If you're not reading this through an aggregator, you will have already noticed: I've redesigned my website.
The last theme lasted about 2.5 years, so it was time for something new and fresh.
Now, I don't know about you, but honestly I'm a bit tired of all the pastelly rounded corners and soft shadows that are all the rage today. Sure, it looks nice and neutral, but I'd prefer something with a little more oomph. So, after a day of fun with vectors tools, a highly saturated color palette and some browser-fighting, my geometric theme (uncreatively called Acko8) is completed.
The result is, as you'd expect, tableless and semantic XHTML/CSS. The theme should work from 800x600 up without scrolling (though at higher resolutions, more eye candy sticks out on the sides). Whether it is aesthetically pleasing depends of course on your own tastes. But I sure love the way it turned out!
What's cool is that I specifically crafted the underlying CSS skeleton to allow images to 'break out' of the text flow. The previous design tried this as well, but had several nasty issues with it. The effect is quite nice.
Putting images next to the text keeps the page neater.Aside from the looks I already reorganised the site a bit. The front door page was removed in favor of a more direct approach. I put my side projects a bit more in the spotlight as well. Finally, I emphasised the personal aspect, with a clear explanation of the site's purpose in the upper-right corner on every page.
Comments welcome!
very awesome redesign man
I especially agree with the images thing.
Looking very sharp! Love the
Looking very sharp! Love the colors and boldness. Kind of similar to my site's approach as well... something simple, different, and more in your face.
Excellent retro/techno-ish design :-)
Love it!
Nice composition and energy!
Style++
In case we didn't know it already, it's now official: you are the god of Drupal theme design, Steven!
I was actually a bit concerned when I read the teaser of this post on Planet Drupal, because I really loved the old theme of Acko.net, and I doubted that the new theme could actually be better. But that concern proved to be unnecessary: this is definitely a big step up.
Yep, that's a really funky
Yep, that's a really funky design! Nice one.
Great design, i like it.
Great design, i like it.
When did you become an artist?
It looks great Steven. Best part about it is exactly what you said: it's not too trendy. Quite the pleasant surprise when I decided to stop by.
New design is good
New design. Liked the 3D styling.
Fantastic!
This new design is simply amazing... What a delight!
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