Chocolate, coffee and cream (with hint of burnt orange)

[jayarte]

I would love a theme which is chocolate, coffe and cream type colours, with maybe a touch of burnt orange (but subtle) to lift it a little. No white at all, just a nice mellow cream/beige, maybe with fonts being bitter chocolate?

I would love to make my own theme, but can't afford to spend £15 on Ave's software without a trial (worried I won't be any good at using it, hehe). If anyone could suggest a way for me to get started, without a large cash outlay, I would be happy just to edit a few themes I've downloaded which have white bits in them.

I'm 54 and have m.e./chronic fatigue syndrome, which makes my eyes extremely sensitive, so the glare from white pages is too much for me. I have to use a style called "eyes" when browsing which is a lovely cool mint green and very soothing for my eyes.

I'm itching to have a go at editing themes, and eventually creating my own after seeing all the wonderful themes here and elsewhere, and having a few ideas of my own. Haven't got a clue how to start, though, and I know it's not easy from the little bit of editing I once did on a gmail skin.

Any advice/help gratefully received, and thanks once again to all of you for brightening up my desktop ^^

[jayarte]

Well, ok fair enough, I can quite understand why there might be nobody who would want to make this particular theme, but I can't understand why nobody has taken the time to post a reply to my questions.

Yes, it might be that you think all the information is here on the website, or that I should know the answers somehow, but bear in mind that my illness unfortunately affects my mind. Try to imagine having to concentrate after a few nights of poor or no sleep and you will get the picture.

In other words, sorry if you thought my questions have been answered elsewhere, but obviously I don't know the answers, or I wouldn't have posted them ^^ Also, it takes only a sec or so to post and say I don't know the answer/understand the question/don't want to make that theme.

All in all, I feel ignored and a bit annoyed at that.

edit: Actually, I realised I didn't phrase my post as an exact question, I just asked for advice/help. Guess that's too vague to warrant a reply.

[gor17981]

Here is a guide to theme building [Only registered and activated users can see links]

This theme i made is pretty close to the colors you suggested , not an exact match but might be ok for you,

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Feel free to modify it any way you need to make it more suitable to your needs.

Hope this helps some :)

[Mr GRiM]

To be honest this is the first time I have read this post and I am very sorry for this, I will make sure in future that I find time to check this section of the site more often as it appears to one of the more important sections on the site, The theme you suggested sounds nice and I may attempt something like this for my next one.