Devolux 2010 » WebDesign http://devolux.nh2.me WordPress resource Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:24:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 jQ 3.5 released http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/08/jq-3-5-released/ http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/08/jq-3-5-released/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:11:15 +0000 Devolux http://devolux.nh2.me/?p=441 After a long period of absence over the summer, I have finally released the newest version of the jQ theme. It has now more options than before, including several fields that allow the adjustment of the text layout (fonts & colours). I will soon add more fonts to choose. If you have some suggestions, please let me know.

]]> http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/08/jq-3-5-released/feed/ 9 On Fonts http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/03/favorite-fonts/ http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/03/favorite-fonts/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:11:44 +0000 Devolux http://devolux.nh2.me/?p=387 I have changed the default font of the jQ theme options from “Sans-Serif” (which was mainly Helvetica) to “Serif” (which is Georgia). While I much prefer serif fonts – and especially Georgia – I’ve always had a sans-serif font in the default styles of my themes because I believe that most people rather like fonts such as these. This used to be Verdana and later Helvetica.

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Georgia)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Times)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Bookman)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Helvetica)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Verdana)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Arial)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Monospce)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Comic Sans)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Courier)

What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Impact)

As you can see, this is not only a question of personal liking but also  of technical concern regarding font sizes. And there’s one more thing important to me when styling texts: the line height, adjustable with the CSS property line-height. I usually use a value of 2.0. This is the double default value! I think that makes text much more comfortable to be read. And it also looks better since it gives free space to the appearance of a page.

]]> http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/03/favorite-fonts/feed/ 10 jQ 3.0 coming http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/02/jq-3-0-coming/ http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/02/jq-3-0-coming/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:39:31 +0000 Devolux http://devolux.nh2.me/?p=372 After the theme was down for some time over the turn of the year, it is now back on the featured list on WordPress.org in version 2.9. While there haven’t been many new features since version 2.4, the next version 3.0 is subject to  rather big changes. I already have introduced threaded comments (have a look) and compressed the header image from 300 KB to 3o KB. Also I plan to go through the entire code and to delete all lines which have become unnecessary over time.

jQ ideas:

  • removing of the green template
  • a smooth shadow for the outline
  • new toggle arrows
  • more…?

Future versions of the jQ theme might as well include these features:

  • a jQuery supported content slider
  • an option to adjust the font size from the back-end
  • the possibility to include a custom header image
  • multiple sidebars

All that is to come at the earliest in version 3.1.

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the website is back after after a long period of  displaying nothing but empty screen. Though the content is available again I’m not sure about my future activity on this blog and on developing WordPress themes in general. However, this will figure out soon and the support for the already existing themes will be continued anyway.

For me there are two possibilities: either I invent a whole new concept for a third theme which I will in that case start up all from the bottom – or I reduce my work concerning web design on the mere support of my existing work in the near future.

]]> http://devolux.nh2.me/2010/02/the-sites-back/feed/ 1 jQ featured on WordPress.org http://devolux.nh2.me/2009/10/jq-featured-on-wordpress-org/ http://devolux.nh2.me/2009/10/jq-featured-on-wordpress-org/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:36:47 +0000 Devolux http://devolux.org/?p=298 I am glad to announce that my second WordPress theme has been included to the featured theme list on WordPress.org. This is a great success and a new motivation to continue my OpenSource work. My current projects are:

  • Collecting bug information and updating jQ for version 2.0 which will be released soon.
  • PressThis, my newest theme with some cool new functions.

I hope you will enjoy all that’s coming in the future. Please note that I’m glad for every comment which helps me to improve my work!

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