Category Archives: Themes

Thematic Version 0.3

Thematic version 0.3 is ready. If you’re upgrading, stuff moved. That’s beta for you—but don’t worry, I’ve made things better. Here’s what I’ve gone and done.

Added a 3 column stylesheet
Cleaned up the post meta and separated it from the comments section following popular convention (and probably breaking stylesheets)
Prettified the sliding meta panel with a photoshop-y G.I. Joe handle […]

Updates to Theseus and MNML

The WordPress themes, Theseus and MNML have both been updated to take advantage of WordPress 2.5’s class-based image-alignment. Plus, all of the weird little CSS bugs in MNML appear to be corrected. The new versions of Theseus and MNML are versions 1.1 and 1.2, respectively. Check your WordPress admin Theme page to make sure you’re […]

MNML, A TumbleLog Style WordPress Theme

Automattic, the folks behind WordPress.com have a great quote on their company site, “Blogging is too hard.” I totally agree.
Why did you start your personal blog anyway? You wanted a place online to share things you found interesting and occasionally write a longer article, maybe even a rant. Right? Did you want to start a magazine […]

A Tumblelog Theme for WordPress, a Preview and Thoughts

I’ve been thinking about my next theme (now available), reviewing the themes in progress and looking over my list of plans. I think I’ve come to a conclusion about what the next ThemeShaper theme will be. Oh wait, you’ve already read the title so you know. Yeah, it’ll be a Tumblelog theme.
First things first, what’s a […]

Theseus, A WordPress Theme for Conquering a Maze of Content

Theseus is the legendary Greek hero famous, amongst other feats, for defeating the Minotaur at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth and finding his way out again, thanks to a ball of string. This theme hopes to do the same, leading your readers through a maze of content, taking them carefully through what they need […]

WordPress Theme Preview: Theseus

Clicking on the image above will take you to a demo of my WordPress theme-in-progress, Theseus. Of course, depending on when you read this, it might lead to the finished theme. Then again, you may be reading this farther in the future than I’m anticipating and the link will instead lead to a page […]

LaunchPad, The WordPress Domain Parking Theme

If you’re like me, you like registering domains. It’s exciting. But what’s not exciting is watching your hosting company or domain registrar turn your name into an ad-farm while you’re getting ready to launch your next WordPress blog. If you didn’t know it, that’s called domain parking; a way for hosts and domain registrars to […]