You’ll notice that the sidebar now has a “Site Themes” section. Try it.
Pretty cool, eh? Saturday’s rant gave a general idea of how I did it, and this weekend, I’m going to work on a writeup explaining the construction of this site in more detail. There’s still no way to make most of the themes look right on Internet Explorer, but at least Windows users have a couple of usable ways to view the page. If you’re using Internet Explorer, Sobel and Woody should be fine, though some important effects are lost.
Long-time readers will probably notice that several of the site themes are adaptations of my WindowMaker themes. That’s intentional-I’m not just recycling material. With the new themable layout, the site itself can now depict the themes in use (to some extent) instead of just static screenshots.
Rpeg, for example, is a loose port of its briny forbear, while the Railway theme is a pretty much a variation on Kaamos. Continued...
