Wednesday, October 05, 2005

O'Reilly Network: Creating Themes with CSS and JavaScript

O'Reilly Network: Creating Themes with CSS and JavaScript

Creating Themes with CSS and JavaScript
04/27/2001

You probably have already heard about themes, but you might not know how to incorporate them into your own site.

Commonly, a theme refers to a set of graphics, color, and layout definitions that can be applied to a user interface to give it a specific look and feel. A "theme-able" application lets a user select between different looks of this application.

A well-known representative is Winamp or Netscape 6. The concept of themes is a relatively new and important development in the evolution of modern GUI applications. Themes give users the ability to choose or create individual interfaces easily for enabled applications without the need to recompile them. You might even consider this as an end-user related aspect of the growing open-source idea.

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