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Activity will be low here until I get the new design up. It is actually going well, even though other design projects take up a lot of time right now. In the meantime, I want to share a couple of links that may be intersting to you.

First of all, the 1024px, Daleri Selection and Daleri Mega templates have been ported into Drupal themes by Nick Young. Since I don't use Drupal myself I haven't been able to try the ports myself, but the live demos look very interesting. For one example among others, the 1024px theme includes the left/right sidebar option that is included in the original template. Nick also writes that he has got requests for more ports of my templates, and that more Drupal themes are underway - including one theme that will include all andreasXX (00 to 09) designs in one theme package using subthemes. I'm looking forward to see that!

Second, I've released a new template called Daleri Single. It is a simple one-column design, made with simple code that is easy to understand and easy to work with. It is currently only available on GetFreeWebDesigns.com, but I will add it to my own template gallery soon.

And finally, the 1024px theme for WordPress is moving into an interesting direction! It has been adopted by Matt Martz, who has given it a massive and very promising update with numerous new features. More about this soon!

Johanna decided to rebuild her kennel website into a WordPress site, after running it as a manually coded HTML site for over a year. She wanted to use the Daleri Structure template design, so I converted it into a WordPress theme for her. It took three days to get the site completed. I worked on the theme, while Johanna did all the content work. The result looks pretty sweet! The english version has not been added yet, but feel free to take a look if you want to see what our four-legged family members look like.

Regarding the Daleri templates, I have got updated versions of the templates from Jason Cole, who fixed an error that broke the layout when the template was viewed in IE6. I will upload the updated templates soon, along with updated versions of the other templates. Jason has also made a range of alternate versions of the templates. Those can be found .

Other priorities now is redesigning this site, updating all WordPress themes to work with the new comment system in WP 2.7 and releasing new templates. I will try to get a public WordPress theme version of the Daleri Selection template released as well, but I need to find a way of getting the main menu (which is based on a definition list) to work with WordPress. The menu on Johannas site is currently managed manually, and while that works well for a custom theme it is not a good solution for a public theme. We'll see about that. Regarding this site, I've been ashamed over the lack of updates for a long time. But Johannas great redesign effort has given me a boost of inspiration and motivation, so I'm in for another attempt to get it all done. I will also upload my updated templates to a new template site called GetFreeWebDesigns, which keeps up the spirit of the free CSS template community.

Finally, I want to thank everyone who has contributed with donations. The donations in January actually covered the hosting cost for February, and I appreciate that a lot. It is also inspiring to know that my work is appreciated even with the lack of updates that this site has had for a long time.

First of all, music! Only four days after posting a link to the old Leeloo Project music page on the classic free music site Beatmaka.com, the three Leeloo Project remixes are ranked #1, #2 and #3 on the Beatmaka music chart.

While it is not very hard to achieve (Beatmaka appears to be very silent nowadays), it brings back warm memories of the Lagoona era and the way producers tried to outshine eachother with new and fresh songs. There are still some amazing tracks to find on the site, so it is a bit sad to see the low activity.

Second, WordPress themes! Since the opening of the new WordPress theme directory and the release of three of my themes there, I have browsed through lots of great themes. And I've followed the "most popular" list with big interest to learn more about what makes a theme more interesting.

Yesterday I noticed that WP-Andreas01 was one of the featured themes on the frontpage, and that it is currently the most popular theme out of the 145 that have been made available on the theme directory so far. It was a nice surprise that gave an extra boost of inspiration. I know that it will be pushed away from that spot very soon, but I can't help being a bit proud about it. After all, the andreas01 template which the theme design is based on, was the first website template that I ever released. It is just amazing to see that it still finds its way out to new users more than three years after its original release…

No time for celebrations though! Johanna and I are very close to an official launch of our web development company, but we still don't have any own company website online so that is one of the priorities for now. The company is named Ileva after my ILEVA idea, and I am happy to announce that there will finally be official Ileva templates out there. Not as an open source design concept, but with the same idea behind the code. And of course still free. I will write more about it in future posts, for sure.

With the opening of the new official WordPress theme directory on WordPress.org, you will see a number of changes on my WordPress themes page. I will have as many of my themes hosted on the theme site as possible, and I am now uploading the themes as they are updated. Two themes have been approved so far, WP-Andreas01 (updated to v2.0) and the new Daleri Sweet. 1024px is awaiting its review and approval and will probably be added in a few days.

You can see live previews of the themes, grade them and find many other good themes on the site, and it is well worth a visit even though the number of themes is low so far. All themes are reviewed in detail before approval to ensure that they meet the requirements for being hosted on WordPress.org. All my approved themes are listed on my userpage, and you can also subscribe to the andreas tag to stay updated on new releases and updates.

Edited: For Swedish readers: WordPress-teman på Svenska