Thanks for viewing and/or downloading BlueTranquility, my first web design template I submitted to OSWD in September 2004 and last revised in February 2006. I wanted to create a contemporary yet professional-looking web design template that could be used for blogs or simple web sites and this template is the result. I created it entirely from scratch as a learning experience and it turned out so well in my opinion that I decided to share it with the public.

BlueTranquility makes full use of XHTML and CSS to ensure cleaner code and faster loading times than web sites based on traditional HTML alone (i.e. no tables are used for the web site layout and no images are used for the menu buttons). BlueTranquility is also fully validated by W3C for both XHTML 1.1 and CSS 2.1 conformance (validation links and a list of browsers the template was tested on are listed on the left).

In addition, BlueTranquility features an eye-appealing theme, high visibility on both CRT and LCD monitors, cross-browser compatibility, roll-over buttons with a purpose (the page you click on from the navigation menu stays highlighted so you always know what page you're on), mouseover acronyms, and an optional ad banner area that won't overlap the page title/subtitle.