Category archive: Build
New template: The Grid
A new template has been added to the website template page: The Grid. It is the first template I release which is using a grid layout system, and it provides a lot of freedom for template users to create advanced multi-column layouts. As always, I have kept the code as short and simple as possible…
Coming up: Themes for Tumblr
I have written several times that suggestions, ideas and requests about the content on andreasviklund.com are very welcome. Several website visitors e-mailed me and asked for themes for the blog service Tumblr, while others suggested that I should check out Tumblr as it has grown to be an interesting alternative to the hosted blogging service…
CSS3 PIE – Bringing CSS3 effects to Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8
One common dilemma with using CSS3 decorations such as border-radius and box-shadow has been the lack of support for those decorations in the Internet Explorer web browser. But there is a rather simple way of getting some of the most popular CSS3 features to work with IE: CSS3 PIE – where PIE means “Progessive Internet…
From the forum: Free html5 template
Forum user stonerocket posted a thread in the showroom about the release of a new free html5/css3 template. It is a basic layout with a horizontal multi-level dropdown menu. The template validates as html5, but the code does not contain any html5-specific tags so it is easy to edit for anyone familiar with XHTML. Download…
New version of Variant Trio released
In a forum post, I was asked about modifying the code order Variant Trio template to place the main content before the sidebar content. While I am not very convinced of the significance of the code order in terms of how search engines view the site these days, it was a simple modification for me…