The Citizen On Mars Blue 1 Theme
Written by Major Tom
Filed under: Blogsome Themes
August 21, 2007
I have a dream. This is not really huge or fantastic. Like dreaming of having a grand bungalow or a Lamborghini. On the contrary, it is highly doable.
I dream that one day I’d be able to build a world famous Wordpress theme. How do I achieve it? By practice of course and creating this very simple but elegant Blogsome theme.
This is the CITIZEN ON MARS Blue 1 theme—for Blogsome users, it is readily available for use. I am still trying to figure out how to convert it into a Wordpress theme if it becomes good enough.
In designing this template, I have imagined what design elements were I always looking for when thinking for my own blog site. I had always liked very white pages and very catchy headers and main titles. And I like columns in it, like famous information sites around the web.
This theme that I have designed could easily be customizable for it does not contain many images, merely buttons for bullets and color shadings that can be modified anytime.
For Blogsome users, please download the zip file HERE.
Check out the live demo site.
wow, that’s cool major tom. i can’t even figure out how to fix my feeds. i tweaked something and i don’t know to out it back. my atom.xml is gone .:)
Comment by ipanema — August 22, 2007 @ 5:39 am
To ipanema: That’s how I’ve learned designing, by tweaking and like you did, I made major errors in the process.
My advise is to download the original version of your template and get the atom.xml tag there and paste it in your codes, right where it was before.
Comment by Major Tom — August 22, 2007 @ 7:31 am
Looks good!
Do you know a good “photo blog ” theme?
Comment by Sidney — August 22, 2007 @ 8:26 am
Oh wow. You’re already designing templates. Nice. I also like very simple designs and definitely light background, if not white.
Comment by niceheart — August 22, 2007 @ 10:11 am
To sidney: Thanks. I’ve seen some good designs before but photo blog designs are not really so vast in number that’s it is not as easy to find.
Comment by Major Tom — August 22, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
To niceheart: Light backgrounds is always easy on the eye; but not so bright I guess for it might be so blaring to the sight as you open the browser.
Comment by Major Tom — August 22, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
Impressive major! I know how hard or meticulous it is building a theme. And this is a very good start. I love the clean lines and seems SEO ready as well. for sure sisikat ito
Comment by Ferdz — August 22, 2007 @ 1:56 pm
To ferdz: Thanks bro and I hope it could be developed further.
Comment by Major Tom — August 22, 2007 @ 3:18 pm
your current theme is better. and trhe music is great.
Comment by Richmond — August 22, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
May the force be with you Major Tom.
Nothin is impossible as long as you are trying and doing things to reach your goal.
Comment by myepinoy — August 22, 2007 @ 7:46 pm
wow, one of the best, indeed!
Congratulations! I will test it on my own, ok?
best regards,
Comment by catatau — August 22, 2007 @ 9:10 pm
buti ka pa magaling sa paggawa ng lay-out, ako kailnagn ko pa magbayad para magawan ng layout na gusto ko, hehe. keep it up major!
Comment by iskoo — August 22, 2007 @ 9:32 pm
it’s amazing! you change templates like changing underwears… hehe! But me…hmmm… my new design (to be) is at your mercy…..
Comment by curacha — August 22, 2007 @ 9:47 pm
Nice
very impressive!
Comment by pining — August 22, 2007 @ 9:53 pm
Very nice template Major Tom. Glad you had found the time to do it. I’m sure you enjoyed it
Comment by bw — August 23, 2007 @ 4:33 am
oh, this is beautiful! it’s neat! thanks for the advice on the feeds. i think i must have changed it into feedburner which is also a mystery to me…lol
Comment by ipanema — August 23, 2007 @ 5:57 am
I was seeing the template “PressRow”, and it is without comments archive. Do you configured it?
I´m testing now the COM Blue in another site, trying to adaptate to Catatau. When finish it, i will test. But, by the way, the atual theme is also great!
best regards,
Comment by Catatau — August 23, 2007 @ 8:05 am
To Richmond: Surely it is. The current theme I am using was done by a master web coder in WPDesigner…But I’ll beat him one day…ha..ha…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 2:49 pm
To myepinoy: Thanks for the encouragement. To be sure this is a good start, just can’t seem to figure out Php coding as of this time so I can’t do Wordpress yet. But maybe later on..if there is just one good soul out there who can help me with this, he or she would be heaven sent…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 2:52 pm
To myepinoy: Thanks for the encouragement. To be sure this is a good start, just can’t seem to figure out Php coding as of this time so I can’t do Wordpress yet. But maybe later on..if there is just one good soul out there who can help me with this, he or she would be heaven sent…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 2:55 pm
To catatau: I am glad you liked it so well. It is just a beta version coz there’s some problems on its positioning since it is not centered on small monitors but on medium or large monitors it looks perfect. I’ll inform you when the revised version comes up.
I’d work on the Pressrow tags ASAP and I’ll inform you also about that…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 3:00 pm
To curacha: Your wish is my command, just communicate to me your planned redesign and I’d install it for you in a jiffy…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
To pining: Thanks for the good note; it’ll surely inspire me to do better…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 6:34 pm
To bw: I do enjoy doing such activity like it appeases a smoldering yearning inside me, to do something and create. It do take some of my precious time but it’s worth it…
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
To ipanema: Must be a a misplaced tag that had happened. Anyway, what’s good with codes is that you could redo it as much as one wants—just do not forget to always keep a file of it, or at least the latest stylesheet and index documents in your files. That way, it is easy to retrieve whenever the tags get crazy.
Comment by Major Tom — August 23, 2007 @ 6:41 pm
nice, simple designs are pleasant on the eyes. good one
Comment by slim whale — August 23, 2007 @ 9:31 pm
that is just so cool! i actually am impressed by individuals who are able to muster computer designs and for the betterment of blogs at that. your effort is highly appreciated esp to newbies.
Comment by intsik — August 24, 2007 @ 2:27 am
Very nice, Major Tom! I’ll wait for it to be used in Wordpress. Could the header be changed? That’s always my criteria in choosing a theme.
Comment by Toe — August 24, 2007 @ 3:36 pm
I am srprised at your talents, bro. Now you’re designing blog templates! Way to go Tom!
Comment by snglguy — August 25, 2007 @ 7:37 pm