Regular visitors might have noticed that Articles & Texticles has changed its appearance.
After a couple of years of using the lovely minimalist theme called “plaintxtblog” designed by Scott Wallick, I’ve now converted the site to a theme called “Shades of Gray” which is based on a very advanced sandbox design by, er, Scott Wallick.
Shades of Gray is a style sheet designed by Leslie Franke. I’ve succeeded in getting the header image - one of the main attractions in this theme along with the crisp layout and typography - to display a succession of randomly selected images.
The other big attraction for me was the easy-to-find-and-use navigation bar right under the header picture. I’ve been planning to put some new types of content on the site for a long time, but my search for the the most usable and elegant way of doing so has been painstaking and slow. While there are thousands of themes available to WordPress bloggers, it’s been a long wait finding exactly the right one.
The good thing about WordPress software is that you can change any aspect of it you fancy, so there may be a bit more tweaking going on around here.
I hope you like it!
6 Comments
Hi Michael.
Would you like to meet for a drink and a bite to eat at the Skimmington Castle this Friday evening?
Best wishes.
Colin.
@colin: I’ve e-mailed you.
I like the new layout; it complements the content nicely.
Thanks Jane, I’m glad it pleases you!
Looks great, Michael.
Except now I’m going to go crazy trying to figure who the artists are for some of the rotating header images (grin).
@Charley Parker: I’m composing a visual key that will go in the sidebar, to help identify the painters featured in the random headers.
Now, if only I can remember who they were…. erm…..