New version of logic (logic_mascot) the Ode 1.x default theme.

Most of the changes involve reworking the HTML and CSS markup, but there are some noticeable changes to the look of the theme as well.

Note: These preview link will take you to themes.ode-is-simple.com and load that page with the selected theme. You may want to open the link in a new tab or separate window.

Preview

Preview of logic_mascot 1.2.6

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New version of the 'logic' the Ode 1.x default theme. You might guess that there aren't any major changes, and you'd be sort-of right.

Most of the changes involve reworking the underlying markup, but there are noticeable changes to the look of the theme as well (e.g. fonts are a little bigger all around, the date lines in the post area have changed, etc.)

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text_page, a new theme for Ode.

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It's a very straightforward single column design with flexible width. Without sidebars it might not be the right default theme for everyone, but it's a great theme for reading longer posts.

Before you read about it, take a look.

Read this page using the text_page theme.

With this theme we can start to see the benefit of Ode's dynamic theme mechanism. We don't have to choose just one. We can have any number of themes active at the same time, all working together. This allows us the ability to really get creative while providing visitors to our sites the best possible experience.

For example:

Let's say the default theme on my site is a two column fixed width theme. I may like this layout because it's easy to work with, and allows me to have a sidebar where I can put info that I want to take out of the normal flow of posts (which start off at the top of category pages and the site root but eventually fall out of view, replaced by newer content).

In general that arrangement could work well, but when I have an especially long post I may want to maximize the amount of space in the browser window dedicated to the post. In this case, the sidebars are just in the way.

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