Reactions, questions, answers…
Yesterday I got a lot of e-mail with comments, questions and general feedback. I will do my best to respond to them all, but I will also use the blog to explain more about what I do and how my work can be used. Later today I will post a list of links to websites that are built using my templates, in order to give you an idea of what the final result can look like. Some people believe that template-based sites always look like the template that they are based on, but I have seen way too many creative uses of my designs to agree with that. I will also start writing that FAQ that I've been planning on writing for a long time now, and translate my templates into Swedish. More about that later…
Now, if you know about a website that is using one of my templates in a creative or interesting way, feel free to send me the link so I can include it in the list. If you send the link to your own site, feel free to write a few lines about why you chose to use a template as a starting point. And if you want to help others get started, feel free to share your tips and tricks for template use. I'll pass it on to everybody who is interested in the topic.
But first, a couple of hours of sleep. The clock shows 4:00 am now and tomorrow will be a long day…
Comments
Comment from Alberto
Time: October 24, 2007, 12:32 pm
Hi, I'm using your templates both on http://www.centrostudilaruna.it/huginnemuninn , which is my personal blog, and on http://www.libriefilm.com , which is a website about books and movies.
On the first one I'm using your old 1024px template, which I translated in italian; I also added to it the template function to show the wp2.3 tags.
The second one is a lightly modified version of your andreas theme, with a different header image and some further modifications.
Comment from Gordon Tatler
Time: October 24, 2007, 2:33 pm
We have recently updated out church web site which is now based on template Andreas08 - with slight modifications by me.
Great template, fast, nice straightforward display.
Well done Andreas.
Comment from Tan
Time: October 24, 2007, 4:22 pm
Man you don't even know how long I've waited for this since disabling my own Movable Type widget (that doesn't work since Haloscan bypasses that code).
Comment from Alberto
Time: October 24, 2007, 4:22 pm
@andreas: unfortunately the links above don't work, for the commas are wrongly included in the URLS. Can you please correct it?
Comment from Richard Murray
Time: October 24, 2007, 8:35 pm
Hi Andreas. I've successfully used the andreas02 web site template for my employer's web site, http://www.hillsoft.co.uk . I made a modest donation to you using PayPal because of the time the template saved me. It was worth every penny. We chose your template because we liked the simple layout and its use of CSS. We have bought several commercial web site templates in the past, but I can safely say that andreas02 outshines them. Thank you.
Comment from Richard
Time: October 25, 2007, 4:18 am
Andrea, come on buddy you act like you actually need sleep. lol
Comment from Mert
Time: October 25, 2007, 4:22 am
Hey, I was wondering what is involved in creating blogs in multiple languages. I have some associates who would be interested in creating blogs in more than one language. It is a great niche I never thought of before. Enjoy your sleep.
Comment from Rex
Time: October 25, 2007, 12:32 pm
Hi Andreas! I can see your are now again active on blog, a good Omen!.
>Some people believe that template-based sites always look like the template that they are based on, but I have seen way too many creative uses of my designs to agree with that.
Agreed.Sleep tight
Comment from John Todd
Time: October 25, 2007, 5:33 pm
Hi,
I used andreas08 as the basis for the Denton Bach Society's website. The layout works well to display our information. Thanks.
–John
Comment from Ted Hoffman
Time: October 25, 2007, 6:25 pm
I use andreas09 as my home page. I started with notepad and an html book. One of the html tutorial sites mentioned CSS with links. I know very little about web page design and programming. Most of the work I did is from copy and paste with some editing to get it to work.
If you have a demand, I can do a step by step for absolute beginners. I can do another page and take notes for the next programmer.
Comment from Lynne
Time: October 28, 2007, 5:56 pm
Would love to be able to use your themes, but do they work with the SemilogicPro package that Dennis wrote?
Regards,
Lynne
Comment from Roman
Time: November 2, 2007, 4:45 pm
Hi Andreas!
Magnificent template. Thank you very much.!
Roman.
Comment from Jacob Oketch
Time: November 3, 2007, 11:30 pm
Hi,I find the theme to be more interesting than i ever thought it would be.Im from Kenya and have no much knowledge about themes in general.Pliz have a look on my site and pass me the corrections,coz then the creativity is born to the world,which i think you empower personally.Take care and good luck.
Comment from Dima Design
Time: October 24, 2007, 8:40 am
Good night. Pleasant dreams. $O)