New WordPress theme for Library Web Chic
When I first moved this blog to WordPress, I didn’t really think about getting a theme at all. I just modified the default theme when I needed to. However, recently I decided enough was enough and I wanted a slightly more attractive theme. So I installed a free theme called Misty Look which was created by Web Hosting Bluebook. I’ve made a few modification to the theme including adding a Creative Commons license instead of a copyright notice for my blog as well as adding my own pictures.
What I like best about this theme is that it allows me to up the important sections of the site beyond my posts at the very top where people can see them. I also like the color scheme a lot. I’ve still got some tweaking left to do, particularly I don’t like how the all images have a 3D look to them. While this might be okay for some images, I don’t like what it does to my buttons. So I need to figure out how to deal with this and fix it. There are a few other little thing in the CSS I want to modify but overall I think the theme change is a major improvement.
I like this too… however, on my machine (19″ monitor), note that the search box overlaps upcoming presentations…
is the three-d a shadowing effect? I kinda like that.
Love the new template. Clear to read and pleasing to the eye – and you can easily find where to subscribe.
Just an idea – how about using A drop down box instead of a list for the archives, so the cat.s are more visible?
Here’s what I stole from somewhere else for my blog sidebar: …greater than and less than signs changed to curly braces… hope it displays….
{h2}{?php _e(‘Archives’); ?}{/h2}
{ul}
{li}form name=”archiveform” action=”"}
{select name=”archive_chrono” onchange=”window.location = (document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono[document.forms.archiveform.archive_chrono.selectedIndex].value);”}
{option value=”}Select Month{/option}?php get_archives(‘monthly’,”,’option’,”,”,false); ?}
{/select}
{/form}
{/ul}
K.G. > It didn’t overlap on my box, even when I resized the browser window trying to force it — the image kept the tabs and search box positioned as (doubtlessly) intended.
However, if I bump the font size up a notch, then the right tab slides under the search box. There’s probably nothing (short of tables, noooooo!) to be done about that, since this is good accessibility practice.