Wordpress Theme Utica Avenue Released

by Aaron Brazell on February 21, 2005 · 84 comments

I’ve decided to release a new theme for general consumption today. It is called Utica Avenue, named after the Brooklyn, New York subway station. End of the 4 line, for those who would like to know. :)

I’ve put alot of effort into this theme and hopefully it will meet expected standards. I have not tested it in <ie 6, Opera, Safari or IE for Mac (much less any Linux browsers.

Issues at hand that I am not thrilled with:

Sidebar is called before the Loop which means all the junk in the sidebar is displayed in the source BEFORE the content – not ideal for screen readers but until I find a better solution, it’ll have to do.

You can see it in action by clicking on the Utica Avenu link in the sidebar.

UTica Avenue Theme Screenshot

Download it here.

This theme is intended for Wordpress 1.5.

{ 84 comments }

1 Aaron Brazell March 20, 2005 at 12:05 am

I like immortalizing the little things, Mark. Thanks for the compliment. :)

2 Aaron Brazell March 19, 2005 at 11:05 pm

I like immortalizing the little things, Mark. Thanks for the compliment. :)

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7 Golfy April 11, 2005 at 4:51 pm

Aaronnnnnnnnn!!! How’s it going with your job? (Mine = horrible. I’m getting an interview with Bearingpoint tomorrow.)

Hey, I just signed up with this free service called myblogspace and they have several themes installed. I noticed your name and tried out your theme.

It’s sooooooooooo pretty~ You rawk ;)

8 Golfy April 11, 2005 at 5:51 pm

Aaronnnnnnnnn!!! How’s it going with your job? (Mine = horrible. I’m getting an interview with Bearingpoint tomorrow.)

Hey, I just signed up with this free service called myblogspace and they have several themes installed. I noticed your name and tried out your theme.

It’s sooooooooooo pretty~ You rawk ;)

9 Golfy April 11, 2005 at 5:51 pm

Aaronnnnnnnnn!!! How’s it going with your job? (Mine = horrible. I’m getting an interview with Bearingpoint tomorrow.)

Hey, I just signed up with this free service called myblogspace and they have several themes installed. I noticed your name and tried out your theme.

It’s sooooooooooo pretty~ You rawk ;)

10 Golfy April 11, 2005 at 5:51 pm

Aaronnnnnnnnn!!! How’s it going with your job? (Mine = horrible. I’m getting an interview with Bearingpoint tomorrow.)

Hey, I just signed up with this free service called myblogspace and they have several themes installed. I noticed your name and tried out your theme.

It’s sooooooooooo pretty~ You rawk ;)

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15 nikof October 17, 2005 at 8:36 pm

Hi Technosailor,

I like your Utica Avenue theme quite a bit – in fact, I’m planning to use it for a site I’m setting up now (fastlittlearticle.com). I’ll provide a credit, e.g. “strongly based upon the Utica Avenue theme by Technosailor,” or abrazell if you prefer.

Planning to make a few tweaks – the blue & yellow bars after each post are a little strong for my taste, and the “Links” heading in the sidebar ends up being different formatting than the other sidebar headings. Looks great overall, though!

Are you doing further work/support on this theme?

Cheers, and thanks,
nikof

16 Aaron Brazell October 17, 2005 at 8:55 pm

Hey Nikof–

Probably no support but it depends on what needs to be supported. Enjoy the theme!

17 nikof October 17, 2005 at 9:36 pm

Hi Technosailor,

I like your Utica Avenue theme quite a bit – in fact, I’m planning to use it for a site I’m setting up now (fastlittlearticle.com). I’ll provide a credit, e.g. “strongly based upon the Utica Avenue theme by Technosailor,” or abrazell if you prefer.

Planning to make a few tweaks – the blue &amp; yellow bars after each post are a little strong for my taste, and the “Links” heading in the sidebar ends up being different formatting than the other sidebar headings. Looks great overall, though!

Are you doing further work/support on this theme?

