By freyquency on

I quietly started CreativeType.org a little while back. It's a blog about design, programming, art, and other creative stuff, with a focus on 'how do i' style posts. There will be posts featuring Drupal tips and tricks.

Recently I designed a new style dubbed, Karmadodin. On the frontend it's a one column design, but blocks are still there for some backend navigation. It's using php_template and the same theme that I use on Coacalina.org and Actual Size. The CSS is located here, it still needs a clean up.

My favorite part of designing it was a pretty simple addition, the "highlight" class. This simple increased the font size and changed the background to yellow. I use it to create a "del.icio.us friendly" summary (under 255 characters) at the beginning of each post.

I've uploaded the colourpalette to ColourLOVERS in two parts, check them out here and here.

I've also implemented some things I've learned from The Zen of CSS Design book regarding working around IE behaviour with fewer hacks. It's been terrific to develop sites with less frustration when it comes to "fixing" sites for IE. I recommend this book very enthusiastically; it's not a book to teach everything about CSS but it provides a great frame of mind for CSS design.

Let me know what you think!

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.6.x

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flufftronix’s picture

flufftronix commented

That's really funny, how much in common your theme has with one I'm developing right now for Hollywood Can Suck It!. I guess that color scheme is kind of popular right now.

But anyway. My theme is built off of Pushbutton, which uses tables and really irks me, and before we do a general launch I'm going to convert it to a CSS layout. I think when I do that, instead of redoing Pushbutton from top to bottom, I'll start from your layout (and clean it up as I go!). Thanks for sharing this!

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flufftronix commented

Oh; wait a minute, this isn't a public theme. Would you be interested in sharing it for co-development perhaps? ;p

I can be emailed at fluffy at crimethinc dot net. take care

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freyquency commented

I just emailed you the files. I'll be submitting my theme as a drupal theme after some finishing touches to a default theme, some cleanup , and some browser testing.

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mgrice commented

My initial reaction was, 'Oh, no, not another Kubrick theme.' My first scroll down, however, assured me this was not the case. Very nicely done with the theme. And it looks like you will be providing some good and interesting content on various subjects. Bravo!

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freyquency commented

Thank you very much! I'll try the best I can to write about interesting things. ;)