Kubrick alternative?

berck
(@berck)

19 years, 1 month ago

I installed the 1.5, and was unable to get my previous theme to work, so I simply used the new kubric default. (I had to hack on it to make it work for a multi-author blog, display posts instead of summaries and so on.)

I really hate the fixed pixel-width of the Kubrick theme, but otherwise like the look. Has anyone modified it to look the same, only use the entire browser width? I tried, but don’t know enough about CSS to make it look right…

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Kafkaesqui
(@kafkaesqui)

19 years, 1 month ago

I’d recommend going in search of a non-fixed-width theme and using that, if only because A. Kubrick’s design centers so much around it’s fixed dimensions, and B. modifying Kubrick for this would involve more than just changes to the css and templates (there’s the background graphics to consider, as well).

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes#Get_New_Themes

Thread Starter berck
(@berck)

19 years, 1 month ago

Thanks. I didn’t expect anyone to jump on it so quickly…. I divided the post in the appropriate categories, so the thread is confusing now, sorry. Thanks for the link to the patch for that problem!

Kafkaesqui
(@kafkaesqui)

19 years, 1 month ago

“so the thread is confusing now”

Nah, edit is our friend. :)

knotty
(@knotty)

19 years, 1 month ago

I’m trying out a 1.5 theme called “Steam” it’s based on Kubrick but wider, the way I like it.

Jennifer Ledbetter Clay
(@geeksmakemehot)

19 years, 1 month ago

http://steamedpenguin.com/design/Steam/

Thread Starter berck
(@berck)

19 years, 1 month ago

Ahh, thanks. That looks like a good starting place. The sidebar is too wide, but that should be easily fixable. Thanks.

Rob Poitras
(@bob46802)

19 years, 1 month ago

just remember some people only have 800*600 screens. thats why kubrick is only 760 wide.

what you could do, is do a template switcher in your sidebar and create a fixed width template for people with 1024*768 or higher and one for 800*600.