how’d you know i was procrastinating reading your blog??
thanks ted! can’t wait to start building on this
@randy — try the latest development release, there was a PHP parse error on some machines that didn’t support <? with the missing “PHP” part.
@blair — this theme is mean to be a very basic starting point to compared to Zen. It is entirely flexible for whatever you want to do and provides some examples and techniques. It is mean to be extremely clean and low features (if any).
Yes there is no screenshot, because well, this theme doesn’t really provide any sort of design whatsoever. If someone wants to make one I’ll gladly add it.
There are plans to eventually port to Drupal 6 but nothing immediate. Patches are welcome :)
Nice work.
Suggestion: I have noticed that screenshot.png file is missing. It could be nice to include screenshot.png in your theme.
Question: any plans for porting this theme to drupal 6 ?
Nice one. I’ll give this a go some day soon.
How does it compare with Zen? http://drupal.org/project/zen
Hi Ted,
I tried your theme on my site, but when I go to view existing comments in a forum thread, or when I preview a new comment I’m adding to a topic, I get this error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\Program Files\BitNami MediaWiki Stack\apps\wikhanic.com\themes\blueprint\comment.tpl.php on line 26
Is it just me?
You rock, dude. None of this is possible without you. See, I do read your blog. :-)
Glad to hear this was useful for you — just wanted to let you know that I recently wrote a related plugin that lets you do some other link tracking that you might find useful too.
Nice work Ted, this is great to see. Looking forward to giving it a spin, thanks for sharing!
I’ve been using the Blueprint theme for a couple hours, but I’m already convinced it’s time to scrap the workflow I’ve had in place for the last year or so, with http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/ as a starting point, and embrace Blueprint in nearly everything I do.
Nice work!
mlsamuelson
I’m really liking this.
One suggestion: maybe some “edit this menu” links that appear in the blocks like Zen theme has, I think those are convenient.
Thanks, well done
I want to add the video to my profile page, the SPECIFIC video, but all it does it load up a full screen of the Sony Music video site with their choice of videos. You see how it is in the Avril fan page with the Hot video? I want EXACTLY that.
Well you need to customize the code for your own site, but this is just an example of how it is being used on our sites. You can put it in the header yes but you need to have jQuery included and your Google Analytics code as well.
Actually I made some research (duh!) I downloaded jquery.js (latest version 1.2.6) and upload it in my root folder. Then I added
I hope I did it right.
Exactly what i was looking for!!
Tell me, do I simply add it to the header of my site ?
Thanks for sharing!
Right now I have no immediate plans for Drupal 6 — largely because I’m not using it and don’t plan to anytime soon. That said, I am open to patches and starting a Drupal 6 branch and welcome patches/comments/ideas :)
I’ve been waiting to see this for quite some time and am glad. I can’t wait to play with what you have done here and take a look at the code.
I really like Blueprint and have been using it for several projects now. It’s a great system.
Not to rush things but what are your plans for creating a release for Drupal 6? I haven’t had a chance to download it but before I put too much effort into trying to update it to D6, I figured I’d ask you what your plans are for that. If you are open to help on that front, I’d be happy to chip in where I can.
Thanks for all the great modules that you write! It’s a huge contribution to the community.
Cheers, Brent
Yes, the grid system assumes fixed with designs.
However, it is flexible. By no means does everything have to be a grid. You can use a flexible/jello like container (add your own CSS) and then use the grid system as much or as little as you need within. Or you could make it like CNN.com and use a liquid header and fixed with body.
Even if you ignore the theme for your layout (and use liquid layout), the themes reset css (making elements consistent across browsers), form improvements, and general usability/performance tweaks can all still be utilized fully.
From my admittedly brief reading on Blueprint CSS this weekend (considering using it) it appeared to support fixed width only css rather then dynamic width layouts. Is this the case with the starter theme?
Steven Peck
This is going to come in very handy. I’ve been messing around with jQuery a lot lately and this is a great addition to the tool box. Thanks!
Wow! Looks pretty much like a Domain module integration patch for Google Analytics module! :)
That’s great Ted! Congratulations to you and the Mother’s Click team!
Congratulations, Ted! Awesome job on that site.
Congrats! Keep up the amazing work!
That’s great news Ted. I’m happy to hear you guys are getting some of the credit you deserve. :)