Did you know you can get themes over at WordPress Theme Directory. Here are three from the directory that I like.
1. This is a clean and simple theme called Fusion. A reader of a blog with this theme can click on an arrow image in the upper right-hand corner of the theme to widen the theme to full width or narrow it.
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2. Are you blogging about Vista and want a WordPress theme that looks and acts like Vista? Well, here it is – Inanis Glass.
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3. I love the grunge look. Here’s another free one from the WordPress Theme Directory called Elegant Grunge.
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4. Here’s a theme giveaway for the Retro Hero Theme. Comment at this blog post and you’ll have a chance to win the theme (Deadline 2/7/09). If you just want to buy it, it’s only $25.00.
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5. Don’t forget about the themes from Brian Gardner, creator of the wildly popular Revolution Theme and a new theme that I like, the Agent Theme. Check out Brian’s themes at Revolution Two.
6. Here are some free themes from Woo Themes. They also have some nice premium themes as well.
7. Beautiful and inexpensive themes at ThemeForest.
8. Two new themes by Smashing Magazine called Vintage and another called Blue.
10. Thesis Theme – Thesis made a huge splash in 2008. It continues to evolve and get better. But, all we need, and I say we because this blog is running on the Thesis theme, is a group of designers specifically for Thesis since everyone running Thesis pretty much looks the same. But hey, that’s okay.
Thesis has an incredible support forum and a free add-on called OpenHook, where you plop some code in places where you need it. No need to edit a bunch of files and figure out where to put custom code. This functionality is provided by the hooks in the thesis theme.
Here’s a recent write up of the Thesis Theme – 9 Reasons to use the Thesis WordPress Theme.
Click on this twitter search link and let it sit in your browser all day, most likely you’ll find some good resources on WordPress Themes – http://search.twitter.com/search?q=wordpress+theme
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Thanks Bill. I’ve got a question for you. I’m evaluating themes right now for a full website that will also have a blog attached to it. I’ve used Woo Themes for blogs, but not yet for a “website”.
Can you tell me why you’d use Thesis over a Woo Theme like Vibrant CMS?
Much appreciated,
Craig
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@Craig – Thanks for stoppin’ by. I’d don’t know if I’d use Thesis over another theme. Depending on the site your creating. The VibrantCMS theme looks great. I don’t particularly like huge headers that takes up the top half of the browser, but again, if it’s a website then that might be just fine.
I don’t subscribe to using one theme for every situation. If you know what parts make up a theme and you know how to edit theme files to make it do what you want to, then you can make any theme do what you need it to do. However, the next question is, “How much time do you want to spend tweaking your theme?”
Woo Themes are reputable and they look great. That’s not the only criteria though for choosing a theme – SEO, etc. plays a part as well.
@Craig – Thanks for stoppin’ by. I’d don’t know if I’d use Thesis over another theme. Depending on the site your creating. The VibrantCMS theme looks great. I don’t particularly like huge headers that takes up the top half of the browser, but again, if it’s a website then that might be just fine.
I don’t subscribe to using one theme for every situation. If you know what parts make up a theme and you know how to edit theme files to make it do what you want to, then you can make any theme do what you need it to do. However, the next question is, “How much time do you want to spend tweaking your theme?”
Woo Themes are reputable and they look great. That’s not the only criteria though for choosing a theme – SEO, etc. plays a part as well.
Thanks Bill. I’ve got a question for you. I’m evaluating themes right now for a full website that will also have a blog attached to it. I’ve used Woo Themes for blogs, but not yet for a “website”.
Can you tell me why you’d use Thesis over a Woo Theme like Vibrant CMS?
Much appreciated,
Craig
Craig Peters’s last blog post..College Degrees aren’t Enough – You Need More
Love the vista-like Theme. You saved my day!
Hi Bill,
Nice write up.
And thanks for including a link to my Thesis review (9 Reasons to Use Thesis) in your article!
-Don
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Hi Bill,
Nice write up.
And thanks for including a link to my Thesis review (9 Reasons to Use Thesis) in your article!
-Don
Don Campbell’s last blog post..Customizing your WordPress Writing Settings
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