Author archive: Andreas Viklund
New template: Basic Contact
A new template has been released, this time a simple example of how to include a comment/contact form into a template. The title of the template is Basic Contact and it comes in three versions: standard, light and narrow single-column. To download the three versions of the Basic Contact template: Basic Contact: download here
How to use Google Font Directory for webfonts
I have previously written about using custom fonts through @font-face, and the difference it makes for the visual appearance of a website. Today I want to recommend a large directory of hosted fonts that you can include in your designs easily, without having to deal with the actual font files. Google has launched a site…
Server and website upgrades
After a few days of low appearant activity where there have been some website issues and downtime caused by some kind of external overload attack, andreasviklund.com has been given a set of significant upgrades both in terms of server hardware, software and scripts. WordPress has been updated to version 3.1.2, existing plugins have been upgraded…
The AndyBlue theme for WordPress
I have added a new theme to the WordPress themes page: the classic AndyBlue theme by Matteo Turchetto. It was released in 2008 and has, as far as I can tell, not been updated in a long time. But it has been a popular theme ever since it was originally released and I still get…
The curse of the free template designer strikes again
Today I got a number of messages from a person who wanted me to take action against the owner of a site which is using one of my website templates on one of the subdomains of the site. It was a person representing an online radio station named The Waiting Room which was upset with…