I searched for a good looking vista theme and there were some that caught my eye but there wasn’t just one theme that had EVERYTHING in it that I was looking for in a vista theme. I like this theme a lot, because it is very clean and neat and vibrant. As of right now that is the only background that really works with theme. I will eventually rework some of it to support any background but as of right now I like it.
Somewhere Between Meaning and Crap has hit a record number of visits.
2,000 hits and climbing!
Thank you so much to those of you who have made this blog what it is today. I literally couldn’t have done it without ya’ll.
I have a new goal of 10,000 hits by May 31st. Rock it out people!
THIS THEME IS AWESOME! I love how it turned out. I’m currently using it on my phone and don’t have plans on changing it anytime soon. I personally think it is the best theme I’ve done so far.
The name of the theme is of course ‘Jot It Down’. It’s made to look like rough worn paper with writing on it. It has a coffee stain which makes it look a lot more realistic. I got inspiration for this theme from Disainihai on deviantART the Sketchnote theme for the iPhone.
Enjoy the new theme and let me know what you think. I love it.
I got my first 1,000 hits!
A milestone I’ve never reached for several reasons:
1) I’ve never really had a “theme” for a blog. They’ve mostly been personal blogs or odds-and-ends type blogs with no real connection to any large group of people.
2) I’ve never kept a blog long enough to hit 1000.
3) I’ve never really promoted a blog like I do this one.
Thank you to everyone who has made this blog what it is and what it is becoming. I will continue to post new themes and more CSS related articles.
I have revamped my iPhone theme and relayed it out and it looks 100 times better! I’ve shown it to a couple of people around my office and the absolutely love it. I think it looks fantastic and I think it’s one of my best works yet.
If you like it or think something doesn’t look right and needs to be fixed let me know. All critiques and comments are welcomed.
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE how this one turned out. It was a long time in the making and I’m very pleased with it. I was originally going to do a Zen theme but I felt (after I got started) that the images just needed to be bigger to get the full effect of the icons. I have personally NEVER seen a theme similar to this. I think I pushed some boundaries and it turned out better than expected.
Hope you love it too.
The biggest (and only) difference between the 2 images below is that the ‘alarm’ icon lights up when the alarm is set and is black when it’s not set. Same for the ‘bluetooth’ icon.
It is getting harder and harder to come up with new ideas for new themes. I really like the way this one turned out, though. It’s actually the one I’m using on a day to day basis.
I’m finding that my problem with these new designs is that I keep going back to the same old themes I’ve already done. PLEASE, PLEASE if anyone has any ideas for themes they would potentially like to see LET ME KNOW ASAP and I’ll see what I can come up with.
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Here are the pictures from the latest theme.
I was 14 when a friend introduced me to web design. Nothing but an extremely simple marquee that proclaimed “Hello World!” almost at the same time I said, “Hello Web!” Over the years I’ve worked on bettering myself and my presence on the web. I’ve learned that a page loaded with 30 of my favorite 500×500 photos takes just under and eternity to load on a page with a 56k modem. Speaking of modems, isn’t silence great?
In the past 9 years I’ve learned a tremendous amount about the web. What I’ve learned the most about recently is CSS or Cascading Style Sheets. CSS has changed every aspect of how I develop a website. CSS, when first presented, was seen as a great tool for updating text and rollover link styles and simple background colors. NOW, CSS is one of the most critical and intricate parts to just about every website. Everything from the older simple controls (text, colors, links, etc.) to extremely complex dropdown menus and photo galleries (coupled with javascript).
CSS has the power to create an entire website with a fraction of the code older ’90s sites used. Within that fraction of code it has the ability to display it even better than before. My philosophy is LESS CODE, MORE CONTENT. CSS is just that. A minimal amount of code is needed to generate the same website as one that requires pages of code. I used to build strictly in tables. Everything was tables. Now I build with one table (if even one table) ONLY to hold everything. The rest of my build is done in CSS. There is so much more versatility and usefulness. If I need to make a change that’s sitewide or even specific to a section of the site, all I have to do is make a change to my CSS style sheet and it’s done. No worrying about whether or not I managed to make the change on every affected page.
To sum up, CSS is one of the most critical parts to any website. If you want to make it as a web developer, learn CSS.
I love this theme. I think it turned out great and it is the primary theme that I use everyday on my phone.
I’m not a huge fan of the icon themes but I’m actually quite pleased with how this theme turned out.
I’ve created what I refer to as the ‘Clean Black’ theme. It has only the essentials featured. The icons are in black & white until you hover over them, then they come to life with a color theme. I have not created any themes for anything other than an 8100 simply because I have absolutely no way of testing. I have an 8100 so this suits my purposes fine. If you would like to help me test current/future themes, please drop me a comment and I’ll see what we can work out.
I have created my very own iPhone theme for the Blackberry Pearl or the Blackberry 8100 as it is also known. I got very bored with the themes that I saw around the internet and the really really nice ones you have to pay money for (and I’m not about to fork over more money for something so trivial)
I’m actually quite pleased with how it turned out. Below are the screenshots of it in use.
