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Blogs using the Ndomche Summary Theme

Martin Kaba — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:15:38 +0000

Six months after the first release of the Ndomche Summary Theme – II Columns for WordPress and Blogger, I’m pleased to know that this theme is still appreciated and used, even though new WordPress themes or Blogger templates are released daily.

Ndomche Summary Theme for WordPress | Ndomche Summary Theme for Blogger

It is Christmas and I just want to say thanks to;

1. Help Africa Friends
2. Susan Suarez
3. Can Talk Tech
4. Celossip – We’re just Better
5. All Vacation Travel
6. Jobz Online

for using and promoting this theme.

If you still have Ndomche Summary Theme on, but your blog is not mentioned, let me know in the comments and I’ll update the post.

WordPress – Creating Tab Menus with Yahoo! YUI Tab View

Martin Kaba — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:55:47 +0000

The Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI) is a set of JavaScript utilities and controls, for building interactive web applications. The YUI Tab View is part of that vast library – - it help you to quickly create and design Tab Menus.
The advantage of Tab Views is that they allow you add more content to your web page whilst occupying less space. If well done they won’t slow down website-browsing.

If you’re using the Ndomche Summary Theme – II Columns for WordPress or Blogger, then the best place to insert this tabbed menu is the header — like on this blog. Don’t bother to contact me for more info.
Step 1: Including JavaScript files – Place above the tag

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Place this code below the tag

Step 2: Including Markup for the Tabs – Place this where you want your tabbed menu. I have it in the header.php file


          
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                ...
                ...

Make sure the number of items in the “yui-naveset” and “yui-content” correspond.

Step 3: Styling with CSS – Place in your CSS file and customize to taste

/*  Yui Tabbed Menu  * /
.yui-navset {width:410px; float:left; height:134px; border:1px  solid #666; margin-left:4px; margin-bottom:4px; display: inline; } 
.yui-content {width:400px; clear:both; height:88px; margin-left:4px; margin-top:0px;}
.yui-nav {padding:1px 0px 3px 0px; margin-left:0px; font:12px Verdana; border-bottom:1px solid #666; list-style-type:none; text-align:center;}
.yui-nav li{display:inline; margin:0px;}

.yui-nav li a{text-decoration:none; padding:3px 7px; margin-right:3px; border:1px solid #666; border-bottom:none;
               background-color:#FFF; color:#2d2b2b;}

.yui-nav li a:visited{color:#2d2b2b;}
.yui-nav li a:hover{background-color:#ca0002; color:black;}
.yui-nav li a:active{color:black;}
.yui-nav li.selected a{position:relative; top:1px; padding-top:4px; background-color:#DBFF6C; color: black;}

CSS is magic, you can modify it as much as you want.

Ndomche Summary Theme – II Columns now available for Blogger

Martin Kaba — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:58:37 +0000

The Ndomche brand of Themes now has a new “fashion-line” for Bloggers. The first product of this line is a carbon-copy of the Ndomche Summary Theme – II Columns for WordPress 2.5

Characteristic – Features

This grid-based template includes;
1) The Embedded Comment Form below your post, just as in WordPress
2) The Read More that WordPress User have since benefited from.

Live Demo

Preview Here

Download

Get Ndomche – II Columns for Blogger !!!

Customization

1) To Obtain the Embedded Comment Form
Go to Blogger in Draft and scroll down to the feature; Embed Comment Form or use this direct-link to Your Blogger Draft Get into Your Account. Under the Settings tab move to Comments and scroll down the page the new “Comment Form Placement“.
Then choose ” Embedded below post” to enable the display of the comment form beneath your blog posts.
You’re not obliged to this, with this template you can go ahead and use the traditional way of posting comments, that is – using the Comment Pop-up Window via Post a Comment.

2) To obtain Read More >>
Go to your Blogger Account, Settings => Formatting and move down to => Post Template. Therein paste this code

So every time you have a post, you’ll find this code already present. All you’ll have to do is make the teaser text go above the tag whilst the rest of the post-body goes between the and the tags.

Ndomche Summary Theme – III Column Version released

Martin Kaba — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:32:44 +0000

Ndomche Summary Theme – III column version is a CSS styling theme that is built on WordPress 2.5.
Unlike the II Column Version, it has practically 3 Sidebars – 2 on the Home or Index Page and a third one the Single Post – this way what features on the home page does not necessarily feature on the Single Post. All 3 Sidebars are Widgetized.

- Even though it has III columns this version of Ndomche is even lighter, as it has no images included in the structure of the theme.
- Better ad positioning; Drop your two 160×90 ads on the header, where all can see it.
- Naturally, this WordPress 2.5 theme includes Gravatars

Browser Compatibility

This theme has been tested and found compatible with the most used browsers on the web.
Windows: Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7; Mozilla Firefox 2, 3; FlashPeak Slim Browser 4.0; Opera Browser 9.xx
Linux Ubuntu: Mozilla Firefox 2, 3; Opera Web Browser 9.27
Web Apps: Browsershot

Live Demo

Preview Here

Download

Get Ndomche III Columns !!!

Installation

1. Download and unzip the ndomche file
2. Load the ndomche folder into your “/wp-content/themes/” folder
3. Login into your WordPress – Dashboard
4. Go to the Design tab
5. Select the Ndomche Screenshot
6. Now customize to your taste

- I cordially ask you to give credit to the author by leaving the link at the footer untouched.

Ndomche Summary Theme 1.2 released

Martin Kaba — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:47:30 +0000

An improvement of the first version – Ndomche 1.0

Characteristics
- For WordPress 2.5x
- A better “Widgetized Sidebar”.
- Top Posts sit right up there for everyone to see.
- The blank header — Keep painting.
- Live Demo – Theme I presently use on Kabatology – Open Source, Linux.

Download

Get Ndomche 1.2
- Need Help – Contact Me
Thanks to all of those who have contributed in one way or the other.
Also watch out for Ndomche III Columns . Soon Coming Up

Ndomche Summary Theme released – A free theme for WordPress 2.5

Martin Kaba — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:21:01 +0000

Ndomche Summary Theme is a CSS styling theme that is built on WordPress 2.5 that you can style to your taste. If you have not yet upgraded to WordPress 2.5, you are advised to do so before using this theme.

- With this theme your Gravatars would show up without any further customization.

- This grid-based theme is considers the need to have non-obstructive ads on your blog and seeks to ease navigation.

- Ndomche Summary theme was designed by Martin Kaba, author of Kabatology – It is released under the GNU/GPL license..

Browser Compatibility

This theme has been tested and found compatible with the most used browsers on the web.
Windows: Internet Explorer 5.5, 6 and 7; Mozilla Firefox 2, 3; FlashPeak Slim Browser 4.0
Opera Browser 9.xx
Linux Ubuntu: Mozilla Firefox 2,3; Opera Web Browser 9.27;

Live Demo

Preview Here

Download

Get Ndomche 1.0 !!!

Installation

- I cordially ask you to give credit to the author by leaving the link at the footer untouched.