My new blog design
Monday, 1. October 2007, 22:08:22
I've installed a new blog design, Sleek Shady Alpha build 72. It's a unfinished theme based on the default blog design The Darkside by Fred. This is what I've been working on the last few days. And I'm going to release new versions soon.
I made my own banner with my cartoon character Dr. Launch drawn by Freek Zijlmans. You can change the banner by adding a background image with #top2.
Like my previous design, White is Fun, this theme has the CC GNU GPL, an open-source license. I added this license because I want people to make modifications to it for the good of all users of the Sleek Shady theme.
There are no instructions and no quick installation code because I'll rather see advanced My Opera Community users install the alpha version of Sleek Shady. If you don't know how to install it, you're not an advanced My Opera Community user. But don't worry, proper instructions are coming when I release the final version.
Get Sleek Shady Alpha build 74 here. And add the blog to your watched blogs or subscribe to the RSS feed to get notified about new versions.
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By coxy, # 1. October 2007, 23:07:33
Had to go back to White is Fun on this blog because of some browser issues. I think I'll wait until the final version is finished before installing it on this blog.
By drlaunch, # 1. October 2007, 23:17:47
By Dacotah, # 1. October 2007, 23:32:27
By SqueakeyCat, # 2. October 2007, 01:55:24
To style the page background, simply style the body element. Here's an example where the background image is turned off:
body {background-color:#ff0;
background-image:none;
}
Short version (not tested):
body { background:#ff0 none; }And here's one with a background image that starts on top without repeat:
body {background-color:#ff0;
background-image:url(http://myserver.com/mydirectory/myimage.png);
background-position:top;
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
Short version:
body { background:#ff0 url(http://myserver.com/mydirectory/myimage.png) top no-repeat; }Have fun!
By drlaunch, # 2. October 2007, 02:30:02
By SqueakeyCat, # 2. October 2007, 04:09:23
But before continuing, how advanced are you with CSS?
By drlaunch, # 2. October 2007, 13:04:16
By demiphonic, # 3. October 2007, 01:01:01
By drlaunch, # 3. October 2007, 01:40:38
By demiphonic, # 3. October 2007, 02:52:08
thanks for sharing
p.s.
enjoyed browsing your blog as well
k
By redjava, # 29. October 2007, 16:38:50
By drlaunch, # 29. October 2007, 18:41:44
By SqueakeyCat, # 29. October 2007, 19:23:43
I can't say it was advanced. Basically it looks like something from Microsoft FrontPage with CSS usage limited to text style. And was that a table used for layout?
I couldn't inspect the source code and CSS code closer because Opera Mini doesn't have a source code viewer. I'd say your page was rather old-school. And kudos for using something I don't know how to use though; tables. ;-)
Anyway. Using CSS for layout doesn't have to be difficult. You can use one of these CSS tempalates or install Wordpress on your server to make your pages more easily or publish stuff. Ask me about it later.
By drlaunch, # 30. October 2007, 02:18:10
and yes, a lot of my pages r made out of tables
i would like to use my squeakeycat banner on my main page as my banner here on MyOpera
how do i put it here?
let me know what u think about the pages when u get a chance to c it from a regular PC
By SqueakeyCat, # 30. October 2007, 18:10:50
I have some instructions for adding a banner in another blog post. I don't know if the instructions work on your current theme. I need to hack around a bit to find out.
By drlaunch, # 30. October 2007, 20:10:52
i like my cats, but idk how to make a photo collage to use as a background picture
if i could remember from day to day, what i did with my courses for Web Site Design, then it'd b a lot better, but lately, it has gotten that i can't remember from day to day
i have to keep looking things up, and idk how to b able to remember what i read from one minute to the next. it just seems to disappear once i fall asleep at night
if i don't print out what i work on, then i don't remember even the codes i use
will show u the css that i used for that site, just give me a day to sleep, and i will b good to show u
By SqueakeyCat, # 1. November 2007, 04:30:31
Good luck
By LEFA., # 19. November 2007, 06:21:37
By drlaunch, # 20. November 2007, 00:15:29