Continuing work on my next theme, Thematic, one thing I want to get out of the way immediately is the structure, or skeleton, of the thing. The outer structure of any HTML+CSS document is where things usually go bonkers and the last thing I want is for my markup to make things worse when I […]
I will soon be releasing the hacked-up version of The Sandbox that I’ve been using as a starting point to develop free and custom themes. For free. On Google Code. As an open source project. Since I have different goals than the Sandbox creators (and not as much skill!) I won’t call my changes improvements […]
The contest is over and done! Here’s how the winners were selected: I went through everyone’s ideas and selected the seven best. These seven ideas were forwarded off to Cory Miller of iThemes for ranking. My opinion was asked. An order was set. Three people won some iThemes themes.
The Winners
Andrew of Fun with WordPress
Andrew published a really comprehensive […]
New WordPress users are greeted by a now familiar sight when they first install WordPress, Kubrick. But it’s gotten too familiar. It’s been three years since Kubrick became the new default. It’s time for the WordPress community to think about a change. Let’s have some fun and think about the next WordPress default theme.
Why We Need […]
When I predicted the downfall of premium WordPress themes I immediately began to think of the future of WordPress theming in general. Where was it headed really? And if I really wanted to know, who should I ask? Well, if you want to know where WordPress themes are headed in the future, these are the […]
It’s prediction time: The Premium WordPress Theme phenomenon has approximately one year left before collapsing entirely, leaving a rather large hole between completely free WordPress themes and custom themes $1500 and up. If you’ve got a “Premium” WordPress theme waiting in the wings I advise releasing it sooner rather than later. As in, now.
Before I explain […]
Bear with me, this one is going to hurt. Load up your blog with your favorite WordPress theme on it. Ready? Scroll down.
Yep, scroll your theme down, down past the header and menu, down past the post titles. Scroll down to a page full of text and links and no distractions. This is where The Ultimate […]
