Dylan is a brand new WordPress theme that merges simple design with even simpler HTML/CSS.
Put simply, this means that Dylan can be used as the basis for your own WordPress theme hopefully making it even easier for you to create your own WordPress theme.
It’s also free.
What’s the catch?
There’s no catch. Ok, there is one. All I ask is that if you build upon the ‘Dylan’ theme I’d like it if your named your theme after a Bob Dylan song. It’s called marketing, silly.
The Amazing Benefits of Dylan
- HTML templates files have the bare minimum code, there’s no presentational markup
- HTML is valid XHTML 1.0 strict
- CSS is simple, lean and easy to understand
- No widgets are any other cruft
- Simple design is easy to build upon
- Print and handheld versions (CSS) as standard
Tags: dylan, wordpress, wordpress theme
Hi There..
Thank You for creating and sharing this awesome theme, this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for, I love the style and typography, and intelligent design.
I was wondering though how I can get my posts to display as excerpts with the “read the rest of this entry” like on your website?
Thanks again!..
Martin
That’s easy Martin . Just make sure you add in the <!–more–> tag after where you want the excerpt to end.
When writing a new post in WordPress the visual editor should have a more button – just click it.
Thanks Phil,
Only just noticed your reply,… I still love this theme, so hopefully will have some time to get to work on it. Thanks again for creating it and sharing it.. It Rocks!..
M
Hi Phil
That’s awesome.. Thanks..
I have a couple more queries if that’s ok.. is there any way I can make the logo clickable so it takes you back to the homepage?
And also anyway to add a home link to the navigation too..
sorry about all the questions, but I love this theme, and the more I tweak the more I realise how amazing it is:)
Thanks for everything
Martin
Martin, the logo/site name is a link just not on the homepage – where there is no requirement for it.
In regards to adding a home link to the tabs. The menu items are called via the WordPress function wp_page_menu() in the file header.php (get to it via Appearance > Editor in the left hand menu) then change the following code (towards the bottom of the file) from:
wp_page_menu('title_li=0' );to
wp_page_menu('show_home=Home&title_li=0' );Thanks Phil!..
That worked a treat!.
I’m working on it on a local server at the moment as I don’t have a domain yet, but as soon as I’ve gone live I will show you what I’ve done to it.
You know I went through loads more different themes, but kept coming back to this one.
Hope you have a great day, and thanks again
M
Hi Phil. Thanks for the great theme. I’m currently using it for my blog for the moment while I develop my own.