Posted by Venu Duval http://theemperoroftexas.com
I tweaked the template ‘Minima Black’ which was originally called ‘Dark Minima’ designed by Douglas Bowman. It’s such a great design he did! Yes, I speak Germanic.
Blogger changed its interface slightly with new templates. So, now was the time for a new Adaptation. I changed it significantly. Also in design. My new name for it is 'The Dark Typewriter Template'.
The most important new feature, besides it being three ways, is that you can use it with Blogger’s template designer introduced in 2010 using the advanced tab. With it you can fully customize the fonts, sizes, colors, hyperlinks from within the template designer WHEREVER YOU WANT + plus many more changes. I added many more variables that can be customized. More than thirty in total.
To change the screen layout you will still have to edit the template itself. It cannot be done through the template designer itself'. I didn't manage doing that. To edit it manually is no big deal. You can make it exactly as you want. Making it four ways is also no problem. As you see it , in the day of our Lord 2011 on Tuesday, March the First, it is a 200px + 470px + 260px for a 1024 * 768 layout. Margin is 12px. Just basic scripting skills are needed to edit it, here.
I compared the new templates (the code) and extracted what I could understand. The new screen layout is not really compatible with the old one.
As far as I know I am the only one who bothered. The original design is about what I would have designed myself. A little Poetic license here and there and of course modesty not withstanding. You are the Judge. Yes I am an Artist and beg. To be honest I don't really care what you think. I love to share my stuff.
Basically it’s meant to look Oldskool and still be able to comply with the sharing networks and Blogger's new adjustments. It’s meant to last a little while. It’s meant to look ASCII kind of style. Not flashy or anything like that. It’s meant to look like an old text editor! Yeah!
You can download the XML template via this link. You can read my original article on it called 'The Dark Typewriter Template!'. It's about computers Poetry, stories and Redemption.
Posted by Venu Duval http://theemperoroftexas.com
That’s it for today folks. God Bless&See ya around.
