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- tvashtar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Good god man it's hideous!
- rmmcclay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Minimalist? Just disable CSS via the WebDev extension in Firefox and the whole net becomes Zen.
Better yet: lynx. - thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Someone didn't use the WP-Cache plugin..
- fdemmer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6"Wordpress > Error"
- lubos, on 10/28/2007, -1/+6I think http://www.plaintxt.org/wp-content/uploads/white_as_milk.png is the best out of that list.
Still, my favorite minimalist blog is http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/ - johnxstone, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Great themes, poor use of em dashes.
- DrinkPaint, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Less is more
- WeeklyGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@lalaice
that was almost a haiku. - kalphegor, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4and yet the most aesthetically pleasing is The Journalist
http://www.lucmar.com/the-journalist/ - WeeklyGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Lack of creativity and homogenous web sites are a product of uninteresting designers, not standards-adherance. Validation freaks are silly, but web design is like any other art. You learn the basics first, the "right" way to do things, only after that can you start branching out and doing things differently and creatively.
- frankbardon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I personally think that minimalist design does not take full advantage of color, shape and line to organize thoughts and ideas. I find it hard to read most "minimalist" blogs because usually there is no clear separation of thought. Instead of complete minimalism, I prefer subtle color and shape to define content. I tend to employ photography to emphasize an idea within copy...
That's just me though. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Heh, and some of us grab the first design we see, hack it half way to usability, throw it up and promise to re-tool it later when we're not so busy... which never comes.
- tomi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://www.duggmirror.com/mods/The_Best_Minimalist_WordPress_Themes_2/
- hixsonj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3It's good to see designs like this still exist in our hyper-flashy Web 2.0 world. Sometimes designers forget that while some flair can be nice, content is still king.
- tomi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh god no. The green you used is horrendous, and the white on black is definitely NOT working out. Then there's the teal boxes...*shakes head*
In short, ow, my ***** eyes. - Kirti, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Well, the colors could use a little work (ok, a lot more than little). But the layout is pretty nice - so kudos on that.
- KRK - thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Here's the Flickr set of layouts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottwallick/sets/72057594129697765/
- munkt0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3how very boring, unless you're Jakob Nielsen, in which case you'd be masturbating furiously over these 'designs'
- cosmicsmash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hmm I don't like this design. Two reasons:
1. Comic Sans used in the headings
2. Letter spacing in body text is too small. This has the effect of making the body text difficult to read. - Shinta, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Made of internet and win.
- neoknight, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4White is the new Black! Coming to blogs this Fall Winter.
- betona, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thank you, submitter! I was looking for something just like this the other day.
- Brajeshwar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I do not use any specific Gallery but plan to use Flickr to maintain my gallery for ***** Photo Blog. The publicly available one is manual/static.
- rekka, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've just built my own Wordpress theme. These could of been handy because it's easier to look at a more simple, less 'messy' theme to understand how Wordpress theming works and then adapt that.
- sciencebase, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some of these are way cool as my son would say. My own blog http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/index.php ended up being minimalist by accident. I referenced the background images folder in the Ocadia theme incorrectly and ended up with a plain-vanilla version, which works for me...maybe no one else though :-(
- spider418, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You didn't miss anything. The real page looks exactly the same.
- svirsk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm also working at a minimalistic, but not too boring theme at http://www.svirsk.org/blog I'll post it as a theme when i''m done.
- thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like that layout. What did you use for your gallery?
- Dawneb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1People decorate their homes to reflect who they are, the same holds true for personal blogs and sites. Those of us that have the benefit of working in this industry, should really show a little more tolerance, especially when it comes to new folk that are just starting out. Even if some would appear to be colour blind or really think those wavy reflexion applets are rockin cool. Everyone, no matter how high brow they think their design/layout is now, at one point in their early web life used something horrendous and thought it rocked - don't try and deny it, you know it's true. :)
- picturesnstuff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They didn't mention unsleepable_v16 (http://openswitch.org/extras/). Definitely one of my favorites although not quite as minimalist as those shown. I'm with the poster on how readers would prefer to see content than flashy lines and arrows.
Flashy is nice though :)
I've been modding it into a photoblog of sorts here: http://www.picturesnstuff.co.uk (I know the logo at the top sucks - it's work-in-progress :) )
When I get time I'll try and tidy up all the hacks I've made to the lightbox stuff, add EXIF support then put the code on the site. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was with you until you implied that adherence to web standards are in some way detrimental to good visual design and content (????).
Also, to the original post, in this case a minimalist design is indeed the same as a simple one. - mandi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oooh I'd been wondering that myself!
- porkstacker, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2As a web designer, it pains me to look at Wordpress-themed websites of "designers". Anyone who uses a prepackaged Wordpress theme IS NOT A DESIGNER!!!!!!!!! Real desingers design and use their own stuff.
- LabRat777, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Content hasn't been king for a long time. I wish it weren't true but in most cases it is.
- thatsiebguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Check out FAlbum @ http://www.randombyte.net/blog/
I use it to integrate my Flickr gallery with my Wordpress site. Very slick. - munkt0n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/
there are a few variations on this, google for 'ajax lightbox' - paku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A little off-topic.. but I see this "ajax'ish image-viewing-popup-script" everywhere (demonstrated here: http://www.picturesnstuff.co.uk/) but I can't seem to find the source for this anywhere.
Does anyone know what this is called, or where I can find code on how to do this? - simianstyle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think hemingway should be up there
- waalter, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'm a fan of minimalism, but my gripe with all of these designs in particular is that they're way too generic. You can create a minimalist design without a stark white background decorated solely with black text.
I consider Digg a minimalist design, but it still conveys a sense of personality and leaves a lasting impression on the viewer. - syafthegeek, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Sometimes minimalist is much better.
- lilgryph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for the heads up on that FAPlugin. Just what I've been looking for. Cheers
- YourTechSupport, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I was about to say. KISS is miminal, and has some actual layout and formatting elements to it! http://burke.godswitch.com/ - It's perfect for my blog, which I occassionally actually post to!
- Flanker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The ultimate in minimalism.
- cosmicsmash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You could jazz it up a little by making your links a different (distinctive) colour - e.g. red.
- deltaphi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0thank you for that link. was searching for a nice and simple theme
- cheam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0What about one that you can customize using pictures? Check out www.pic2color.com. It's still in alpha though
- lalaice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1great. i like this theme.
it's simple but beautiful
plain but nice - swallick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Off topic:
Anyone who has never heard of the Chicago Manual of Style has never served in a serious editorial capacity and is foolish to give advice to others who are clearly more informed.
The Economist style guide is good for thsoe working in an UK and publishing for a magazine called The Economist. And accordingly, the use of em dashes in the article is serial and parenthetical.
http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm?page=805697 - Surefoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Some might not qualify this as minimalist because it puts comments on the main index but I like it.
http://www.lonehorseend.com/wordpress/2005/09/14/my-1st-wordpress-theme-elegant-blue/ - swallick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Please remember that minimalism is not a substitution in design for more rich, enhanced sites, re: my comparison of Kalibre and Google designs. They're sites that have completely different purposes and require entirely different designs. Minimalism is just one of many lovely design theories. And it's the one I prefer.
And I hate to point this out, but the use of em dashes in my post (e.g., mdash;) is completely consistent and style appropriate, http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.HyphensEnDashesEmDashes.html -
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