WordPress Theme – Gridblog
For the past few weeks, I have been experimenting with different grid-based CSS frameworks available on the Internet. YAML and Blueprint are two of the CSS frameworks that I might be using for my future theme development work. These nifty frameworks can be used for rapid development of clean CSS/XHTML layouts. I am not sure if any theme designers are already using these, but I like them a lot because they can save you a lot of time.
Based on the Blueprint framework, I am releasing a minimalistic WordPress theme called the “Gridblog“. This is a fast loading theme (only 36Kb in size) that has very little design elements but compensates with its functionality. It lets you display your front page blog entries uniquely by dividing them into two columns. The theme has different layout for pages, single entries and the archives section. Gridblog is fully CSS & XHTML compliant and has been tested with both Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Please leave comments and let me know if you like it!
How on Earth did you manage to get it to come in at just 36kb?
I like that it’s kind of like a sandbox theme, where you could make it into anything with a little work, but I think that you should add some images and more color to just make it a little more easier. Great Job!
FYI, Thad Allender already using Blueprint CSS from several months ago…. So you’re not the first theme designer
Great design.
You may want to add a “TITLE” tag though :X
It’s great theme but i miss images… great anyway
coool theme jai i liked the layout and style.
But there is lot of white space .
Great theme! I can assure you, working with CSS to make those floats, would help any blogger! Thanks for providing this great theme!
Wow. another great theme from you Jai. I’m sure amny blogger will use it. a minimalistic theme is a trend now because it is fast-loading