aylard.ca

The process of developing a custom theme for the aylard.ca website is well underway.  A decision was made to start with a blank slate and build the theme manually. A custom Zen sub- theme was developed for acbsbw.com.  Based on the experience working with the zen theme, I didn't see a substantial benefit for using the Zen theme.

I wanted a very customized look for the aylard.ca website.  I wanted a fixed width page, with rounded corners for all regions and blocks.  The other requirement was to keep the site a strict css based design.  One addition piece of functionality was also on the task list during the themeing process.  A video gallery was required to display Youtube videos.

The decision to used a fixed width was adopted to have ultimate control over the appearance of the site.  A fixed width site eliminates the problems encountered when the contents breaks out of the div elements.  This problem becomes very evident when images are used on the website.