New Design is Up
The theme is still not completely done, but it is in its final stage and ready to receive some feedback. All that is left for me to do now is fix a few bugs and put the gallery back up. Suggestions are also appreciated, so if there’s something that you’d like to see in this theme, please leave a comment.
During the creation of this theme, I’ve changed my mind several times and the theme that you see now definitely does not look like what I had planned a few days ago. However, the changes were for the better and I’m happy with the way the theme looks now. It’s also good to see that WPThemesGallery is using its own theme now.
The theme was created and designed by me, but I’ve used a few famfamfam icons and a style-switcher created by Small Potato. The default color of the background is blue, but you have the option to change it to a darker color. I was going to put repeated patterns in the background, but I didn’t. Should I? I was also planning in displaying the latest themes that were added to the gallery in the sidebar. How does that sound?
Well, leave your suggestions and feedback. I hope you like the new theme as much as I do. (:
It looks much more organized now and the color switcher works
I agree with SP. Everything looks more organized. The design is much cleaner. It’s definitely a step up from before. The only thing I don’t like is the header image not being clickable. I just automatically move my cursor over it and try to click, but nothing happens.
@SP - Thank you and yes, it does. (:
@Justin - Thank you for reporting that. The header image is now clickable.
The site looks nice Artur. I would tweak the display of the comments a little more though.
I think adding additional backgrounds wouldn’t hurt, but I typically don’t use style switchers on sites anyway. Unless it make a dramatic change to the site that I prefer better.
Am I missing something; where is the gallery? I think links to the recent themes would be nice.
I like it! Only thing I would maybe change is move the search up to the menu at the top? The search looks fine there, but that would move the banners to the top and use up all that free space in the upper right corner of the theme
I would definitely try adding some patterned or textured backgrounds to play with. With an entire row of them across the top of your header it would become a very strong design element. I have seen some amazing uses of patterns in a few different themes lately.
@Will - Thank you for the feedback. I said in this post that I still had to put the gallery back up.
@Kyle - Thank you for the suggestion. I’m still thinking on what to do in that area.
@skarld - I’ll try adding some. (:
Nice new design - I’m a fan of clean and slick designs like this one!
Keep up the good work!
@Adii - Thank you! I’m glad that you like it. (: