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Chrono is a fixed width Theme with one sidebar on the right side developed by undpaul Drupal development. We use a variation of it on www.dug-hannover.org which is a local Drupal Community page.
There are some - say limitations, say must-do's to make it look its best:
It _needs_ some primary links (horizontal top menu) because the strong color of them is needed for optical balance. See Screenshot and reference site above.
It is very happy with colored images in the content area. Other it may be fine, but a bit boring.
It is also very happy with a populated right column. Only one tiny menu is not much. I included an alternative version of the header, so you can leave out the gradient on the right sidebar if you don't like it (alternative header because the gradient has overlap with the header).
Don't make the title of your site too long, or the transparent bar gets into the face of poor buddha. This is a design sin :)
I think it is apt better for blogging or a straight structure than for a content-heavy site with many blocks, but it may be whatever you like.
Have fun! If you do variations of it, drop me a line, I am curious what one can do with it.
This extremely simple module allows you to easily open links to external sites or PDF documents in new tabs. It uses jQuery instead of target=_blank so the markup will still validate.
This module add a small jquery code that give a border around the images, and put the alt attribute information under the picture, I get the idea from wordpress.com and the Wikipedia.
The Fancybox module is the best way to incorporate the fancyBox jQuery plugin into Drupal. Display images, HTML, YouTube videos, Google maps in an elegant and aesthetic lightbox alternative.