Just uploaded this first draft of our first proper "flet" template - the first bit of beyond-the-norm design I've done for some months now - and am quietly pleased with myself.
I've used this as an excuse to get my head around web typography at last. I've always liked the beautifully typeset output I get from LaTeX and now understand how to at least echo this in a web page.
I've also re-evaluated perhaps 20 alternative ways of achieving a table-less 3 column layout with CSS and settled on what I think will become my firm favourite. I've not quite finished with the layout yet though, as there are one or two things I've not implemented. I need to get the header area flush with the page, and I'd like the whole lot to be centred in the page with browser windows over 1200px. Heck, I might even give the new Switchy McLayout a go for the small-screen end of the market.
This is the first time I've implemented the nasty, proprietory Internet Explorer 5.5/6 hack to get alpha-transparent PNGs working. However, Bob Osola offers a relatively elegant methodolgy where all the nasty stuff is hidden behind a conditional comment and a seperate Javascript file. So apart from Internet Explorer not being able to cope with some of my typesetting subtleties, it seems to manage tolerably well with everything else. Thanks, Bob.
I'll release this template as a Drupal theme as soon as it's complete and clean - but the CSS is here, if you want to see what I've done.
Please shout if you spot any style/layout bugs in your browser. Horrible things will probably happen on IE/Mac [grits teeth] as I've not checked it in that yet. Hey ho.
Here are some of the giants whose shoulders I've stood on: