Comments on: A Not-So-Subtle Release

By: Christopher Frazier

Christopher Frazier — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:57:43 +0000

Thanks so much for all of the kind words and helpful comments!

By: Steffen

Steffen — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:53:40 +0000

I just love this design!

By: alienlebarge

alienlebarge — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:59:48 +0000

Very nice theme !
Congrats

By: alper

alper — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 10:09:50 +0000

But you know, although the images are pretty small, each http request makes it slower.
I loved the theme and I’ll wait for some more updates because I’ll translate it and customize it, etc.
In the style file, I saw that it calls two other css files. That can also slow down the load time. Instead of dividing them, I guess you should mix them up.
After all, you are the expert here, not I.

I am looking forward to use this!

By: Christopher Frazier

Christopher Frazier — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 04:59:47 +0000

Alper - it’s funny you should mention that. The core theme files are what you might call, svelt. 22K total for the images. Now… when you get into the user styles, then yes, things can get out of hand. Weighing in at 178K, there’s probably room for compression with the JPGs. In the next update I’ll see what I can do to get that more in line with reality.

By: alper

alper — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:47:05 +0000

wonderful theme. seems a bit heavy though?

How big is it when it is loaded in the browser?

I’ll be waiting some of your updates, and will customize it to my needs.

I don’t use widgets but i choose to do it manually myself. when widgets are active, can i put anything to any of the two columns ? what if that plugin does not support widgets?

By: Christopher Frazier

Christopher Frazier — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:05:50 +0000

Elisabetta - I just added “Support styling for all built-in widgets” to my buglist, so I’ll see about taking care of the bullet. I’m trying for another release on Sunday or Monday, and I think I’ll be able to get that into the update.

By: Elisabetta Bruno

Elisabetta Bruno — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:42:34 +0000

OK it works very well. Just one thing: there is a bullet in front the “Links” title itself, could that be fixed? Here, look: http://thinkcreation.net/blog/

By: Elisabetta Bruno

Elisabetta Bruno — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:43:19 +0000

Thank you very much for your quick answer. I shall follow your suggestion
And thanks for the link too, I really appreciate it.

>>This obviously was a mistake, and I’ll be adding some basic sidebar functionality soon.

By: Christopher Frazier

Christopher Frazier — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 20:34:40 +0000

Elisabetta - I built the theme to use WordPress Widgets - a plugin that makes adding and moving sidebar components a snap. Because I did this (and assumed others would too) I didn’t put in any default sidebar elements. This obviously was a mistake, and I’ll be adding some basic sidebar functionality soon. That said, I would definitely suggest you get your hands on the Widgets plugin and try it out.