I have been working on this new theme for a couple of days now and I finally got it up on the site... I was just wondering if I could get some feedback on it... or if you ave any questions... please ask!

http://www.afterdeathgraphics.com/

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heine’s picture

Feedback? Sure! ;-)

First of all, the theme is very ugly when Flash is disabled... You may want to have a backup image.

With plugins enabled, it looks much better!

Some points though (opinions):

  • the Header seems to lack the bottom-border on the other elements, making it very flat
  • the ADG Drupal Themes aren't clickable (nothing happens)
  • low contrast between background and text eg User login & Posted in..
  • looks a bit grey when you scroll all the way down

The more themes, the better.

pfmj2005’s picture

- Added backup image(still working on it but I have one there now)
- Header bottom border/shadow added/fixed
- low contrast between background and text... fixed
- ADG Drupal themes is clickable now

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jivyb’s picture

I looked around and couldn't find it. I was curious because I like the leaf theme but it broke in firefox when I tried it (the center column didn't expand to fit the content in it). Anyway, it would be good to view the themes in action...

sorry if the preview is there--I just missed it.

UPDATE: Ok I found it under the main nav link "theme development". But I didn't see link from the "drupal themes" page.

intel352’s picture

looks pretty good, i like the header graphic with the nav overlay, that's nice. "search" text looks huge compared to everything else. btw, how about putting something like the current time or something in teh upper left to balance out that top bit? (just an idea, looks too empty up there)

**oh, you used flash for that? pretty cool. you should see if you can get the same effect with just html+css. i think it's possible, just have the header graphic set as a background image and then use javascript + css to overlay the nav :-)

Marco Palmero’s picture

I second that what you've achieved here in flash could be done with css.... advantageous if you want the search engine spiders to read your text (and alt labels etc...)- as from what i gather they can't read flash... in the end its personal preference.

Just a question...

How do you draw the rounded edges? do you ise photoshop? If so, how do you avoid the pixelisation of the images? How do you do it?
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pfmj2005’s picture

Currently I am working on a CSS Based theme identical to that that will use the lost art of Image Mapping(done in css) and it will also contain the basic primary and secondary links. I am setting up a multi-site... one with the flash and the other with the css theme. I will have a frontpage up allowing you to choose which one you want, Because I want to add more cool features to the flash that you cannot get in css... Jazz it up a little bit more! this theme is still very much in the works!

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pfmj2005’s picture

The Theme is now Full CSS/XHTML/PHP!

Theme Specs:

Name: ADGK2
Code: CSS/XHTML/PHP
Engine Type: phptemplate
Tested: Works both in IE6 and Firefox.
Images: JPEG
Add-ons: The two boxes below the header are filled with random ads which are powered by a random ad generator that works on a weight system allowing you to choose which ads to show more.

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Marco Palmero’s picture

I think the images are too big... remember 72 or 80 dpi is all you need for pc screens

BTW nice merchandise :)
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pfmj2005’s picture

Oh wow... your right I have them at 200 dpi... I will get to working on that! thanks... someone must have messed with my default photoshop settings...

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