I’ve been on the prowl for a new theme for this blog and I may just have found it.  The Codelog theme by Alex Günsche is simple yet elegant.  With just a little bit of customization, I was able to get the results I was looking for.

Overall Grade: A
Theme URI: http://www.codelog.net/codelog-theme/
Version: 0.1
Description: A lightweight and stylish two-column theme.
Author: Alex Günsche
Author URI: http://www.zirona.com/
Widget-aware: No
Shows tagline: Yes
Shows counts: Yes
Hierarchical categories: Yes
Thinks I like:
  • Very clean look.
  • Stylish.
  • Simple.
  • Simple to modify to get what I wanted.
  • Blockquotes are indented properly and use a vertical line to the left.
  • Comments supported on pages.
Thinks I don’t like:
  • Not widget-aware.  It was very simple to fix this, however, so I don’t count this against it too much.
  • Fixed width.  This took a little bit more work to fix, and it doesn’t work completely - the footer displays underneath the last widget on the sidebar instead of at the bottom of the sidebar.
  • Author is not displayed for posts.  This was pretty simple to fix in a way that looks good.
  • Doesn’t have a page bar.  I haven’t fixed this yet, although I plan to spend some time on this.
  • Unordered lists are indented too much.
Conclusions

This is a very usable theme that is easy to customize to your likes.  I switched over to this theme today after spending some time adding the features I wanted.  I hope to release those changes shortly.

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