Sugest Themes For Me To Re-Skin

Honestly, I care little about icons when the rest of the theme looks like it was made in 1998, also i believe there are a lot of good icons out there that are gpl and if you can't find ones you like its very affordable to purchase them from places such as istockphoto.com

http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?theme=ubiquity
This one also looks promising given a little TLC. Apologies to the theme creator if he/she reads this, going to be completely honest. In my opinion:

• typography needs work (no Arial, size/line height, etc).
• The red shade used for the title and headings is too primary, could do with something deeper/richer.
• Speaking of title/headings, definitely no underlines.
• The sample logo hurts more than it helps.
• The primary navigation is "meh", something like a white foreground tab connecting into the content area, and subtle blue inactive tabs, maybe with a bit more distinctive shape/angle than the usual simple rounded corners.
• Search form is not so great.
• Also as usual, a little more attention to the titles as well as background/boxes around regions or blocks would help.
• The "Mission statement" area looks more like a help/error message than a block of info about the site.
• Link colors should be something derived from the theme's color scheme.
• Some attention to the $links and $submitted portions (spacing, possibly a touch of italic or other styling on all or particular parts, maybe icons for the date and/or user as seen in some other themes).

http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?theme=wabi
Really like this one, nice soft color scheme, great block title backgrounds ... just a few nit picks:

• Sadly, it's table-based... could leave it, or convert to CSS without much trouble. It's a promising theme, so might be worth it.
• As is often the case, could use more attention on the search form.
• Mission statement background overflows into the right column.
• Menu is lack-luster (similar to above theme).
• Has an odd "Home" link at the top.
• I'd make the block titles a touch bigger, a little different color, and probably a different font (whichever font is to be used for headings).
• $links and $submitted need attention.

http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?theme=fourseasons
Pretty strong, mostly just needs better tab graphics.

http://themegarden.org/drupal6/?theme=interactive_media
Almost there, though I think the primary navigation graphics are bit over the top for most people. Something more standard and tasteful/classic would make this useful to more people. I'd also bring in a few splashes color here and there similar to the light green color used in the title in the logo/title in the header when hovered.

http://drupal.org/project/ad_novus
This one is great, just a tiny bit buggy in Drupal... a little cleanup would make it more solid for people to use out of the box.

http://drupal.org/project/Amor_Azul
Great besides the tabs and a few other minor things... the tabs look a bit shabby, and also really ought not to go so low on the page, breaking usability principles/conventions (also the logo would look much nicer without the jagged edges).

In general I think every theme could also use a bit more "something" in regard to the footer areas. A lot of sites stick a variety of blocks of various content/links down there (other sites, not Drupal sites per se), and it would be nice to have styles ready to take on blocks that get assigned into the footer region (e.g. a block assigned in the footer may look completely different, have floats so they line up horizontally, etc). Also many themes don't give much thought to secondary and tertiary navigation, so any improvements in that area are welcome.

Hope this all helps :)

-- David
absolutecross.com
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