This is the theme I’ve created over the past week. I wanted something fast, slender, modern, and beautiful. Really, my frustrations with current web design started a month ago (2006 July 4, “Blogger Independence Day“). And my website was no exception to the rule. So I totally redesigned, not just refaced. I didn’t simply write a new stylesheet for the old theme. I started from scratch, building from the ground up using an Object-Oriented approach (which, by the way, is the approach used in the construction of WordPress; most themes, however, don’t employ this method to the greatest extent.) This programming method led to much leaner code, and consequently, a much faster page-load time. Also, there are no images in the design itself, only those found in individual posts. And there is only one div on the whole page. All-in-all, the new site is very small. The CSS file is 20% the size of the old one; that theme’s CSS file is over 550 lines long, whereas the same file for Minima Code Block weighs in at a little over 100 lines. In fact, every file is smaller, because I didn’t have to keep re-typing the same code over and over again (the benefit of object-oriented programming.) The size of the entire package, complete with all the same templates as Shades of White, is 1/3 the size. Bling bling.
~Jonathan
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