Daeron is that theme that everybody wants which I had yet to make. It’s a pretty plain multi-column theme; you can pick the amount columns, the post size and the margins between them (yes photosets, videos and images fit perfectly at any size), you can also hide the text permalink and link the images directly to it.
Artemisia is Quirinius’ smart sister; an infinitely-scrolling horizontal theme.
The most difficult problem to overcome with horizontal themes is where to put the post captions. This theme solves that by making an overlay on media posts with permalink information and captions as well as a zoom icon so you can lightbox the content - photosets, videos and high resolution photos all work stunningly.
As usual it comes with a bounty of options - you can set the post’s height, margin, header margin, fix and unfix the header and the footer, twitter, and plenty of images and color appearance options.
I’m slowly developing a new premium theme called Perenelle. I want it to be for professional use - small business blogs, photography portfolios ect. where the focus is on the content rather than frippery. It’s going to be rather like High Res by jstn in that there’ll be a single column design and different types of posts have different widths (chosen by appearance options or each post individually using a tag like ‘width-670’). This is the first of my themes to include additional share buttons (like, tweet, g+, pin and shorturl) and every minute detail will be considered, right down to custom list numbering.
I’m really excited about this theme but it’s going to take some time until it’s ready to install, feel free to track my progress on the demo blog. Perenelle will be premium (and probably around £10 because it’s going to be freaking perfect) and I’m not going to make a free version (because it wouldn’t do the theme justice) but the first 24 hours after the launch you’ll be able to download it for free.
Heliotrope is a cute columned theme with three post size options (400/500/700px). One cool feature is the date flag which sticks to the top of the page when you scroll down. There are also two header displays (toggled with the ‘stretch header’ option) - this one with links and twitter aligned with the flag column and the stretched version as seen on the demo. You can also swap the permalink to the other side, change the space between items and colours, fonts, images ect.
Since the theme garden has been remade it’s much more user-friendly so I’m going to take advantage of that and upload all my free themes. I’m currently in the midst of bringing my premium themes up to scratch (above is a snapshot of the new Broderick), and I’m anxious to release Celestina when the site launches), and redesigning the theme site, which will showcase all the themes - premium, free and legacy (some of the old old things that for some reason people fawn over (yes that includes Belle but not Callidora)). A couple of things to bare in mind -
I’m personally torn between working flat out on these theme things and on my new Jewellery Collection, but expect these changes in the next fortnight.
This is the best theme I have ever made by a long shot. It’s a full width columned theme with over 60 appearance options on the premium version. You can choose the amount of columns and how far apart they are for a completely customizable interface, and it’s responsive. It even works with the new Spotify embeds!! Click through for a live preview. (premium version is £3 and by far superior, I’d really appreciate if you support me on this one because it’s more than worth it)
I stopped working on this theme a couple of months ago because even though I really liked it it was missing something for ultimate customisability and so I backburnered it. But then the other day a solution for one of css’s biggest problems (a fixed margin for percentage-width columns iywtk) popped into my head and I started working on it again as a full width theme (try resizing the page); so when it’s finished you’ll be able to choose the number of columns and the gap between them. Hopefully finishing in the next couple of days. There will be a premium and free version, and I’ll recommend the premium for £3(?)
I have very few commitments for the next 5 months since my course has finished so I’ll be getting down to some hardcore themeing, but today I thought the site doesn’t really live up to its content so I’ve rehauled the user interface making it easier to see a theme’s usp and download options. Please give me feedback on this if you don’t like it (I know the alternating sides is a bit distracting but I’m finding it really refreshing). More themes coming soon!
Remember Callidora? And how I took it away and made it into a premium theme so way fewer people use it?
Well not anymore.
Now there are two versions of Cygnus (and the premium one has had some bug fixes). I’d obviously prefer if you bought the premium version but if you want something similar to Callidora without the £4 price tag and some awesome features, the free version of Cygnus is for you!
I quite like the idea of having a premium and a free version of each of my themes so look forward to more of this type thing.
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