I’ve just finished another Wordpress Theme job for a blog. This time it was a political blog so there really wasn’t much to do in terms of ground-breaking design. Instead I concentrated on usability, readability and simplicity using the same color theme and logo, with a touch of design of course.
The blog in question is BiPolarNation.com run by Dan Kenitz. Here is a snapshot of what it looked like before
and this is what it looks like now -
I have to say that this is also the first time that I’ve actually ported a template over into a wordpress theme. There still might be a few kinks here and there which some people with a very detailed eye might notice, but overall I think it looks great for the concept it was made for.
I hope to better my wordpress coding skills as I go along and port more designs. My previous wordpress blog design was done for dblogged.com and the first one was done for john chow {he hasn’t used it though}. John said he might release it to the wp community, but hasn’t yet.
I will be designing some premium templates and releasing them sometime in the near future. Though I will limit the amount of downloads and to whom I release the template to. Since they will be designed with a specific theme in mind I want them to be put to good use for good blogs.
If you are looking for a new wordpress theme do get in touch with me. My prices are moderate.
Website Revenues on May 2nd, 2007
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Nice design, baseed on the screenshots I think its a major upgrade. The contrast in column color and content is a feature I think is essential for a blog.
Visiting the site however, the template is a bit messy. My screen Res is 1024×768 and use IE6. The right column and content is at the very bottom under the end lof the left column.
I did a few designs recently having problems with similar alignment issues. The compatibility for IE6, IE7, and firefox was my issue and needed a bit of tweaking.
Site looks perfect in firefox btw, good stuff.
Ali on May 2nd, 2007
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Yeah I didn’t get a chance to look at it in IE 6 mainly because I don’t have it. It does show fine in IE 7 and FF though.
Like I said it was the first time porting a template to a wp theme so there might be a few kinks.
Website Revenues on May 2nd, 2007
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My issues involved the position of elements with defined 100% width with float elements.
Johnny on May 2nd, 2007
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i definitely like the new look better than the old one. good job on it.
Darwin Hall on May 5th, 2007
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Oh yeah. You hit it on the mark for sure. The balance in color, graphics, and symbolism is good. Did you make the logo? I’m impressed. Very tight.