what's the best most flexible theme for customization?

patharrisoncamptrail · Member · May 11, 2012 at 4:50 am
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I have many years experience with HTML/CSS, especially building self-hosted WordPress sites from scratch. I am in the process of creating my first WordPress.com website for a client and I need a them that will give me the most flexibility with my design. I started using Wu Wei which my client installed but I’m quickly running into frustrations with it’s limitations. I have used WordPress frameworks before which allow almost total flexibility but I realize that’s not an option here. I just need a theme with a top navigation that will allow me to have as much control as possible.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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raincoaster · Member · May 11, 2012 at 7:36 am
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Sandbox. It’s specifically FOR customization.
justpi · Member · May 11, 2012 at 7:38 am
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Same goes for its newer cousin, Toolbox.
patharrisoncamptrail · Member · May 11, 2012 at 12:17 pm
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Thanks, I’ll give ’em a try!
patharrisoncamptrail · Member · May 11, 2012 at 12:51 pm
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H-m-m-m, both of these themes place the navigation under the hgroup which is screwing with my design. Is there any way around this? Also, there seems to be a hidden padding-top on the body which I can’t seem to set to 0. Any ideas on how to fix it? http://patharrisoncamptrail.wordpress.com/
justpi · Member · May 11, 2012 at 1:07 pm
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If you’d rather modify a styled theme instead of using Sandbox or Toolbox, this post of mine lists which themes have the top nav menu above the header image:

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designsimply · Member · May 11, 2012 at 1:16 pm
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Oooo, I’m excited to see what you design! If you think of it, please post a link back here when you’re done.
designsimply · Member · May 11, 2012 at 1:19 pm
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Regarding navigation, note that sometimes moving it using absolute positioning works out well (I’m not sure if you tried that already).

The padding-top might be something artificially added in for the WordPress.com toolbar, and if that’s the padding you’re referring to, I would recommend keeping it or your design may look different for logged in versus logged out views.
patharrisoncamptrail · Member · May 11, 2012 at 8:31 pm
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I ended-up using Triton Lite by Towfiq I. and it’s working out pretty good after a trying times.

Thanks again.
jackiedana · Member · May 11, 2012 at 9:52 pm
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Nice work! :)
designsimply · Member · May 14, 2012 at 8:16 pm
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Interesting choice! I love that you picked Triton Lite, and I’m looking forward to see how the final design turns out.

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