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Individualize OJS Theme

I designed and built an OJS theme for SLUB Dresden that could adapt to the needs of their diverse scholarly journal collection.

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Screenshot of a sample journal of urban studies

This theme was built for SLUB Dresden's open publishing service, Publia, which uses the open-source scholarly publishing platform Open Journal Systems to publish more than a dozen journals in multiple languages.

Screenshot of a sample black and white music journal

We devised a manageable set of configuration options for the site's colors, typography, and headers that could accomodate distinct disciplines and visual identities.

Screenshot of a sample bright musicology journal

Screenshot of a sample ecological journal showing a mountain vista with wind turbines

Screenshot of a sample microbiology journal

Screenshot of a sample journal on AI Linguistics

Screenshot of a sample ecological journal

I wanted the theme to encourage journals to use good design and beautiful photography, so I mocked up several sample journals to showcase the theme options.

Screenshot of the the article page for the CDATP journal

The theme also needed to look good when journals preferred a clear, accessible design with few or no images.