Skinning the Mango Blog Engine

Posted by Joshua in Technology on May 26, 2008

Last week while I was at WebManiacs I decided I wanted to go with a different theme for my blog. The GlossyBlue one was nice, but a lot of people are using it and I wanted to be a bit more unique. I searched around and found a couple free WordPress themes and decided to port one over. I must say skinning Mango is not as easy as I would like, but it isnt rocket science either. I created a new skin in about 3 days, working via the plane, hotel room at night and this morning. I am not a CSS wizard so it could probably be done a lot faster if I had some more skillz. I plan on skinning a couple more themes, which I will share. This one however "BlueMoon" wont be shared until I decide to switch to a different one (sorry).

Laura did a pretty good job with the MangoBlog engine, it really has a lot of potential. My only fuss is the docs need some love, I learned a lot about the MangoBlog engine by skinning my own. There is still a lot I don't fully understand, in time hopefully I will. The Mate Docs (Flex Framework by AsFusion) are put together really well, maybe Mango Docs will aspire to them ;)

Oh quick note, Mark Aplet also skinned a really nice theme. He has the CSS talent I lack :) Nice job Mark, you can download his skin here.

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#1 by Kyle Hayes - May 27, 2008 at 9:22 AM

Looks good, Josh. Simplicity is bliss.

#2 by Josh - May 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM

Thanks, I have a couple additions I want to add, but ya its going to stay simple.

I am working on a better header basically ;)

#3 by Laura - May 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM

Hi Josh,
It looks good!
I know that the same person wrote both sets of docs (Mate's and Mango's), so I am sure she knows they can be improved ;)
Joke aside, I'll try to work on them. :)

#4 by Josh - May 29, 2008 at 12:28 PM

Laura,

Yes I bet you do, unless you have a multiple personality disorder and your keeping secrets from yourself ;)

You are doing great, keep up the good work.

#5 by Mark Aplet - June 3, 2008 at 12:57 PM

The new theme looks great Josh! great job with the skinning. I feel your pain on the docs too. :) The price we pay for being cutting edge right?

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Great theme with dark color skin. It makes post looks shining

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