Hello guys,

been a while since I've been here but I've asked for reviews and critiques on the Photography forums etc and they are more interested in the idea, rather than the design.

 

I trust you guys can give me what I'm actually after though.

 

So I started a new project about a week ago, just for fun, because it seemed like a good idea at the time.

 

Therefore the last week I have been getting to grips with wordpress, this is my first ever 'theme' if you like..

 

http://www.duckmylife.co.uk

DuckMyLife follows the adventures of a rubber duck, affectionately known as Dave, while he travels around the world.

He is accompanied by Photographer friends of mine, who are kind enough to smuggle him into thier suitcase.

 

All Dave (and I) ask is that they take a few shots for the scrapbook he is making.

 

Let me know what you think of the design. I warn you, it is very pink, but so is Dave!

 

I appreciate you taking the time,

Lewis.

This is great! I'm looking forward to seeing Dave's travels!!!!

ps the design looks good to me. Fun, bright and clear. Exactly how it should be.

ps the design looks good to me. Fun, bright and clear. Exactly how it should be.

 

Thanks very much!

 

I should have mentioned, Dave is a social butterfly, you can follow him closely with the following websites:

 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dave-the-Duck/136933409665711

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/DuckMyLifeUK

 

Thanks again,

Lewis.

Lol fun idea, something I could see myself checking out from time to time. As stated above, the design is fun and fresh!

Color scheme and style seems very fitting, good stuff.

I actually laughed... Thanks for that mate.

Brilliant!

+1

Dave is adorable.

 

Just one thing: the logo should link back to the homepage

Thanks for the positive comments guys, makes it all worth doing (I thought it was about time I learned WordPress anyway!

 

Dave is adorable.

 

Just one thing: the logo should link back to the homepage

 

I wondered how long till someone pulled me on this. I assure you it isnt through lack of trying.

 

The CSS:

h1#logo
{
height: 227px;
width: 397px;
background-image: url(/wp-content/themes/dml/style/images/dml_logo.png);
text-indent: -9999px;
float:left;
}

 

The Markup:

<h1 id="logo"><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/"><?php bloginfo('name'); ?></a></h1>

 

I've no idea why this isn't working. It looks good to me?

 

Probably something stupid though

 

Thanks for looking!

Looks excellent mate, i think i will keep an eye on your site. Only thing that needs fixing is the links underneath pages, archives and categories as there showing up blue for me?

text-indent: -9999px;

I also noticed that yesterday Richyyy, forgot to do anything about it. I will fix that soon. Cheers!

 

Lev, I'm confused, I do have the text indented?

 

The problem is with the link not being clickable.

 

Thanks,

Lewis.

Due of this "text-indent: -9999px" your clickable link is out of visible area of page.

Ah I see..

 

Well the aim of this was to remove the text completely from view, replace it with an image of my logo, which I have displayed with the background property of the DIV..

 

I'v definitely had something like this working before. A friend suggested whacking a transparent box in there and making that the link?

 

It would fix my problem, but its sort of a cop out

 

I'd prefer if it was done properly.

 

Thanks,

Lewis.

You could just apply the link within the php file as regular html instead of CSS i know that would work

I think I'm making this difficult..

 

The actual link is in the PHP file, all I want to do is swap the text that is displayed for the logo image.

 

That way I still get the goodness of the H1 tag, and I still get to display the very bright logo.

 

All I'm doing with the CSS is putting in a background, and knocking the text over 9999px

 

Thanks,

Lewis.

For those who were interested in this project, Dave the Duck just got back from his first holiday in Spain and has posted about it, with pictures, on the website.

 

http://www.duckmylife.co.uk/viva-la-spania/

 

Thanks,

Lewis.