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My First Free Wordpress Template :-)

Posted by Mauro • 7/29/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: free wordpress theme, free wp template, free wp theme, wordpress, wordpress template, wordpress theme

Cool, Fresh, Web 2.0 Free Wordpress Template offered by BlogCrash.com - Bloggers Forum Community.

Download It Now Here: freetemplate.blogcrash.com/

And don't forget to Digg It and live your comments :-)

User Comments

7/29/08

bladeaxe4

good to see new things and orginal, of course, will be checkin' them out !

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1. 7/29/08
  
  Mauro
  
  thanks for your comment my friend
7/29/08

weemundo

Looks cool ! Great job and thanks for showcasing my blog

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1. 7/29/08
  
  Mauro
  
  you're welcome
  BlogCrash.com it's dedicated to bloggers... and i'm just doing what i have to do: featuring Blogs and Bloggers like me
  
  I'm glad you liked the theme
7/29/08

weblogian

Mauro I just PM you, pls PM me back, but not here.

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1. 7/29/08
  
  Mauro
  
  done
2. 7/29/08
  
  weblogian
  
  I have added you in my brain space.
7/29/08

ChicaX

Gah, now I need someone to convert that to blogger!

Ace work with that template, it's really fun.

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1. 7/29/08
  
  Mauro
  
  i would love to know how to convert it
  thanks four your feedback Chica
2. 7/30/08
  
  weblogian
  
  Mauro There are many who can convert i to blogger, there are some here in BC too. Contact them. Its good for both of you.
7/29/08

katelynjane

I really like it!! Great work (:

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1. 7/29/08
  
  Mauro
  
  Thanks Katelyn
7/29/08

CreativeJunkie

wow - I like that!

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1. 7/29/08
  
  Mauro
  
  Thanks
  
  First reactions make me happy
7/30/08

Mauro

Anyone wants to give me more feedback about my first free wordpress template???

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7/30/08

werelax

I like the colors, the off white background could be a little darker to give a bit more contrast to the content area.

In general the one right and one left sidebars is pretty old school and limits the ability to use some of the wider graphics and display ad blocks that have become popular recently. It does mesh better with alot of existing non-blog websites though.

in wordpress 2.6 the right sidebar widgets do not show up in the dashboard and can not be removed. When I added one the original ones all disappeared.

For me the default font set is a little small.

The comment text box could also use some color to help define the boundaries.

I like the block quotes you are using.

The 3 subscribe tabs take up alot of valuable real estate and it is also in the meta data block,

The top menu tabs might be better if floated left under the logo space.

There is not much space between the sidebar and content areas I think putting some background color in the side bars might help.

The search box could use something to highlight it graphically. perhaps something subtle like the search box under the ads here www.cookingsalmon.net/

I have installed it on one of my new blogs that I am just working on now.
www.massagers101.com

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1. 7/30/08
  
  Mauro
  
  Thanks for your great feedback my friend
2. 7/30/08
  
  werelax
  
  You might want the toolbar div part of the header if you use it on every page.
  
  I am not a css wizard but you might be able to use a the Z parameter so that a typical header image or larger logo could be used the width of the blog and lay behind the search box and navigation tabs.
7/30/08

werelax

I have more than 4 pages so the top of page nav tabs drop below the content area and are not visible. At a minimum should be able to select what pages show in nav or maybe change the logo so the nav tabs can stretch across the width of the page or wrap to a second line.

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1. 7/30/08
  
  Mauro
  
  I will check that as soon as possible.
  Thanks for the tip my friend
7/30/08

werelax

I am using firefox 3 and it displays the nav tabs differently then in IE 7

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1. 7/30/08
  
  Mauro
  
  freetemplate.blogcrash.com/
  
  I cheked in IE7 and i don't see any problem!
  
  Send me your link so i can understand my friend
7/30/08

werelax

I made some of the changes I mentioned. the header logo is just a place holder for now and I am not happy about the sidebar background, would like a way to take it all the way to the bottom sidebar.

The top tabs not floating left in IE7. I figured out how to exclude unwanted pages in the tabs.

www.massagers101.com is the site I am working on.

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1. 7/31/08
  
  Mauro
  
  Great jog there
  
  Let me see the result at the end my friend, please.
  I will be glad to feature your website in my blog
  
  About the tabs in IE7... that's strange because everything seems ok in my browser! Everything seems great in IE7 and Firefox!
  Strange.. But ok
7/31/08

werelax

the tabs in your IE7 brower - is that on your site or on my www.massagers101.com Top tabs still algin to the right in IE7 on my site for me. uploads.screenshot-program.com/my.php?image=upl8826748029.jpg

also the search box at top is cut off if you shrink the browser view port in Firefox and IE7 here is a picture of your site uploads.screenshot-program.com/my.php?image=upl6727876239.jpg

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7/31/08

werelax

Well I am through with this for a while. If you find a fix for either of these issues let me know.

I am thinking I may need a drop down menu with the tabs on the top before I take the site into production. Adding that to your theme is more than I can take on right now. I will probably need a top menu that is functionally like the one on my pain relief site. www.painrelief101.com but with tabs for the top level menu.

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7/31/08

2mk

Great theme, i like the color.

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1. 7/31/08
  
  Mauro
  
  Thanks for your feedback 2mk
9/24/08

armandp

I'm also a wordpress theme designer and I'm looking for inspiration

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9/24/08

poisonapplesauce

I think it is lovely, it's cheery and not all stuffy

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