18
May
Esquire theme 1.6.3 now supports links to high-res images in Photo posts.
Esquire Theme by Matthew Buchanan
Social icons by Tim van Damme
13
Mar
Esquire Theme v1.6
Quick theme update to add a couple of often-requested features: the photo frame border surround on photo posts and photosets can be optionally disabled, and YouTube is now listed among the social networks. I’ve also added optional display of short URLs, support for static pages, icons for Tumblr’s Ask and Submission features and one or two other minor fixes. The latest file is linked on the left using a static page redirect.
08
Jan
Esquire Theme v1.5
Tonight I submitted a major update to Tumblr for approval, it should appear in the next little while in the Theme Garden. Version 1.5 includes much better support for the Disqus plugin (just enter your shortname in the Appearance settings), album art display for audio posts, and an alternative style for quotes (Pete’s zigzag JavaScript wizardry has proven somewhat temperamental). If you can’t wait, the new theme file is here.
Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.
Peter Jackson: What I’ve Learned, Esquire, January 2010.
07
Jan
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“Starman” by Seu Jorge from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou soundtrack. Testing the addition of album art in version 1.5 of the Esquire Theme, out soon!
06
Oct
I made a quick screencast to show how easy it is to activate the social media icons on the new version of the theme. No more messing about in the HTML!
24
Sep
Esquire Theme v1.4
I’ve submitted version 1.4 to the Theme Garden, with support for Tumblr’s new boolean and text tags, which means much easier control over output of social media links, etc. If you can’t wait for it there, grab it here.
18
Mar
Esquire Theme for Tumblr
Esquire is a free Tumblr theme by Matthew Buchanan, inspired by the art direction of Esquire magazine and released 18 March 2009 under Creative Commons. It features support for custom theme colours, followers list, post notes, and social network affiliations.
To install the theme on your Tumblr site, copy the contents of esquire-theme-1-4.txt into the Custom HTML field of the Customize area on your Tumblr Dashboard.
My sincere thanks to Peter Asquith for building the zig-zag quote script after I mentioned it on Twitter , and to Tim van Damme for allowing me to use and slightly modify his gorgeous social networking icons (there’s 10 available in the theme file).
Email feedback to hello at my domain name, and drop a tip in the jar if you like it.
Update: Version 1.4 of the theme file supports Tumblr’s new boolean and text tags for easy control of social media links, etc.
A finalist in the Magazine Publishers of America 2007 Cover of the Year:
For its Best & Brightest issue, Esquire asked illustrator Marion Deuchars to draw the coverline, which is one complete sentence. With George Clooney holding a pencil, the implication is that Clooney hand wrote those coverlines. The cover garnered attention not only on the newsstand but from designers and artists everywhere. It also is a twist on what has become known as the signature Esquire cover of crowding the cover with lines while keeping the message clear.