Life Rocks! 2.0 has a New Look

Published on 17 January 2008 by Nirmal in Featured, Personal, Site News

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As mentioned in my previous post, I was working on a theme for this blog for quite some time. As I was not able to find time to get it working, it took me more than a month to get the theme running. Well, I’m not a php expert although I had learned it few years back, so there could be bugs in this theme.

So presenting the new look of Life Rocks! 2.0.

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Features of new theme;

  • Better layout of posts and excerpts
  • Better readability
  • Improved navigation and much more
  • Theme tested in IE6, IE7, Firefox, Safari, Flock and Opera.

Please share your views on the new theme and also report any bugs and issues like alignment etc. Also, any new suggestions and improvements also welcome.


60 Responses to “Life Rocks! 2.0 has a New Look”

  1. kuanhoong says:

    Congratulations on the new look :wink:

    Any plan to share out your wordpress design?

  2. Manas says:

    I love blue….

    Great look man. I like the header section the most. :)

  3. Atof says:

    Super theme :) Nice cool look…

  4. Binny V A says:

    Looks good. Are you going to make the old theme free?

  5. nirmaltv says:

    @Kuanhoong,
    You mean to share this new design? I’m planning to share the old design may be some time later.

    @Manas and Atof,
    Glad you liked the theme.

    @Binny,
    Yea I’m planning to release the old theme.

  6. nirmaltv says:

    @Shankar,
    Thanks for feedback! :smile:

  7. Davinder says:

    New look is awesome… header is looking very cool!

  8. Venkat says:

    Nirmal, A very neat theme. congrats.

  9. nirmaltv says:

    @Davinder,
    Glad that you liked it. :smile:

  10. nirmaltv says:

    @Venkat,
    Thanks for the feedback.

  11. Shashank says:

    Fantastic theme Nirmal..congrats on the new look.

  12. This Two column theme looks fabulous…good work nirmal…why don’t you ajaxify comment submission?

  13. nirmaltv says:

    @Shashank,
    Thanks for the comments.

    @Rajesh,
    Few more changes are pending, I will take up Ajax comments at that time.

  14. Sucharith says:

    Looks much better now :mrgreen:

  15. Excellent nirmal … great design..Its look very very professional. One doubt .. how did you do that tabs on the sidebar .. is it javascript or any wordpress plugin ?? Rest all looks really great… Good work ..

  16. nirmaltv says:

    @Kanak,
    Tabs on sidebar is Javascript and not a WP plugin.

  17. ram says:

    Wow looks great. Nice work nirmal

  18. Jalaj says:

    Congratulations for the good design… the blog post summaries certainly don’t look like from a blog but sort of magazine or so…

  19. nirmaltv says:

    @Ram,
    Thanks for the feedback. :smile:

    @Jalaj,
    Glad that you liked it. :smile:

  20. Rakshit says:

    Excellent design…
    It’s really very professional.

  21. Awesome buddy . The design is great. Who says you are not a php expert .

  22. Keith Dsouza says:

    Awesome new design, I really loved the new design a lot. Keep it up. I am planning to spice up my home page too in a short while, could take some inspiration from you.

    Once again wonderful design buddy

  23. K-IntheHouse says:

    Nirmal, great work all-around! You have got all the right elements in place to take your blog to the next level! Applause from ShanKri-la! :grin:

  24. Ronald says:

    Nice design Nirmal, but the sitemeter has dropped, means not in footer line.

  25. Dj Flush says:

    Amazing new look man. Lol now you honestly make me jealous hehe

  26. Kyle Eslick says:

    Wow, looks great!

    I’m slow to come around to the magazine-style look on blog homepages, but I really like the single post pages!

  27. Vaibhav says:

    Great looks, and really pro looks. And nice work in the comments section.

  28. nirmaltv says:

    @Rakshit,
    Thanks for the appreciation.

    @Madhur,
    Thanks for the comment. It took me lot of time to code this entire stuff, that y I said not a php expert. :smile:

    @Keith,
    Glad that you liked it. :smile:

    @K-IntheHouse,
    Thanks for the comment. :smile:

    @DJ,
    Glad to hear you liked it. What abt your Live theme, that was awesome! :smile:

    @Ronald,
    I didnt get you on the sitemeter thing.

    @Kyle,
    Thanks for the appreciation. :smile:

    @Vaibhav,
    Glad that you liked it.

  29. Keshav Khera says:

    Great design buddy :smile: Really looks a lot more professional and magazine style :cool:

  30. Ashwin says:

    Really good! Do you do Theme Design for other blogs too? :smile:

    By the way, what font is it? IMO, it’s not good on the eyes.

  31. nirmaltv says:

    @Ashwin,
    Thanks!
    The font is Trebuchet MS and I feel its a standard font and same as the one in my earlier theme. I think its showing diffrently in MAC.

  32. Vijay says:

    The theme is fabulous Nirmal! Well designed I must say! I just wanted to point out that the signup to receive updates image on the top has a mis spelling!!

    Cheers on the new theme!

  33. nirmaltv says:

    @Vijay,
    Thanks for pointing it out, I think it was a typo. :smile: I’ll change it soon.

  34. Alfred says:

    Gratz on the new look, I really liked the homepage :D

  35. Veerasundar says:

    Looks good. Great work on the portal.

  36. nirmaltv says:

    @Alfred and Veerasunder,
    Thanks for the appreciation.

  37. silki says:

    Awesome Nirmal.
    This theme is simple unique. Different from those usual 2-3 column themes. Header is really looking nice.
    The banner ad in header may be shifted slightly upwards to better align it with your tag line under “Life Rocks 2.0″.
    These days I am struggling to find time for blogging at a regular pace. So couldn’t visit your blog often.

  38. Ashwin says:

    No Nirmal, the font (both in posts and comments) looks difference now. Earlier it looked fine (I was on Mac that time too), but it’s weird and not easy on the eyes.

    Just try to view your site in Mac, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

  39. Raj says:

    Gr8 design nirmal :)

  40. nirmaltv says:

    @Silky,
    Thanks for the suggestion and appreciation.

    @Ashwin,
    Will check it out. Actually I dont have any Mac, but will check the font issue.

    @Raj,
    Thanks for the comment.

  41. Brown Baron says:

    Outstanding design buddy! I love it. A great start to a new year.

  42. nirmaltv says:

    @BrownBaron,
    Thanks for the appreciation.

  43. Vinod says:

    This is by far the most deviant wordpress theme I’ve seen lately. Many congratulations.

  44. Smackall says:

    Nice theme Nirmal. I really liked the home page design. Great work. Meanwhile…

    Few bugs…

    tested using firefox/XP

    in the homepage the small topics of each post which have multiline are cut in the second line…

  45. nirmaltv says:

    @Vinod,
    Thanks for the appreciation.

    @Smackall,
    I didnt get your bug, can you pls mail me the screenshot?

  46. Aseem says:

    Great new design. Impressive work !
    Keep up the good blogging !

  47. nirmaltv says:

    @Aseem,
    Thanks for the comment. :smile:

  48. Rajavanya says:

    Gr8 look here…
    I was amazed at the look.

  49. Thilak says:

    Looks impressive, especially the homepage. The sitemeter chicklet inside the footer is flooding out. Try adding display:none; to hide it.

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