HotaruCMS is a new web project that’s being led by Nick Ramsay as an alternative to systems such as Pligg. He’s put in an incredible number of hours on the project and it’s currently sitting at version 1.0.4. I see Hotaru as an exciting project because, unlike the other projects I’ve had over the last two years, this one can’t be canceled by my employer.
Now that I am devoting much more time to the project, one of the tasks that I was asked to do was convert my current blog theme to something that would work on HotaruCMS … but make it more blue. WordPress themes are something I can slap together pretty quick, and the one you’re looking at now took just an afternoon during the winter break. HotaruCMS, however, required about five hours over two days. I’m sure this number will decrease dramatically as I become more familiar with the inner workings of the system.
So, without further delay, here is my very first theme for HotaruCMS … Default Blues:
What do you think? Is it too blue? Is it just a cheap knock off of the current theme?
There are still a few things that I’d like to finalize before including this with the HotaruCMS trunk, but it’s certainly shaping up to be a slick little design for a slick little project.
Well I for one like it a lot! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this. Five hours over two days is pretty good for a CMS you haven’t made a theme for before, and it’s always the first one that’s the hardest. Once you’ve got one under your belt, you can use much of what you’ve already done in subsequent themes.
Bravo!
Indeed! I’m already thinking of another theme that can be used for more general sites running on Hotaru. We’ll see how it goes
its pretty cool and it will make a nice base for people to get there feet wet with later
Thanks, Baadier. I’m glad you like it. Let me know if there’s anything in particular that you’d like to do with the theme
Hi Jason,
your theme is clean and pretty cool… god job!
Thanks, Carlo. Clean is my goal for all future projects