I had a little time this week, so I decided to rewrite my WordPress template. I liked the overall look of it, but I just customized somebody else’s work, and things were just a little off.
I’d never written a template for WordPress from scratch before, but it turns out to be pretty easy. I used the Blueprint CSS framework because I’ve really come to love using it, and I added a graphical logo to the header instead of plain text.
I also made changes to the categories. I felt there were way to many, so I consolidated them into 5 areas. After that, I think that it’s important to utilize tags instead of categories. As a result, those of you who subscribe to my RSS feed probably saw a lot of old posts show up. Sorry about that. Wordpress automatically adds an edited post to the feed.
So, let me know what you think works, or doesn’t work. If there’s a problem in a particular browser/OS, let me know that too.
Looks good man! Only one thing I can be picky about really, and it’s with the header not being balanced. See: http://img.skitch.com/20090313-cayxhjwi6c2gx3puc5wmpp13pn.jpg
I just recently tried Blueprint the other day, and you are right…it is very enjoyable to use!
Thanks for the feedback Sean. Is that how you see it on your screen? I don’t see it that way at all. It’s pretty seemless on both of my screens. See here: http://img.skitch.com/20090314-q4×6fytck54w17tuhb2dpw12in.jpg