More than Themes is now included in Drupal showcase, the awesome collection of Drupal websites built by Acquia and powered by Drupal Gardens. Have you been building Drupal websites and haven’t submitted them to Drupal showcase yet? Go do so! :)
Every week we take a look at a new website and analyze the design. We’ll point out both the areas that are done well in addition to those that could use some work. Finally, we’ll finish by asking you to provide your own feedback.
Today’s site is Chique, a premium Drupal template from More Than (just) Themes. Let’s jump in and see what we think!
When it comes to design resources, textures and patterns are among some of the most popular tools on offer. And while we may never be able to get a single, definitive answer from the community as to why this is, one can surmise that their popularity is probably due to their extreme usefulness. Their ability to add such richness and depth to otherwise flat website designs with ease, may also factor into that equation.
In fact, one need only look around the web to find some stunning examples of these elements being deployed with fantastic results. Or one can look at the showcase we have assembled for you below. We have already done some of the leg work for you. The sites we gathered have all used textures or patterns in their website designs, and in such stylish fashion that we felt our spotlight should shine their way.
“In my opinion there are two different types of Mega Menus—Simple and Composite—and each type should be constructed in a different way in Drupal.
You are creating a Simple Mega Menu when you have a long list of menu items that you want to place in multiple columns ordered top to bottom then left column to right column. For example, the City of Houston has some long menus that could be easily turned into multi-row mega menus.
A Composite Mega Menu is different because instead of being one long list of like menu items, it is made up of many different elements. For instance, a Composite Mega Menu may have secondary and tertiary menu items listed together along with an image or other content in the same dropdown. A great example of this type of menu is Whitehouse.gov.
turn.js is a plugin for jQuery that adds a beautiful transition similar to real pages in a book or magazine for HTML5.
Bear CSS is a handy little tool for web designers. It generates a CSS template containing all the HTML elements, classes & IDs defined in your markup.
The project was created by two MA Multidisciplinary Design students in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Color Is Everything, they say. And this is the case with the all-new PressBlog theme for Drupal, our most successful theme for university and news websites. The extra color schemes that are available out of the box come along with the built-in support for even more color combinations.
Responsive
The all new PressBlog adjusts optimally to the width of the browser it is viewed on. As a result, it looks awesome regardless it’s a desktop computer, smartphone or tablet your visitors are using.
Comes in your favourite color.
Four color schemes to choose from for all tastes and brands. Just pick the one that fits your needs with a single click through the theme-settings.
Multiple font-schemes
Select among different font-schemes, with font-families for all tastes and brands. Just pick the one that you want through the theme-settings.
Scroll-to-top
Enjoy attention to detail, provide your visitors those little goodies that make a difference such as a jQuery based “Scroll to Top”.
With superfish menus.
The all new PressBlog integrates with the Superfish module supporting gorgeous multi-level drop-down menus with smooth motion. Includes relocating of sub-menus & hyperlink menu descriptions when they would otherwise appear outside the browser window area.
How to create a direction-aware hover effect using CSS3 and jQuery. The idea is to slide in an overlay from the direction we are moving with the mouse.
This post is a roundup of what we think the coolest jQuery analog and digital clock tutorials by which you can make your site modern and always ON TIME! Enjoy.
