I know quite a few of you have been waiting for me to deliver on my promise in the forums to put up a showcase of your work, so here it is — the best mods of the Options theme.
One of the things I wanted to do with this theme is make it highly customizable. I wanted users to have a theme with a lot of “options,” but also let them make the theme their own. These 10 sites have taken CSS modification to another level.
Click on the image to see a larger view of the mod. Click on the title to visit their site.
A Peach in Stitches
Muted Lunacy
マイ国際結婚 (mykokusaikekkon.com)
Cody Redmon: Photoblog
NineSlashes
Sigurds Blogg
Sunday Afternoon At Home
Attack of the Power Brick
M-ALO.DK
F/1.0
Let’s keep this showcase going
I don’t want to stop with these sites. I want to continue showcasing your work. Let’s keep building the community around this theme and continue making it better.
If I missed your site in this round, stop by the forums and let us know. We have a topic called Show off your Options site. Or, you can send me a friendly email letting me know you should be included in the showcase (I probably won’t have time to reply but will bookmark your site).
So, let us see what you come up with. With version 1.1+ of the theme, you can now share custom styles easily, without the need for any modifications to the code.
Awesome!!!!
Wow, very cool to see how others have utilized this great theme. It’s neat that they’re all similar in a way, but distinctly different. Thanks for the include, Justin.
It’s great to see the amazing things people can do with this amazing theme! I am honored to be included here, thanks Justin.
Thanks a lot for including my blog! You have created a great theme.
A friend of mine (Jenny at theweejenny.net) pointed this out to me. Thanks for highlighting mine here (attackofthepowerbrick). Your theme honestly just did exactly what I wanted, it’s really amazing. I had a design in my head and I’ve had to make a lot of compromises (originally it was to be custom built, but I never got the money I hoped to put toward funding that), but this just worked out so well that I can’t possibly complain.
You know, I tried to send you a book as thanks… but Amazon apparently thinks it has the wrong address for you? They wound up sending it back and I got a refund. Is that still incorrect?
Also, I’m slightly embarassed that AdBrite keeps giving me ads with scantily glad women in them, especially now that it’s been immortalized in a screen grab lol.
hello justin
my blog http://www.acikgoz.org
CSS modification, eh? Sounds like I could do something like what I’m doing for Sandbox.
To everyone
Sorry it’s taken me so long to get back to you on this post. I’ve been meaning to reply to your comments.
African Boy
CodeRed
Yeah, most are similar in some way because I suspect they just built off the original Dark stylesheet. I hope users continue to veer off a bit by using the other stylesheets as starting points. The new Blue Danube theme is much more well documented and easier to build from. So, let’s see what users can come up with.
Raimy
No problem. I’m a big fan of your color scheme.
theKaizer1
You deserve the credit. Great work.
Tony
Amazon. Oh well. Thanks for trying. They should be mailing stuff to my parents house.
I was wondering how well that huge ad of a “scantily clad” woman would go over.
ilyas
Thanks for the link.
BoltClock
Think of this theme as Sandbox reloaded. It’s like Sandbox with razzle and dazzle.
The whole point of the theme is for me to code the backend, allowing you to use the features that you want without having to touch code. That way, you can just focus on CSS modifications if you want a different look.
Hi Justin, I’m flattered to be mentioned in your theme customization gallery! I think it’s more of a testament to a well designed theme that even I with my meager css/php skills could customize it to my liking!
I’m looking forward to trying v. 1.1!
Justin, do you think there someday might be an Options Designs Competition, like how Scott did it with Sandbox?
hi justin,
i liked your theme very much. it is well made and balanced. i don’t have php experience but did well with its default option.
i have a problem though. Does your theme having widgets slows its loading time. i around 4 widget in a page and 8-9 plug ins. i think it loads a bit slow off lately. any ideas?
also feel free to bookmark or take screen shots of my theme. I have just started and plan to grow big. Will always put your theme link in my credits page.
PS : i intend to use your site with more mods. i think you will like it. have a look at it.
by the way…. THANKS and THUMBS UP
scantily “glad” women? One wonders what yould make them more happy. Perhaps some more clothes. Maybe they’re cold.
Thanks for share us the best mods brotha…