The claw is my master!
Feb 27, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
I have redesigned my personal Whird theme. The new design is dramatically different from my previous effort. For starters, I have used colours, and pretty bright colours at that. I cannot remember the last time I used any colour in one of my designs, which probably explains why I have gone a little overboard‽ Having said that, I think the colours work quite well together, and besides, they are fun and smile inducing :)
Regarding the actual colour values and how I came about choosing them, I started with Debian red and then worked around the colours found in the Toy Story character, Squeeze. Here is the final colour palette.
Apart from the new colour scheme, I have also included some microformats in the form of a hCard. I am not sure if too many people are actually using microformats, but I find the topic interesting and I wanted to make a start at including microformats within my site’s code. When I find time, I will try to include more — I would like to include a classic blogroll with XFN values, but this will require some additional Whird coding.
Also, I was feeling inspired after reading Jeremy Keith’s journal and decided I would have a go at creating a responsive design with CSS. So, if this new design is being viewed inside a 960px or wider browser window, it should feature two columns, those being a content column and a sidebar. If being viewed in anything less than 960px but more than 600px, it should degrade nicely to a single column. And finally, if narrower than 600px, it should become completely fluid. Well, at least in theory, I have only tested it with the beta of Firefox 4 and Chromium 9. I will have to try and grab the daughter’s laptop to test it in Internet Explorer, not that I really want to. :/
Next job, apply the new colour scheme to the CrunchBang Linux project. :P
12 responses to “The claw is my master!”
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Feb 27, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
Waaaah…….. My eyes! Oo The coour scheme is indeed very Toy Story. ;) Love the fluid design though. That rocks! :D
Feb 27, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
@Fab, I know the colour scheme is not going to be to everyone’s liking, but I do not really care, it is only my personal site and I think it is kind of fun! I may keep it for a couple of years, at least until Debian Wheezy gets released. ;)
Feb 27, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
It is degrading very nicely. :D Yeah, I approve.
Feb 27, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
@Hanna, I am glad you approve. :)
Feb 27, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
Holy crap!! O_O
I’m sending you the bill for the surgery I’ll have to go through thanks to this retina-rape, Papa!!
Colours are good, though (green might be a tad strong, though). I like the pink in the ‘tags’ box. But …. the whiteness >_<
Feb 28, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
Welcome to the colours world, corenominal! Humm.. You seem younger and healthier now! ;-) It works nicely and, as you wrote, cheerful inducing. The CSS design also works very well. You could make it an optional #! theme (both OB and XFCE). I recall hanna’s green themes were quite good. Hey, It’s spring time!
Feb 28, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
@jotapesse, thank you for welcoming me to the world of colour. It is a scary place, but I am getting used to it. :)
Mar 1, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
Very Debian :)
Mar 1, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
Kinda like going from the old Black&White TV to Full Digital HD-Color instantly … WHOA!!
Nice change really … what happened to minimal, simple?
Mar 1, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
@vrkalak, well, after a day or two, I am already a bit sick of the colours. I think it is good to experiment, but at the end of the day, colours are just a bit too complicated for me. I am pretty sure that simple will be making a comeback real soon.
Mar 1, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
well it’s not to my taste, but i do think you did a really great job w/ the design. inspiring me to improve my css skillz. hahaha. soooo not to my taste. but fun somehow.
Mar 1, 2011 (about 1 year ago)
lolz :D