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Variant Duo used for phpbb forum
Today I got an interesting link that shows a heavily modified version of Variant Duo template used on a Chess site where it also handles some design parts in a phpBB forum. Take a look, it is an interesting example of how a CSS template can be modified into something that looks completely different from…
Validating your code using Unicorn
I am a big fan of the W3C web standards, for several reasons which I will write more about in future posts. All free website templates on andreasviklund.com are written using valid XHTML and CSS, and I recommend everyone to do their best to keep their code valid. One of the easiest ways to find…
Variant Multi, two alternate versions
The Variant Multi template got very positive feedback, but I got one e-mail about the fact that the narrow 600px layout wasn’t working very well on iOS devices – it appeared very narrow since the Safari Mobile viewport was not adjusted in the HTML. In order to provide a better option, I customized the template…
How to edit the Variant Multi layout options (part 2)
Continuing from part one of the short guide to editing the Variant Multi template layout, the next part to look at is the footer area. As seen in the examples included in the template (download variant-multi.zip to get the code), the footer can have 2-4 columns using two different widths. The footer: Halves and Quarters…
How to edit the Variant Multi layout options (part 1)
The latest free website template release, Variant Multi, offers a lot of layout options. But how do the different layouts work? Here is the first part of a short walkthrough of the ideas behind the Variant Multi design… One CSS file, many small tricks As you may have seen from the screenshots or the live…