Someone emailed recently to tell me that they like the idea of Pure Blog, but they thought the admin interface was "really ugly" so they can't use it. Fair enough - beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that, but I don't think that was a fair evaluation of Pure Blog's admin UI.When I built Pure Blog, I wanted it to be different from the rest of the crowd. The whole point of it was to have just enough features, and no fluff. So to me a more brutalist/utilitarian UI made sense.The likes of Grav, WordPress, Ghost, and Bludit all have similar interfaces. White and grey with blues, purples, and greens. Rounded corners etc. All very iOS-ish. All very...safe. I wanted Pure Blog to stand out from the crowd and have its own identity, and honestly, I'm thrilled with the results.Pssst. If you haven't tried Pure Blog yet, check out the demo site.But what I like may not be what you like, which is why I built Pure Blog to be very customisable from the start. You can change the fonts from mono, to sans, or serif with the click of a button, or you can change the look of the entire UI if you know some CSS.And this is what I said to the person who emailed me saying it was ugly. But they came back with...Great. Do you have any examples?I didn't! So I decided to create some examples and show them here so you can see just how customisable Pure Blog really is. I know other CMSs can customise their UI too, but unlike them, Pure Blog needs no plugins, hacks, or bullshit. This can all be done with standard Pure Blog right out of the box.So here are some examples of the Pure Blog admin UI where all I've added is custom CSS within settings.CupertinoHow about bringing a macOS / iOS vibe to your Pure Blog site? Purely GhostOr maybe you like the super clean lines of the Ghost UI? Well, you can have something similar to that too if you like: Pure PressAre you a WordPress purist who really wants to be as faithful as possible to their design? Well guess what - you can have that too! Windows 4 lyfeMaybe you're a lover of anything Bill Gates touches. If so, a Windows theme might be more your thing.How about Windows 11? Or Windows XP? Or if you're really old, Windows 95 Terminal FTWMaybe all this GUI stuff isn't your jam? Do you yearn for the days of yore when the interface to a computer was terminal-only with a monochrome CRT monitor?Well, Pure Blog can do that too:Green – the connoisseur's terminal. Or orange, the truly old-school terminal. Your imagination is the limitI think these screenshots show what Pure Blog is capable of. Your imagination really is the limit. So just because you think the default look of Pure Blog is ugly, don't fret - you can easily change it to be whatever you want it to be.If you're interested in grabbing any of these themes for your Pure Blog installation, all the CSS is available over on the docs site. Thanks for reading this post via RSS. RSS is ace, and so are you. ❤️ You can reply to this post by email, or leave a comment.