Highlands by Design

Tulip Time Theme

Highlands by Design — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:42:51 +0000

This theme was originally the new design for our Southern Highlands site, but then something happened! Yes, it seemed a site had just popped up that used a similar colour scheme, and tulips for their header image. That site has since disappeared (or at least we can’t find it), but rather than waste a template we did think looked kinda fun, we converted it to a WordPress theme. It was our introduction to creating WordPress themes, and it was kinda cool watching people turn the template into their own!

Tulip Time Theme Features

3 column fluid/liquid layout
Fun and bright
Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
Valid CSS
Widget Ready
digg, reddit, delicious buttons on posts
Search Engine friendly code

Download the Theme

You can download the WordPress Tulip Time theme here.

You can also view it in action here.

Silver Lexus Theme

Highlands by Design — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:15:23 +0000

Subtle and classy, just like the car! It might appear to be a little light, but we’ve always been a fan of subtle drop-shadows, and light grays. Picture yourself in a futuristic asylum for futuristic lunatics. That is the Silver Lexus Theme. We’ve also added a dash of orange, just to keep things sane.

The Silver Lexus Theme Features

3 column fluid/liquid layout
Light on the eyes
Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
Valid CSS
Widget ready
digg, reddit, delicious buttons on posts
Search Engine friendly code
Big ass RSS button

Download the Theme

You can download the Silver Lexus Theme here.

You can view it in action here.

Southern Highlands Theme

Highlands by Design — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:54:53 +0000

The Southern Highlands Theme came about as we were going back through our Tulip Time theme, and basically attempting to restructure the html so it wouldn’t do strange things when Internet Explorer’s browser window’s width was 500 or so pixels. We used bits of the Jello-piefecta 3 column fix, and took it from there. When we had finished, we figured we’d throw up some new images and call it a whole new theme! We couldn’t think of anything crazy to call it, so we just settled on the Southern Highlands theme.

Southern Highlands Theme Features

3 column fluid/liquid layout
Textured backgrounds
Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
Valid CSS
Widget Ready
digg, reddit, delicious buttons on posts
Reasonably easy to customise
Big ass RSS button
Search Engine friendly code

Download the theme

You can download the WordPress Southern Highlands theme here.

You can also view it in action here.

Hello world!

Highlands by Design — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:53:49 +0000

We’re just converting this over to WordPress! Why? We have no idea. I guess you could say we’re quite bored.

We also figured we should put the WordPress themes we’ve released somewhere, so if anyone needs any support, we could try to help them out!

So why release WordPress themes?

It’s a bit of fun really. We love designing things, even if they usually serve no real purpose. The WordPress theme thing is interesting though, as you can often watch a theme develop as people take them and start mucking around with them. It also allows us to design things (no matter how bad or ridiculous), and if someone does decide to use them, it finds a purpose. It’s win/win!

Content ain’t king around here.

As well as enjoying designing things, we also find immense satisfaction in building websites. The themes kinda let us promote the sites we build. Most times we just build a site, and then get motivated by something else, so they never fully develop. Sadly we’re not really content oriented people. Maybe one day, if we ever manage to make enough money to put food on the table for 4 people, we might hire someone that loves content. Until then though, we’ll just continue building stuff.

So yeah, eventually we’ll put up info, links, and images of the themes we have released, as well as put up new templates as we find time to build them.