Continuing the RND from my last post, I have created a very simplistic theme based on the Layout Gala example from back in November 2005. Yeah, that sure was a long time ago. If you have never seen the Layout Gala, it's worth checking out, even after all this time.
ThemeEngine.LayoutGala is 40 layouts, all using the same markup and styling, but a different structure stylesheet. So, you get 40 unique layouts, but all 40 are using the same colors, borders, styles, font, design. All 40 layouts have a header at the top, and a footer at the bottom, but the 3 (sometimes 2) columns are arranged in different orders, and the flow of the layout changes from fixed to fluid.
Just like ThemeEngine.NFL, it has the concepts of Zen Garden, but its still no where near that level of customization. This is simply an experiment in stylesheets, design, and BlogEngine, so this example is oversimplified to demonstrate the feasibility of the idea, and to prove that it can be done, easily, in BlogEngine.
Because I built this example on top of the the original ThemeEngine.NFL, the same customizations apply where you can specify a default layout, change the c# to disable visitor selections, and all those things.
Download it here: ThemeEngine.LayoutGala.1.0
Preview it here: http://www.gravitycube.net/blog/?theme=ThemeEngine.LayoutGala.1.0
As always, feel free to drop me a line if you have anything to say, or if you find any issues.
Jesse Foster | jf26028
