Author archive: Andreas Viklund
What would you like to see?
I am currently working on the last details on the next free template release, a fixed-width design that I originally built a few years ago but which I didn’t release at the time. Atleast not as a basic XHTML/CSS design. Two alternate versions I made of it was included in MODx CMS, but the original…
Repair, reboot and release!
After a long, long time without visible updates but with a lot of things happening behind the scenes, it is now time to bring andreasviklund.com back to life. There are lots of stories to tell, lots of templates to release and lots of plans ahead. As you may possibly have heard during the spring, andreasviklund.com…
What a template is (and what it is not)
One of the most common questions I get is “Why is template (x) not working with CMS (y)?”. The answer is simple: The website templates contain no CMS-specific code so they will not work with any CMS by default. They contain no scripts, only pure XHTML and CSS code that make up a basic design…
The curse of a free website template designer
I had hoped that I would never need to make a story like this public, but since some misunderstandings appear to be more difficult than others to sort out, I will do it this time. I have been accused by a blog owner for stealing her content and re-publishing it on another blog. I won’t…
How to customize a website template
Or rather, one out of many possible ways to do it… This screencast by WebBriefcase shows how to edit a copy of andreas07 using a visual editor, without having to write any code at all. It shows only the basics, but it may still be interesting to see since it shows one of the best…