Sneak peak at my new theme

I am so excited! This weekend there will be some changes to FiddyP.

I am having a theme professionally designed by an Indonesian designer and it’s looking really good! It’ll have curved corners, drop shadows and double span sidebars hovering over two fixed height sidebars! yey.

The guys name is Sunaryo and I am most impressed with his ability, he has been able to create a fantastic theme based on a screen grab I made of a theme I liked. I gave him a bit of a headache by asking for all sorts of extras like a double sidebar with double span divs and to top it all, a single sidebar’d single post page and more. I’ve seen a great mockup picture and there’s even a demo of it working, coded completely from scratch from a jpeg image. awesome.

here’s a little peek of the main page..
fiddyp mockup

and one of the single post page..
Fiddyp mockup single

Why a single post page with only one sidebar? Well, I wanted to do things backwards. I know the general rule is to plaster your adverts on single post pages as they are the ones that get linked to by the search engines but on a few blogs that I have seen, I have really liked a single post page that has just the information on it and not too many flashy things saying “buy me!” it encouraged me to look around the blog a bit more to see what’s there.

This is what I want to do with FiddyP;

  • I want to provide valuable information in a format that will be easy on the eyes with a little bit of personality thrown in.
  • Provide a ‘fun’ place to go to read tutorials and learn things that can make life easier
  • Run contests that encourage community participation
  • Throw the limelight on other blogs that I particularly like
  • Have a series of posts that run concurrently like an AJAX series of tutorials taking someone from ‘hello world’ to a fully functional useful plugin
  • Regular guest spots for writers with talent
  • Real reviews of products that I use, not just kiss-arsey-buy-it-so-I-earn reviews, good ones that also mention bad points!
  • more… MORE!

I hope to have something up by the weekend (oo-er!) so if you visit, please be patient while I tweak, tweak, tweak!

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8 Comments

  1. RAC (24 comments.)
    Posted November 14, 2007 at 2:38 pm | Permalink

    Woah, very flash Andy, good to see you are making the guy earn his money:)

    Looking forward to seeing it up and running!

  2. pelf (26 comments.)
    Posted November 15, 2007 at 3:46 am | Permalink

    I love the blue! And of course your idea of not having double sidebars on single post pages :)
    pelf’s last blog post..I feel good.. Like sugar and spice…

  3. Posted November 15, 2007 at 2:04 pm | Permalink
    RAC, Pelf: I like it a lot too, I think this theme will rock!
    I can’t wait to get started on my mission of blogging :-)
  4. Sharon (86 comments.)
    Posted November 15, 2007 at 6:55 pm | Permalink

    Sweet, Andy! Looks so fabulous, and you probably didn’t end up breaking the bank either…..

    Hey, when you’re done with him, can you pass him my way :)
    Sharon’s last blog post..FightGirl - Sexy Fashion For Mixed Martial Arts Female Fans

  5. KP Money Blog (2 comments.)
    Posted November 16, 2007 at 4:10 am | Permalink

    Hi Andy, great theme. It looks great and I like it a lots. I am looking forward to see your new theme.

    BTW, would you mind sharing his contact as I would like to engage a theme designer as well.

    Thank you.

    KP Money Blog’s last blog post..Learn This PHP Secret if You Like to Earn More Money Online

  6. Posted November 16, 2007 at 9:12 am | Permalink
    @sharon & KP: thanks! I’ll see if I can get his details on here when it’s done!
  7. Opal Tribble (35 comments.)
    Posted November 19, 2007 at 11:53 am | Permalink

    It looks great!

    I’m a big fan of single post pages. In fact three of my websites are like that. :-)
    Opal Tribble’s last blog post..Holiday Adventures & Advanced Postings

  8. Free (1 comments.)
    Posted February 9, 2008 at 7:56 pm | Permalink

    Hi! I like simple theme too. Nice Job!

    Free’s last blog post..Codecs para Windows Media Player XP e Vista

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