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WordPress theme – The Ataraxis


Ataraxis literally means “absence of mental stress or anxiety” . And that is exactly what this beautiful WordPress theme does !The Ataraxis is a nature-themed two-column 800px wide WordPress theme with widgetised sidebar , Cufon text-image replacement for headers ,
jQuery tooltips on links ,Rotating headers , Custom logos , reply/quote feature on comments , collapsible widgets , built-in social bookmarks on posts and many other features.

The Ataraxis Features

  • 800px wide
  • Two-columns with left sidebar
  • Cufon text-image replacement for headings
  • 4 different nature-themed header backgrounds
  • Collapsible widgets
  • Sutured Javascript for faster loading
  • jQuery animated tooltips on links ( use the title attribute)
  • Reply/Quote feature on comments
  • Zebra stripped and Admin highlighted comments
  • Custom logo support
  • Search Engine Optimized
  • Smooth scrolling for internal links
  • Custom description in footer for better SEO
  • Builtin social bookmarking for 6 most common sites
  • Ability to add custom CSS from theme options page without having to edit the stylesheet
  • Google Analytics integration
  • Displays a browser warning to IE 6 users
  • CSS 3 curved border and text-shadow effects
  • Easy to customize and clean CSS
  • Some custom CSS classes that you can use in posts :
    • .highlight , .note
    • .warning , .error
    • .download ( use on <a> )
    • .frame ( us on images to give them a silvery frame )
  • Around a dozen theme options

Download The Ataraxis v1.0

How not to design a site ?

How not to design a website - Pic

P.S : this was one of my very first attempts at web design :d .

My new online presence

Its been around a month that i havent updated this site. I had been extremely occupied with tests, Ramadan chores and studies . After Eid, i decided that i needed a new portfolio , so i designed it all over again. This time its a single page site , featuring some of my Wordpress Themes , and an ajax contact form. The xhtml is valid and semantic.
Mujtaba's online presence

The New Look! ( Re-design 21 Aug 09)

Re-design of Dynamicguru.com
Just finished a complete re-design of this site, this time i decided to choose light colors. The homepage now features a “featured posts” slider and an ad box. Comments are jazzed up with “Reply” and “Quote” buttons (how i did them? coming soon…!) . Let me know in the comment below what you think about the new design.

Lorem ipsum… what is it?

According to wikipedia

In publishing and graphic design, lorem ipsum is the name given to commonly used placeholder text (filler text) to demonstrate the graphic elements of a document or visual presentation, such as font, typography, and layout. The lorem ipsum text, which is typically a non-sensical list of semi-Latin words, is a hacked version of a Latin text by Cicero, with words/letters omitted and others inserted, but not proper Latin

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