I’ve figured out the problem which was causing most themes to cause serious problems earlier in the week and am now trying out some new themes. The one used at present appears promising. I’ll give it a try today and see how people like it before deciding whether to stick with it or try some others.
Update: I’ve made a number of minor adjustments to the theme. The most significant was to change the font of block quotes. The original theme uses a light blue font. While This matches the theme better, I thought that it was difficult to read when I tested this on a lower resolution monitor. I’ve changed it to a slighter lighter gray than the main blog text which should be more readable. I’m also thinking of changing from a box around the whole blockquote to a line on the left. (I’ll have to dig up some style sheets from other themes to see how they do this, having very limited knowledge of how these things are coded).
On further update, I’ve changed the font in the blockquotes to match the main blog post text (except very slightly lighter) and went to a blue shaded area to match the blog theme instead of putting the blockquotes in box. (Actually it is still a box, but I think that shading in the box gives an entirely different look than having a box around the text). I’ve also shrunk the giant numbers in the comments among other tweaks.
There’s one thing I’d like to do but have no idea how. The old theme had the little boxes in the “Blog Stuff” area on top of each other. This theme has space between each. Anyone have any suggestions as to eliminating that empty space? Maybe I’ll be able to figure it out by comparing the style sheets in the two themes.
