I’ve got a few sites that I’m working on and probably going to try and use WordPress for. One of the first steps would usually be to start with the default Kubrick theme but it’s full of non-semantic (X)HTML and got a few deprecated WordPress Template Tags in various places.

So rather than start from that, I figured I would take all of the cruft out of it once and use it as a base for my own themes. I am still new to building themes (this is my first complete one) so there may have been a lot more that I could have taken out, but I’m happy with this I think. Keep in mind that this is not meant to be the final result, but something to start from when building your own designs.

Got Blue?I’ve named the theme “Got Blue?” One thing I am including is the Bluepring CSS framework which should also give anyone a head start on design. Their layout syntax is based on a 24 column grid, so you use span-# for your class, replacing the # with the number of columns you want to use. So if you want a column to take up half of the page you would use class=”column span-12″. If the column is on the far right you’ll also need to add the “last” class there.

Like I said this is the first time I have done a complete theme, so feedback would be appreciated. Enjoy:

Got Blue?