Please Review This Layout (wordpress)

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by alexjstubbs, Oct 8, 2007.

  1. #1
    Alright, so i've sold a bunch of wordpress themes in the past few months but never get any real feedback on them. I want to see what people think.

    So let me know what you think of this one: http://typepress.net/wp/thermo/

    Thanks in advance!
     
    alexjstubbs, Oct 8, 2007 IP
  2. zidane-1986

    zidane-1986 Banned

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    #2
    it is too dark :( and it's not compatible with my explorer(I use Mozzilla firefox )
    good luck !!
     
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  3. alexjstubbs

    alexjstubbs Peon

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    #3
    Hm. You can't see it?

    I'm using firefox also. I tested it on 3 different monitors and a bunch of different browsers.

    Thanks for letting me know. Let me figure out why its so dark to you. Should be dark but NOT really dark.
     
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  4. eruct

    eruct Well-Known Member

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    #4
    I like the layout, it's way different than your typical wordpress theme, so good job on that.
    I too would agree with 'zidane' that it is too dark. I think the main issue is that the main paragraphs are a medium gray color (#858585) instead of white.
    That makes it a little hard to comfortably read the posts.
    Change that and your golden :D
     
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  5. bnandika

    bnandika Well-Known Member

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    #5
    The green rss color not match with the background, maybe you've change to lighter green color or orange. I've seen the round rss in one of photoshop tutorial before.
     
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  6. Lhlalyam

    Lhlalyam Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Good smooth layout. I'd have to say its the first dark layout that I've been impressed with. I like the options you have set out inside the theme... like jump to content... nice layout of text and navigation areas... and the flikr bar at the bottom..

    Lhlalyam
     
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  7. avenue

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    #7
    maybe just lighten up the text in the posts a little. Have you tried using the blue from the logo for the post headers and making the text in the post solid white?

    overall looks great. and well done on the strict validation!
     
    avenue, Oct 8, 2007 IP
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    #8
    I like the overall look & feel of the theme, I agree it's a bit dark though. Maybe a lighter grey in the boxes where you have text would help a bit, or making the text lighter so easier to read.

    I like the titles going vertically along the sides of the text boxes on the right, and the tagline showing when you hover over the main header.
     
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    #9
    dark is ok but white is always better..it doesn't strain the eye..

    goodluck
     
    manisha, Oct 9, 2007 IP
  10. libertygone

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    #10
    it's unique but not really my style. good work though
     
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    #11
    Not having much of anything graphics-wise is very bold - it does draw attention to your content, but it also left me feeling a little bit drifty and lost. Perhaps a lighter border colour around your content boxes?
     
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    With my glasses, I have decent vision, but it still strains my eyes trying to read the grey text.
     
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  13. tripsavvytravel

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    #13
    I like the overall feel of the theme, I do agree it is dark and the gray text in the post is a little hard to read, I wonder if they were whiter or bolded if it might help.

    It appears that your boxes are different colors (could be an illusion) :) the middle one seems darker the print is easier to read.

    The rollovers (where the date is listed) my suggestion is, if you were going to keep the color that light (barely able to see) then consider making your icons darker so they are more noticable.

    I would make the home, about, etc pages one size smaller.

    I looked in both IE and Firefox they seem the same. Overall I think you did a great job and hope you get lots of downloads.

    Sincerely,
    Dolores
     
    tripsavvytravel, Oct 10, 2007 IP