach and it cannot be displayed.

    I guess it’s because I’ve been trying out free themes with `customer header` feature here at WordPress.com.

  • 20090824-MIC Error

    I was trying out free themes at WordPress.com (AGAIN) and got an error message through my old cellphone:

    MIC Error #209

    Description: Communication error. Please try again.

  • 20090817-New Stuff

    Last night, I saw the new WordPress.com home page. It now sports three tabs!

    • My Blogs (snapshots of registered blogs and links to Dashboard, Stats, Comments, Posts, Pages, Icon),
    • Freshly Pressed (stats on bloggers, new posts, comments and number words of the day) and
    • Tags (cloud-like topics sorted in alphabetical order).

    Tabs would be a nice feature in new themes for free here at WordPress.com.

  • 20090816-Bored Again

    Since I prefer the time-date stamp feature to each post entry, I decided to change my WordPress.com theme to:

    Dusk by Becca Wei

    A dark blue and grey two-column theme adorned with flowers.

    Tags: dark, fixed-width, two-columns, right-sidebar, widgets, sticky-post, rtl-language-support

    I know I will change my theme again because nothing appears perfect. Blogging is getting boring but still useful while LOOKING FOR A JOB!

  • 20090813-Trying Theme

    Check it out! I’m trying the newest theme for free here at WordPress.com:

    INove by mg12

    A simple yet very stylish, widget supported, and feature rich theme.

    Tags: white, light, two-columns, fixed-width, theme-options, right-sidebar, widgets, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, translation-ready

    As per article New Theme: iNove by Heather:

    Some handy features of this theme:

    • Display pages or categories in the menu below your header.
    • Display your page hierarchy in your menu on hover.
    • Options to show a notice, banner, and special showcase widget to registered users, visitors, or commentators. You control your message.
    • The ability to hide and show authors, categories, and tags on posts.
    • Remove your sidebar with a single click.

    However, it does not have a `Show time/date stamp on posts`. This particular feature would have made my blogging experience better. Plus adding a few more colors would have liven up the perfect monochrome color of gray, white and black. It’s so perfect: I don’t think I’ll tinker with my paid CSS stylesheet upgrade.

    Copyright © FVDF. All rights reserved.

  • 20090813-New Theme

    Check it out! I’m trying the newest theme for free here at WordPress.com:

    INove by mg12

    A simple yet very stylish, widget supported, and feature rich theme.

    Tags: white, light, two-columns, fixed-width, theme-options, right-sidebar, widgets, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, translation-ready

    As per article New Theme: iNove by Heather:

    Some handy features of this theme:

    • Display pages or categories in the menu below your header.
    • Display your page hierarchy in your menu on hover.
    • Options to show a notice, banner, and special showcase widget to registered users, visitors, or commentators. You control your message.
    • The ability to hide and show authors, categories, and tags on posts.
    • Remove your sidebar with a single click.

    However, it does not have a `Show time/date stamp on posts`. This particular feature would have made my blogging experience better. Plus adding a few more colors would have liven up the perfect monochrome color of gray, white and black. It’s so perfect: I don’t think I’ll tinker with my paid CSS stylesheet upgrade.

    Copyright © FVDF. All rights reserved.

  • 20090808-New Pages

    Over the past few days and since the discovery of the sub-pages feature through a free theme `Unsleepable` by Ben Gray here at WordPress.com, I’ve added new sub-pages:

    I’m hoping for a drop-down menu feature, like `Sandbox` as future themes.

  • 20090808-Editing Blog

    I’ve been editing my paid CSS Stylesheet upgrade to the current (but free) WordPress.com theme:

    Unsleepable by Ben Gray

    A simple two-column theme that appeals to the monochrome amongst us

    Tags: two-columns, fixed-width, right-sidebar, white, light, widgets, sticky-post, rtl-language-support

    For hovering over links with pink background and white font:

    `text-decoration:underline!important;
    background:#0D78B6;
    color:#fff!important;`

    Here are key areas for making the `width `work well. You may need to adjust the `.primary` (left stuff) and the` ul.secondary` (right stuff) to suit your preference:

    `#page {
    width:760px;
    }`

    `#header{
    width:760px;
    }`

    `.primary {
    width:580px;
    }`

    `ul.secondary {
    width:165px;
    }`

    Expect to press the `Preview` and `Save Stylesheet` buttons frequently! Good luck!

  • 20090806-Trying Theme

    I’m bored again and trying another free theme at WordPress.com:

    Unsleepable by Ben Gray

    A simple two-column theme that appeals to the monochrome amongst us.

    Tags: two-columns, fixed-width, right-sidebar, white, light, widgets, sticky-post, rtl-language-support

    PROS:

    • Subpages to my main parent pages: contents, web book, faq, about me, and contact me.
    • The `search` form always appears on the upper right hand corner.

    CONS:

    • Excerpts (summarized around 60 words) instead of full view of each entry.
    • No time/date stamps.
    • No tag-line.
    • Monotone but it’s okay because my most recent theme felt too colorful and busy.
    • Applying one widget to the `Main Sidebars` would knock out the subpages feature.