Free XHTML Templates From OpenDesigns.org Are Back

Posted by Karen - March 30th, 2007

OpenDesign.org are back online after an unfortunate month-long absence. Many open source web designers have contributed their free XHTML templates to the site and now new templates are being uploaded again. It’s a great community and I’m very excited that everything is now back to normal.

In the weeks ahead, I will be posting about and spotlighting my favorite free XHTML templates other designers have created. I hope to have the time to contribute a couple of my own in between paid projects. I actually want to release another free XHTML template and WordPress theme for gamers of The Lord of the Rings Online™:Shadows of Angmar™, a MMOG based on Tolkien’s books. I’ll post more about this later.

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5 Responses to “Free XHTML Templates From OpenDesigns.org Are Back”

  1. Maeve Says:
    April 3rd, 2007 at 2:12 pm

    Karen,
    I’ve just downloaded your Lord of the Rings WordPress template.
    I’d like to change two things about it. I wonder if you could tell me what to look for in the code. I’ve already discovered that the background color is E6CDA5 and have replaced it in one place. I think that affected a narrow border.
    .
    1. I’d like to change the background color to a background image.

    2. I’d like to get rid of the hover/link effect on the headlines of the individual postings.

    Thanks,
    Maeve

  2. Karen Says:
    April 3rd, 2007 at 11:22 pm

    Hi Maeve,

    Thanks for dropping in and your comment.

    that color is the font color:#E6CDA5
    if you want a background image for your body:
    In the style sheet look for this:
    body { min-width:779px; max-width: 1003px; margin: 40px 0; padding: 0; font-family: "Book Antiqua", Georgia, Serif; font-size: 90%; background-color: #6F6151; color: #E6CDA5 }
    replace the attribute in bold with:
    background: ##6F6151 url(yourimagedirectory/yourimage.jpg)repeat;
    if it’s a background that doesn’t tile put “no-repeat”

    to get rid of the hover link effect on the headlines delete:
    h1 a { text-decoration: none; }
    h1 a:link, h1 a:visited { color: #020201; background-color: transparent;}
    h1 a:hover { color: #A59279; background-color: transparent; }
    Good luck!

  3. Beryllia Says:
    June 3rd, 2007 at 5:14 am

    Hello Karen.

    I am using you Template too and our whole Guild at The Lord of the Ring: Shadows of Angmar loves it. Thanks a lot for your work. If you want to have a look at our page:

    http://www.schlachtzeieln.de/sippe

    It ist a german site, but you helped us a lot without knowing it.

    I am planning to use the Ithilien-template for another site, if i may.

    Beryllia

  4. Beryllia Says:
    June 3rd, 2007 at 5:16 am

    Sry. ther are some Typos in my Post.

    The URL is:

    http://www.schlachtzeilen.de/sippe

    Thx again!

  5. Karen Says:
    June 3rd, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    Thanks, Beryllia. I’m so glad you like my templates. I plan on creating one for Lothlorien too, because I too am playing LOTRO. :)