Still in development, but my first WordPress Theme. Please review.

Discussion in 'Websites' started by mtheoryx, Apr 28, 2007.

  1. #1
    I have been contracted to produce a site quickly...very quickly. So I whipped this up. They love it; however, I would like some review/critique from you all since you probably see far more sites than my clients do.

    Here's the live site to review.

    Thanks :eek:
     
    mtheoryx, Apr 28, 2007 IP
  2. KMKM

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    Hello there mtheoryx ,
    That is a very good wordpress theme there! But that yellow black combination of yours in the sidebar. Well i don't know for others but they don't look complementary to each other. Rest all is fine.

    Regards,
    ~KMKM
     
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    #3
    It is a nice theme congrats but in my oppinion you should use another fontstyle in the body text to promote this template, it style you use, doesn't fit with this high tech template.
     
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    #4
    It's okay for the first theme.. however the design doesn't look like typical WP themes at all.. it's very web 2.0. I would start looking into adding some glossy and gradient effects to parts of your site.
     
    8everything, Apr 29, 2007 IP
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    Looks oldschool webdesigned :b
     
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    #6
    Change the font, and that will have a huge impact on the overall look and feel of the site :) Try Verdana/Georgia.
     
    Keagle, Apr 29, 2007 IP
  7. mtheoryx

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    Thank you all for your replies. I appreciate the feedback. I will make a couple of tweaks today and try some different things out.

    I'll take a look at some new fonts. And you're right, the black font in the sidebars is distracting.

    I guess I have been looking at the theme so much that I got sort of blind to certain things.
     
    mtheoryx, Apr 29, 2007 IP
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    #8
    You did a good job.
     
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  9. mtheoryx

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    Thank you all. I have applied some changes, just to see how it looks. I am hoping I can take this custom theme, and make it a bit more basic and "cookie-cutter" so I can sell it. I have gone way, way over hours on this guy's site, so hopefully I can recover that by basing a theme off of this.

    Any other suggestions are certainly helpful.
     
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  10. mtheoryx

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    Well, I got bit in the butt with the ie6 png transparency bug. It's fixed now though. :)
     
    mtheoryx, Apr 29, 2007 IP