Heey… Look at that. Lil’ ol me, being featured in a Smashing-post.
People really seem to enjoy my WP Blank themes and that makes me so happy. I just really like the idea of being able to contribute to the creativeness on the web (and off, of course) and sort of paying it forward, considering the amount of things I download and use myself. Vectors, PS brushes, CSS frameworks, Wordpress…the list is almost neverending.
Creativity, open source and creative commons ROCK!
This is such a clever display of categories. I’m so stealing that idea for some future project. 
(It’s also a really great fashionblog!)
I’ve tweaked my WP Blank theme a bit, making it even more basic than before and a lot more compact. Also, I fixed some issues with the validation and some other odds and ends…
Feel free to download and try it out, it free for any use (commercial or non-commercial). As always, I’d love to hear what you think about it!
(You can also download the original pack here.)
In a theme I’m working on I wanted the text on comment replies to change from “comment author says” to “comment author replies” and by adding this piece of code in “…theme-folder/functions.php” I achieved it:
if ($depth == 1):
//if it's a primary comment, do this
_e('says', 'blank');
else:
//if it's a comment reply, do this instead
_e('replies', 'blank');
endif;
Quick, easy and neat, just the way we like our code!
I’m still a raging noob when it comes to php, but I’m getting better. I’m quite proud that I figured this on out on my own…! *lol*)
This is a neat idea. Easily achieved in alternative ways also, if you feel that terms like “jQuery, JSON and API:s” are a bit intimidating.
Setting up something like this in Wordpress using ordinary RSS-feeds would be childsplay, I think I’ll make a theme with this kind of usage in mind further on.
Been really sick with the flu (jippie…) for a couple of days now, but that hour in the middle of the day when I almost feel like a living person I’ve been thinking of re-vamping the WP Blank themes. You all seem to really enjoy them judging from your comments (which I’m so very flattered by!) and there are som small improvements I’ve been thinking about doing. We’ll see when I get back to land of the living for more than air… *lol*
And on the subject of WP Blank I have two request to all of you out there! First off, if you’ve made a translation I’d love to post it here (one in spanish is on it’s way already). Don’t hold back, mail them to me at wpblank ( at ) annalinnea.net if you want to share!
Secondly; I’d so love to see what you’ve created, using the WP Blank themes! So flaunt your stuff!!
BTW… I feel i bit like this cat in the mornings… *lmao*
Now I’m going to get back to doing…nothing. Sounds like a plan.
I was asked to do a blogdesign for a fashionblog – Modistiskt.se – by a girl that I’ve done some designs for earlier and I must say it was fun to create something so different from what done lately!
I love the webdesign trends with handwritten fonts, grunged up graphics and natural textures such as wood and sand, but I must admit that I’m really pleased with look and freshness of Modistiskt.se. It’s still a bit of a work in progress, but I’ll make sure to clutter it to much… 
A really easy way to create a sideblog-feature; add this code in sidebar.php or in a text widget (if you have exec php or similar installed):
<?php query_posts('category=7&showposts=10'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>
This specific code would display 10 post from a category with ID=7.
Learn more here.
