Nathan Barry » WordPress http://nathanbarry.com Design, Business, Life. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:12:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 “Right Now” Design for WordPress http://nathanbarry.com/at-a-glance-design-for-wordpress/ http://nathanbarry.com/at-a-glance-design-for-wordpress/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:28:12 +0000 Nathan Barry http://nathanbarry.com/?p=143 In the WP UI group we are currently discussing how to improve the “At a Glance” module on the dashboard to make it more clear. The problem is that comments is not differentiated at all from the rest of the sections so users tend to think that “Pending” relates to “Categories”. This can be seen in the current UI below.

My Solution

My solution is to group the all the comment related numbers visually. They are already grouped by placement, but in this case, with the strong horizontal lines, that isn’t enough to set them apart. Also we need to show hierarchy since the main comments number (88) is the total of the other three numbers.

Though I don’t think this is perfect visually, it adds much more differentiation between the comments group and the rest of the content. Let me know what you think and get involved with the discussion here on the WordPress UI blog.

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It still needs work, but hopefully within a week or so this blog will be nicely dressed in this look. So, what do you think? I am looking for design feedback so that I can make this the best possible.

Also follow me on Twitter to hear when I launch the design on this site.

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Though much later than promised, I am finally releasing the Emphasis Theme. The idea is to focus on the content, through a clean design, great formatting, and robust features. Hopefully it will be the first of many free themes to come. The theme is GPL, so use, modify, and redistribute as you please! Take a look through some of the features I designed in.

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Clean, Effective Post Design

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There is nothing to get in the way of your content. The theme uses a lot of white-space to give it a classy feel, while getting the user straight to the content. Simple shadows and contrasting text add a lot of style to the design.

Great Comment Layout & Gravatar Support

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All comments are well designed and formatted making it easy to read. It also has full support for Gravatars, so you can recognize your commenters across multiple sites.

Widgetized sidebar and footer

Widgets make it easy to add your exact content in the sidebar and footer. Since two separate widget areas are defined you can fully customize your content.

Dynamic filter function on Archive and Search pages

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With the use of a great jQuery plugin you can live filter all posts on the archive and search pages to find exactly what you want. You really have to see the functionality to see the benefits.

Enough talk, download the theme

Here’s the link: Download Emphasis Theme

I would love to hear in the comments how and where you are using the theme. Enjoy!

Follow me on Twitter @NathanBarry or @WPlimits.

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