I got a new theme! I don’t care if you don’t like it, most of you don’t actually look at my site anyway thanks to Google Reader.
Anyway, this one is cuter. It’s not black. The area for text is wider so it looks nicer. I’m a fan of it for now, but I get bored constantly. Right now, this one rocks. =)
Edit: Hm…for some reason it was switching back on its own back to the default theme. I just went in and deleted the default theme – so hopefully it won’t do it anymore. But if for some reason you come here and read this post and you see my same old black/green theme, there is something wrong with it. =(
Tami Baribeau is the Associate Producer for Metaplace, Inc, currently working on Island Life. She is also the Lead Editor of feminist gaming blog The Border House, and the National Facebook Games Examiner for Examiner.com. She can be reached on Twitter or by email.
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it looks new to me… I like it.. I switched mine but i’m not liking it all that much and probably will be switching again
Thumbs up from my Cuppy – nice look.
If you want to see a WordPress theme, click my name.
You have a nice, bright blog theme. I like it. I can comfortably read the text.
Thanks guys =)
Nice theme. Easy on the eyes too.
I’m hearing (and seeing) that it looks awful in IE.
There’s always a downside. I need a web expert. FIX IT! =(
Websites are supposed to look awful in IE. You didn’t know that?
Alright, well as long as its intended I’ll just let it slide
I like it, the photo in the heading is very cute. =)
Ack, blinding naked brightness! I think I see myself or a white nipple, either I suspect my retina is damaged. It is shiny though and I haven’t seen this one around. It is hard to find a original theme you like when other jerkfaces in the same circle equip the one you so lustfully desire.
WOW!! Looks awesome there Cuppy
I can fix the IE problem.
Tell people to install Firefox
I can really fix the IE problem.
But I’m not getting paid to do it.
Better than the previous theme, suits you!
I agree!!!
I’m not really a dark person. =) I like shiny!
Looks good. New and shiny indeed!
~Cyndre
Please stop the “install FireFox” stupidity.
According to stats from http://www.thecounter.com/stats/2007/August/browser.php 13% use FireFox and 71% use Internet Explorer (51% IEX 6 and 20% IEX 7). Only a fool would not care to make this look good on IEX too.
That I use FireFox myself has little to do with the argument. Think about it: What does it mean to disregard how 71% perceives the page.
/rant
A great look Cuppy! I really like it. Good use of colors that are not used that often. It is HARD to get any green look nice.
I like the Header Picture, though not a fan of the color scheme
I’m not a fan of the huge headers, but I cant deny that it looks good here. nice choice Cuppy and props to Jinsona on creating the theme.
Search feature is nice up there as well.
Beautiful new theme! Very stylish. And black-on-white is much easier on the eyes. Not normally a fan of green in color schemes, but you’ve done great things with it!
Very aesthetically pleasing. Nice choice!
It looks better than the old theme and more to the point is easier to read.
It looks fine in Opera.
Looks nice Cuppy.
As for IE, in my IE7 the right hand side panels do not render properly, the background partially is rendered above the text – text is only shown when you do a mouseover. Looks perfectly fine in Firefox
Looks good in IE. As Sente said, the side panels are a little off, but not annoyingly so. I like the picture at the top. And the white background does seem to make it easier to read.
I’ll work on getting it fixed so it is looking good in IE =)
Thanks guys for the input!
Not bad, however, I’ll be reading most of your stuff through Outlook, a lot easier to keep up with everything
Perfect as always Cuppy!
@Akely,
Don’t be so quick to throw around browser statistics. I run around 10 large websites in addition to my gaming blog and browser percentages can vary widely depending on your sites audience. Most of mine range between 30-50% Firefox, and 50-65% IE depending on the site.
As for the theme, it does look nice, just too bad about the CSS or HTML issues on the side panel. Even the designer of the theme has the same problem on their website and likely all the themes with the side panel.
Worldwide browser statistics are completely irrelevant to 99% of websites worldwide. The remaining 1% are grand portals such as Yahoo! and Google which actually receive traffic from a worldwide audience.
The only valid reason why the web design community often concerns themselves with worldwide browser statistics is that data suggests the browsers with which web designers should be most familiar.
The browser statistics that matter are those that are specific to a particular website. Using worldwide browser data to identify your target platforms is much like using worldwide market research to identify your total addressable market. In truth, when you’re “already in business” in a manner of speaking, you should design for the audience you have, not for the audience you dream of having.
The only thing *I* personally care about is the percentage of MY readers who use IE, which according to AWStats is 49.8%. 35.3% are on Firefox, 12% are ‘unknown browsers’ and 2.2% are using Opera.
49.8% is a huge number of people who see something ugly on my page =(
yeah… I’ll calm myself a little. Did not mean to come across like a zealot, or something.
Good you got the stats (or rather facts) on THIS site, Cuppy. And it sure looks MMO’rs can keep the Geek Cards.
This was great: “Worldwide browser statistics are completely irrelevant to 99% of websites worldwide. ” Very funny. Almost as good as the best parenting advice I got: “Do not listen to advice.” Good one, Morgan.
Viewing the page in IEX7… it is not “ugly”. It is merely lacking. The content is there, and content is King.
Okay, well you’re making me feel a little better =) Thanks Akely!
*sigh* Content is NOT king. That’s the second time I’ve read that fallacy in the last ten minutes.
I’m sorry Morgan, but if we’re talking about my blog, in which the sole purposes are to incite discussion, provide news, and display my insight – the content IS king. I don’t think you could make an argument that the looks of a blog matter more than what is discussed on it – especially considering the fact that 50% of people read through an RSS reader anyway and don’t even view the theme.
Nobody goes to a blog to oogle over the innovative design of the site. They go to read what you have to say – and argue that all you want, you won’t win =P
Love the new look Cupster…really nice.
Tami, read this…
…or just watch your boss say it himself.
Just because I work for him doesn’t mean I agree with him on everything.
Don’t you want that Christmas bonus? ;p
thanks! The non-black makes it easier to read at work without worrying about who’s walking behind my cube.
Vey cool theme I love it looks great!!
( I am on IE6 btw)
FYI – It looks fine on IE for me…