Skinning the Mango Blog Engine

Posted by Joshua on May 26, 2008 * Add comments
Categories: MangoBlog , CSS

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.


5 responses to “Skinning the Mango Blog Engine”


  1. Kyle Hayes on  May 27, 2008 at 9:22 AM

    Kyle Hayes Looks good, Josh. Simplicity is bliss.

  2. Josh on  May 27, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    Josh 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. Laura on  May 29, 2008 at 12:16 PM

    Laura 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. Josh on  May 29, 2008 at 12:28 PM

    Josh 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. Mark Aplet on  Jun 3, 2008 at 12:57 PM

    Mark Aplet 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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