New WordPress theme: Daleri Selection
The second theme in the Daleri design series has now been quietly and carefully released, so I can get some feedback on it. You can download Daleri Selection at the official WordPress Theme Viewer, and on popular demant I chose to release the more advanced 3-column version with a horizontal page menu instead of the more simple 2-column version that you can see on the Daleri.com site. Please let me know if you find some errors or problems, or if you miss some important feature that should be there.
This new theme is also the base for my new site design, which will be launched later today. Don't expect it to be much cooler than the theme, you should know by know that I like simple, functional and useful designs rather than flashy and impressive stuff. But there will be a few upgrades. For example, I've spent many hours on the header image! I have also added a widget which I think should be included with WordPress by default, the subpages widget (which is very useful if you use Daleri Selection).
Proper releases, screenshots and additional information about both the WP-themes Daleri Dark and Daleri Selection and their XHTML/CSS-based template versions will follow quickly after the new theme goes live. I'm not very happy about adding content before I switch to the new theme, so the next you see here will be the new look.
Comments
Comment from Andreas Viklund
Time: May 31, 2007, 6:23 am
I'm hoping to have a full set of replacement headers ready soon. I can't say when since all templates and all themes will get additional material, but it will come at some point!
I agree about the menu, and I will not have a monthly archive on my own site since I will use an archive similar to the one I have today. But having a list of months like that is the standard setup for WordPress, and if I would remove that I would make many users unhappy.
However, the sidebar (all three areas of it) is completely widget-ready, so each user is free to decide for himself (or herself) how to organize it!
Comment from emil
Time: May 31, 2007, 8:00 am
good work Andreas, I will use this template (whith some changes) for my new website. When is all done i will present it here . Thanks for all your work !
Comment from Kraig
Time: May 31, 2007, 11:31 am
I must say the theme is clear, easy on the eyes, readable and suitable for content-oriented sites. First time when I look on it, I thought that the header should be a little lighter… But after several experiments in Photoshop I admitted that your version is better than mine :-)
Comment from igor
Time: May 31, 2007, 2:26 pm
You have beautiful Templates. I use one for the new web page of my friend.
http://www.weles-felgenreiniger.de
igor
Comment from Cavalcare
Time: May 31, 2007, 4:55 pm
Very good job. The light colors are very well combined, making a "classic" styled theme.
It's a good idea to leave the final user the possibilty to choose the widget he wants to put in the sidebar.
Comment from Solomon
Time: May 31, 2007, 5:33 pm
Excellent theme. I wish it to put on the blog, 2 years on the Internet, and yet I have no blog. Soon to myself I shall make with a theme Daleri.com. Thanks!
Comment from Jim Madsen
Time: June 1, 2007, 3:53 pm
I also like simple, spacious blog templates. No need for 4-5 different colours or fancy menus and lots of pictures.
Thanks for the work . We appreciate it.
Comment from tom
Time: June 2, 2007, 11:40 pm
I also like this theme. I've been trying to figure out how to put an image in the header but so far nothing is working very well.
Comment from Design
Time: June 3, 2007, 11:31 pm
Daleri.com - good theme.
Comment from eva @ second life
Time: June 5, 2007, 12:01 pm
Nice one indeed! Will wou also put up a dark version of it? Cheers, Eva.
Comment from Mats
Time: June 5, 2007, 7:05 pm
Andreas did it again! I just love your WordPress themes, they are just the way I want them: clean, simple and great looking. I will ask my blog provider to add some more of your WP themes. Currently they only have one to chose from (Andreas09).
I'm thinking of setting up my own WordPress-site so I will have more control over what themes to add, but haven't gotten to it yet. Is it easy to install or will you have to do a lot of configuration to make it work?
Comment from elly
Time: June 5, 2007, 7:50 pm
Good work
Comment from ShopMania
Time: June 5, 2007, 7:56 pm
Great theme! Simple, clasic, nice well combined colors. Thanks :)
Comment from Design
Time: June 6, 2007, 8:19 am
It is well made, this is pleasant to me more.
Comment from Ulon
Time: June 7, 2007, 3:12 pm
Good theme. Quiet and simple, just for blogs.
Comment from Linda
Time: June 7, 2007, 4:38 pm
NIce…I just wish that the blogcommunity im having my blog at would update their wordpress plug-ins….can't use'em :(
/linda
Comment from Thomas
Time: June 9, 2007, 12:44 am
I like this theme. You have done a good work. Why I´m not able to create something like this :-(
Regards
Comment from Web
Time: June 11, 2007, 3:40 am
I actually will likely try out the Daleri two column version instead of this one. the Daleri Dark has enough room for everything that i need in my site. Thanks for the work on the themes Andreas. It's greatly appreciated.
Comment from Robert Hartl
Time: June 12, 2007, 2:17 am
I've just problems with the integration of my own header. I looked now at Your actual theme and recognized, that the headerimage one large with no-repeat and center. Maybe You could comment this somewhere in the theme with the "with" of the middle page. Thanks a lot.
Comment from Dave
Time: May 31, 2007, 6:13 am
Andreas, the theme is looking good. I see what you mean about the header!!! But seriously I think people should change their header images since the header can make a powerful first impression. I'm guessing we'll be able to change the header image?
Also with the archive menu in the sidebar. I mentioned earlier about how it functions (can you click to an archive page?). My personal opinion is that i prefer to click to an archive/sitemap to look for older articles. When blogs have twenty or more different months listed on the front page it can take away from the blogs overall look.