Cheers, and thanks,

nikof

18 nikof October 17, 2005 at 9:36 pm

Hi Technosailor,

I like your Utica Avenue theme quite a bit – in fact, I’m planning to use it for a site I’m setting up now (fastlittlearticle.com). I’ll provide a credit, e.g. “strongly based upon the Utica Avenue theme by Technosailor,” or abrazell if you prefer.

Planning to make a few tweaks – the blue &amp; yellow bars after each post are a little strong for my taste, and the “Links” heading in the sidebar ends up being different formatting than the other sidebar headings. Looks great overall, though!

Are you doing further work/support on this theme?

Cheers, and thanks,

nikof

19 nikof October 17, 2005 at 9:36 pm

Hi Technosailor,

I like your Utica Avenue theme quite a bit – in fact, I’m planning to use it for a site I’m setting up now (fastlittlearticle.com). I’ll provide a credit, e.g. “strongly based upon the Utica Avenue theme by Technosailor,” or abrazell if you prefer.

Planning to make a few tweaks – the blue &amp; yellow bars after each post are a little strong for my taste, and the “Links” heading in the sidebar ends up being different formatting than the other sidebar headings. Looks great overall, though!

Are you doing further work/support on this theme?

Cheers, and thanks,

nikof

20 Aaron Brazell October 17, 2005 at 9:55 pm

Hey Nikof–

Probably no support but it depends on what needs to be supported. Enjoy the theme!

21 Aaron Brazell October 17, 2005 at 9:55 pm

Hey Nikof–

Probably no support but it depends on what needs to be supported. Enjoy the theme!

22 Aaron Brazell October 17, 2005 at 9:55 pm

Hey Nikof–

Probably no support but it depends on what needs to be supported. Enjoy the theme!

23 Beltane October 20, 2005 at 6:52 pm

I am using your template for now, it’s really beautiful I like it a lot :) At least until I learn how to write my own for wordpress :D

Anyway my question was about the sidebar… do you know how I can add my link button images and javascript stuff to it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

24 Aaron Brazell October 20, 2005 at 7:18 pm

Beltane, not to sound trite, but the same way you would do it in any HTML layout.

For images:
<img src="path/to/image.jpg" />

For javascript…well, it completely depends on the javascript and what it’s supposed to do.

25 Beltane October 20, 2005 at 7:52 pm

I am using your template for now, it’s really beautiful I like it a lot :) At least until I learn how to write my own for wordpress :D

Anyway my question was about the sidebar… do you know how I can add my link button images and javascript stuff to it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

26 Beltane October 20, 2005 at 7:52 pm

I am using your template for now, it’s really beautiful I like it a lot :) At least until I learn how to write my own for wordpress :D

Anyway my question was about the sidebar… do you know how I can add my link button images and javascript stuff to it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

27 Beltane October 20, 2005 at 7:52 pm

I am using your template for now, it’s really beautiful I like it a lot :) At least until I learn how to write my own for wordpress :D

Anyway my question was about the sidebar… do you know how I can add my link button images and javascript stuff to it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

28 Aaron Brazell October 20, 2005 at 8:18 pm

Beltane, not to sound trite, but the same way you would do it in any HTML layout.

For images:

&lt;img src="path/to/image.jpg" /&gt;

For javascript…well, it completely depends on the javascript and what it’s supposed to do.

29 Aaron Brazell October 20, 2005 at 8:18 pm

Beltane, not to sound trite, but the same way you would do it in any HTML layout.

For images:

&lt;img src="path/to/image.jpg" /&gt;

For javascript…well, it completely depends on the javascript and what it’s supposed to do.

30 Aaron Brazell October 20, 2005 at 8:18 pm

Beltane, not to sound trite, but the same way you would do it in any HTML layout.

For images:

&lt;img src="path/to/image.jpg" /&gt;

For javascript…well, it completely depends on the javascript and what it’s supposed to do.

31 Technosailor » Utica User October 24, 2005 at 5:26 pm

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